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Betws Ifan Prayer Place

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Newcastle Emlyn (Castell Newydd Emlyn), Wales
Betws Ifan Prayer Place

OPEN EVERY DAY Summer 10 - 6, Winter 10 - 4, Weather Permitting!

YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT ST JOHN'S

A Place of Peace and Prayer ~ Yours to Share
Contempletive Prayer every Sunday at 5.00pm & Holy Communion (bilingual) 2nd & 4th Sunday in month.

31/10/2026

All Hallows Eve tranquillity and an evensong for All Souls resting in peace here.

31/10/2026

30/10/2026

Sunset from the church door.

30/10/2026

Lovely thoughts for this weekend.

We are coming up on a trio of days that I have loved for a long time: Halloween, the Feast of All Saints, and the Feast of All Souls. I am grateful for the thin place that these days hold, and for the ways they remind us how close the worlds always are, even when they feel horribly far apart.

At this time of year, I am thinking especially of those who have lost beloved ones since this time last year, and whose grief is new and raw. And I am thinking also of those who have carried their grief for a long time.

These days invite us into memory and hope—and sorrow and joy and, most of all, love. Wherever you are, whatever you are holding, may you be met with solace and mysterious grace. This blessing is for you. Every single day.

ALL HALLOWS BLESSING

Who live
in the spaces between
our breathing

in the corner
of our vision

in the hollows
of our bones

in the chambers
of our heart:

nowhere can they
be touched
yet still

how they move us

how they move
in us

made from the
tissue of memory
like the veil
between the worlds

that stirs at
the merest breath
this night
and then is
at rest.

—Jan Richardson
from How the Stars Get in Your Bones
janrichardson.com/books

Image: “A Gathering of Spirits“
© Jan Richardson
janrichardsonimages.com

22/10/2026

Take a break before you break.

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Betws Ifan, Beulah
Newcastle Emlyn
SA389QL

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