New Library is active on the road in Wales, meeting people, working with communities and talking to churches about the range and dynamic of the Christian offer and contemporary culture. We’d be happy to come to talk to you… Here are some of the places we’ve been unpacking, contributing and exploring: 2022 St David’s, Llanddew: …
Opportunity to respond to multi-disciplinary work on the theme of ‘myths of origin’ in public life this Autumn in Wales. Hello There are two linked opportunities to respond and investigate to a cultural exploration in Wales this autumn into ‘myths of origin’ and the ways that they influence and shape out public life. A formal …
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Here’s a nice report in the Church Times about our new partnership project in Llantwit Major. We were on the road across South Wales last year celebrating the Landscapes of Faith festival and missed this Church Times article on the opening of the New Library. If you didn’t see it you can read it here: …
Five Lectures on the Kingdom of God by Revd Professor John Rogerson John Rogerson was one of the world’s leading Old Testament scholars and gave these public lectures in 2014 to help British church culture better engage with the realm of the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God (or the Kingdom of Heaven – …
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A celebration event was held in Llantwit Major to mark the unpacking of the Kingdom of Heaven Collection at the New Library On Sunday 4th September 2022 the community came together in Llantwit Major to unpack of boxed books about the Kingdom of Heaven at the New Library in Llantwit Major. The books are a …
The New Library and St Illtud’s Church are working together in partnership to celebrate the long tradition of welcome, hospitality and scholarship in Llantwit Major. Richard Parry, director of the cultural charity Coleridge Cymru that is developing the New Library for the partnership said, “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with St Illtud’s Church …
BBC Radio 4 Sunday morning worship is broadcast from Llantwit Major on 19th June at 8.10 am. The programme explores the theme of radical hospitality, the Celtic traditions of scholarship, welcome and community and the offer of church today. St Illtud’s Church and the New Library take part in the broadcast with musicians including Wales’ …
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St Illtud’s Church and the New Library will be delighted to host the Cardiff Archaeological Society at the New Library on Saturday 18th June at 10am as they begin a morning’s tour of historic Llantwit Major and the town’s archaeological treasures. The New Library is housed in the Old Gatehouse, which stretches back to the …
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The New Library welcomed and took part in the 2022 Llantwit Major Literature an Arts Festival this weekend. Visitors, locals and festival participants took the opportunity to climb the ancient medieval steps of Llantwit’s oldest building, the 13th century Old gatehouse, to discover the Library and cultural centre housed on the first floor. The town’s …
CYMRAEG Cultural Exploration Myths of origin – how might we understand their power, problems and creative potential? An open public cultural exploration of ‘myths of origin‘ with institutions, communities and schools across South Wales in conjunction with an academic conference in Llantwit Major (12th – 14th October 2022) with The New Library at Llantwit Major, …
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