2026 Women’s History Month Special Event
As part of 2026 Women’s History Month, the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales and the Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Department at Bangor University are hosting a special online event:
- When?: Tuesday, 17 March 2026
- Time: 09:30 (Welsh-medium session)
- Time: 11:00am (English-medium session)
- Where?: Online via Microsoft Teams
- Delivererd by: Nerys Siddall, Manager of the Mary Jones Pilgrim Centre
Register for free here:https://forms.office.com/e/fmtAw1dUAD
Join online for an inspiring talk by Nerys Siddall as she explores the remarkable story of Mary Jones – the young Welsh girl who, in 1800, walked over twenty miles barefoot to buy a Welsh Bible. Her extraordinary determination became one of Wales’s most powerful stories of faith and helped inspire the founding of the Bible Society.
This session will explore themes of perseverance, resilience, literacy, faith, and social impact. Mary’s story resonates strongly today and offers rich connections to the Curriculum for Wales, especially in relation to cynefin, ethical and informed citizenship, historical understanding, and the transformative power of education.
It is a powerful, accessible story for all ages and a wonderful opportunity to celebrate a Welsh woman whose legacy continues to shape generations.
Picture:Golygfa uwchben Y Bala / A view above Bala by Ian Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
