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Canolfan Mary Jones Visit our visitor centre on the shore of Llyn Tegid and discover how the story of a young Welsh girl changed the lives of millions.

Where will the story take you? Or come and enjoy our onsite cafe serving hot drinks, cakes and light lunches. In 1800, a 15 year-old girl called Mary Jones walked 26 miles from Llanfihangel-y-Pennant to Bala to buy a book. Visit our award-winning visitor centre and discover how the story of a young Welsh girl changed the lives of millions. Set on the edge of Llyn Tegid, the centre tells Mary Jonesโ€™s story through multimedia and interactive displays in a Grade 2-listed building. Complete with a picnic area, cafรฉ and childrenโ€™s playground, Mary Jones World offers a great time out for children and adults alike. Llanycil, Bala, Gwynedd, LL23 7YF
maryjonesworld.org.uk

๐ŸŽจ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐&๐€ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  | ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐š๐œ ๐€๐ญ๐ž๐› ๐ŸŽค Cawsom noson wych yn ein sesiwn Holi ac Ateb gyda Dave Neva...
16/10/2026

๐ŸŽจ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐&๐€ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  | ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐š๐œ ๐€๐ญ๐ž๐› ๐ŸŽค

Cawsom noson wych yn ein sesiwn Holi ac Ateb gyda Dave Nevard, yn trafod ei arddangosfa gelf, Drawn to Imperfection.

Roedd yn ddiddorol iawn clywed Dave yn sรดn am y broses o greuโ€™r casgliad, yr ysbrydoliaeth y tu รดl iโ€™r gwaith celf, aโ€™r straeon syโ€™n dod รขโ€™r gweithiauโ€™n fyw. ๐ŸŽจ

Diolch o galon i Dave am rannu ei waith aโ€™i syniadau gyda ni, ac i Elaine a Claire o Cymdeithas y Beibl am ymuno รข ni a chefnogiโ€™r noson.

Diolch i bawb ddaeth draw a helpu i wneud y noson yn un mor arbennig.

๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŒŸ

We had a fantastic evening at our Q&A event with Dave Nevard, exploring his thought-provoking Drawn to Imperfection art exhibition.

It was interesting to hear Dave talk about the process behind creating the collection, the inspiration behind the artwork, and the stories that bring it all to life. ๐ŸŽจ

A huge thank you to Dave for sharing his work and insights with us, and to Elaine and Claire from Bible Society for joining us and supporting the evening.

Thank you to everyone who came along and helped make it such a special evening.

15/10/2026

๐ŸŒŸ NOS FORY / TOMORROW EVENING ๐ŸŒŸ
โฐ 7pm
๐Ÿ“Canolfan Mary Jones
๐ŸŽค Drawn to Imperfection Q&A Evening / Noson holi ac ateb

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐€๐‘ ๐˜ ๐ƒ๐˜๐ƒ๐ƒ ๐‡๐–๐ / ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธAr Hydref 14, 1755 ganwyd Thomas Charles. Roedd yn un o sylfaenwyr Cymdeithas y Beibl, ...
14/10/2026

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐€๐‘ ๐˜ ๐ƒ๐˜๐ƒ๐ƒ ๐‡๐–๐ / ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ

Ar Hydref 14, 1755 ganwyd Thomas Charles. Roedd yn un o sylfaenwyr Cymdeithas y Beibl, sydd bellach yn fudiad syโ€™n gweithio mewn dros 200 o wledydd. Yn ogystal, caiff ei gofio am ei gyfraniadau lu tuag at fyd diwinyddiaeth ac addysg. Roedd yn gyfrifol am sefydluโ€™r Ysgol Sul gylchynnol ac ysgolion dyddiol ar batrwm ysgolion cylchynnol Griffith Jones, Llanddowror. Buont yn lwyddiant mawr, yn addysol ac yn grefyddol, a thrwyddynt daeth y Cymry yn un o bobloedd mwyaf llythrennog Ewrop erbyn canol y ddeunawfed ganrif.

Mae wedi cael ei gladdu yn mynwent Eglwys Beuno Sant, Llanycil, sef ar yr un safle a Chanolfan Mary Jones. Lle addas iawn felly i ailddweud ei hanes.

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On October 14, 1755 Thomas Charles was born. He was one of the founders of Bible Society, which is now a movement that works in over 200 countries. In addition, he is remembered for his many contributions towards theology and education. He was responsible for establishing the circulating Sunday School and day schools on the pattern of Griffith Jones Llanddowrorโ€™s circulating schools. They were a great success, educationally and religiously, and through them the Welsh became one of the most literate people in Europe by the middle of the eighteenth century.

Heโ€™s buried in St Beuno Church, Llanycil, which is on the same site as the Mary Jones Centre.

๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐‚๐“๐Ž๐๐„๐‘ | ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐ˆ๐‘๐‹ ๐ŸŒโœจ Never underestimate the power of one girl with a dream, a determined hear...
11/10/2026

๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐‚๐“๐Ž๐๐„๐‘ | ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐ˆ๐‘๐‹ ๐ŸŒ
โœจ Never underestimate the power of one girl with a dream, a determined heart and a purpose!

Today, as we celebrate the International Day of the Girl, we remember the remarkable story of Mary Jones, a young Welsh girl whose determination made history.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ?
๐ŸŒฑ Every girl deserves the opportunity to learn.
๐Ÿ“š Every girl deserves access to education and knowledge.
๐Ÿ’ช Every girl has the potential to make a difference.

Mary was just one girl, but her determination left a legacy far greater than she could have imagined.

Today, let us encourage every girl to dream boldly, learn confidently and believe that her life can make a difference.

๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ. ๐€ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐. โค๏ธ

๐Ÿ‘ฃ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ

๐ŸŒŸ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐˜๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐… | ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐–๐‘๐๐Ž๐ƒ ๐‘๐‡๐˜๐๐†๐–๐‹๐€๐ƒ๐Ž๐‹ ๐˜ ๐…๐„๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐ŸŒ

โœจ Peidiwch byth รขg amau grym un ferch sydd รข breuddwyd, calon benderfynol a phwrpas!

Heddiw, wrth ddathlu Diwrnod Rhyngwladol y Ferch, cofiwn am stori ryfeddol Mary Jones, merch ifanc o Gymru y gwnaeth gyfraniad enfawr mewn hanes.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข ๐š๐ซ ๐ƒ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐‘๐ก๐ฒ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐š๐๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฒ ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ก?
๐ŸŒฑ Mae pob merch yn haeddu cyfle i ddysgu.
๐Ÿ“š Mae pob merch yn haeddu mynediad at addysg a gwybodaeth.
๐Ÿ’ช Mae gan bob merch y potensial i wneud gwahaniaeth.

Dim ond un ferch oedd Mary, ond gadawodd ei phenderfyniad gwaddol lawer mwy nag y gallai hi erioed fod wediโ€™i dychmygu.

Heddiw, gadewch inni annog pob merch i freuddwydio, dysguโ€™n hyderus a chredu y gall ei bywyd wneud gwahaniaeth.

๐”๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ก. ๐”๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฎ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐. ๐”๐ง ๐๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก. ๐†๐ฐ๐š๐๐๐จ๐ฅ ๐š ๐ ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ก๐š๐ž๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฒ๐. โค๏ธ



โœจ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ ๐ขโ€™๐ซ ๐ญ๐ขฬ‚๐ฆ, ๐’๐ก๐š๐ง๐žโต‘ / ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ, ๐’๐ก๐š๐ง๐žโต‘ โœจRydym wrth ein bodd yn croesawu Shane iโ€™r tรฎm yn y Caffi! Mae ...
10/10/2026

โœจ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ ๐ขโ€™๐ซ ๐ญ๐ขฬ‚๐ฆ, ๐’๐ก๐š๐ง๐žโต‘ / ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ, ๐’๐ก๐š๐ง๐žโต‘ โœจ

Rydym wrth ein bodd yn croesawu Shane iโ€™r tรฎm yn y Caffi!

Mae Shane yn wyneb cyfarwydd i lawer yn y Bala ac yn sicr yn ychwanegiad gwerthfawr iโ€™r tรฎm.

Dewch draw yn fuan i ddweud helo!

๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ›

Weโ€™re delighted to welcome Shane to the team at the Cafรฉ!

Shane is familiar face to many in Bala and will be a fantastic asset to the team.

Visit us soon to say hello!

09/10/2026

๐ŸŽจ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐&๐€ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  | ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐š๐œ ๐€๐ญ๐ž๐› ๐ŸŽค

Watch Dave Nevardโ€™s video invitation and join us next Friday for an evening of questions, conversation and exploring Drawn to Imperfection.

๐Ÿ“… Next Friday, October 16
๐Ÿ“ Mary Jones Pilgrim Centre

๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ๐ŸŽจ

Gwyliwch neges fideo Dave Nevard yn eich gwahodd i ymuno รข ni nos Wener am noson o gwestiynau, sgwrsio ac archwilio Drawn to Imperfection.

๐Ÿ“… Nos Wener nesaf, Hydref 16
๐Ÿ“ Canolfan Mary Jones

Lasagne cartref ar gael yn caffi. Dewch draw!๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ˜Homemade lasagne available at the cafรฉ. Come and try it for yourself!
08/10/2026

Lasagne cartref ar gael yn caffi. Dewch draw!

๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ˜

Homemade lasagne available at the cafรฉ. Come and try it for yourself!

๐ŸŽˆ๐๐ž๐ง-๐›๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ง๐ขโต‘ 1๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ ๐ŸŽˆHeddiw rydym yn dathlu 12 mlynedd ers iโ€™r ganolfan agor!Ar 5 Hydref 2014, agorwyd y gano...
05/10/2026

๐ŸŽˆ๐๐ž๐ง-๐›๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ง๐ขโต‘ 1๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ ๐ŸŽˆ
Heddiw rydym yn dathlu 12 mlynedd ers iโ€™r ganolfan agor!

Ar 5 Hydref 2014, agorwyd y ganolfan gan Leta Jones, gor-gor-gor-wyres y Parchg. Thomas Charles. Roedd y dyddiad yn un arwyddocaol hefyd gan ei fod yn nodi 200 mlynedd ers marwolaeth Thomas Charles.

Ers agor ein drysau, rydym wedi cael y pleser o groesawu miloedd o ymwelwyr, syโ€™n cynnwys cannoedd o grwpiau ac ysgolion, ac wedi cynnal amrywiaeth o ddigwyddiadau a gweithgareddau.

Diolch yn fawr i bawb sydd wedi ein cefnogi dros y 12 mlynedd diwethaf - ein tรฎm estynedig, Cangen Cymdeithas y Beibl y Bala a Phenllyn, ein cydweithwyr yn Cymdeithas y Beibl, ein gwirfoddolwyr, aโ€™r holl ysgolion, grwpiau ac ymwelwyr sydd wedi galw heibio. Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi eich cefnogaeth yn fawr.

Edrychwn ymlaen at flwyddyn arall o ddigwyddiadau, gweithgareddau a chroesawu ymwelwyr drwy ein drysau - a gweld beth fydd y flwyddyn nesaf yn ei gynnig!

๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŽ‚

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌโต‘ 1๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ ๐ŸŽ‰
Today weโ€™re celebrating 12 years since the centre opened!

On 5 October 2014, the centre was opened by Leta Jones, the great-great-great granddaughter of Revd. Thomas Charles. The date was also significant as it marked 200 years since the death of Thomas Charles.

Since opening our doors, weโ€™ve had the pleasure of welcoming thousands of visitors, which include hundreds groups and schools, and hosting a wide range of events and activities.

A big thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past 12 years - our extended team, the Bala and Penllyn Bible Society action group, our colleagues at Bible Society, our volunteers, and all the schools, groups and visitors who have come through our doors. We really appreciate your continued support.

Weโ€™re looking forward to another year of events, activities and welcoming visitors through our doors - and seeing what the next year brings! ๐ŸŒŸ

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