Trystan Owain Hughes
@trystanhughes.bsky.social
Theologian, historian, Director of Ministry Development (Church in Wales), Canon emeritus at Llandaff Cathedral. Siarad Cymraeg. Lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK
Huge thanks for such a brilliant launch of To Hell’s Mouth and Back! Lovely to see so many of you there. Grateful for all the kind words from those already reading it Available via BRF, Amazon, or bookshops: www.amazon.co.uk/Hells-Mouth-...
Big shout-out to Georgia & Tomos for photos.
Big shout-out to Georgia & Tomos for photos.
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Huge thanks for such a brilliant launch of To Hell’s Mouth and Back! Lovely to see so many of you there. Grateful for all the kind words from those already reading it Available via BRF, Amazon, or bookshops: www.amazon.co.uk/Hells-Mouth-...
Big shout-out to Georgia & Tomos for photos.
Big shout-out to Georgia & Tomos for photos.
Thank you so much to all who came to the launch of “To Hell’s Mouth and Back” and “Trwy’r Anialwch”. Over 80 people were at a joyous evening – great to be back at @ChristChCardiff Official photos to come – but wanted to thank you for your support and kind messages. Diolch pawb!
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thank you so much to all who came to the launch of “To Hell’s Mouth and Back” and “Trwy’r Anialwch”. Over 80 people were at a joyous evening – great to be back at @ChristChCardiff Official photos to come – but wanted to thank you for your support and kind messages. Diolch pawb!
Excited for the launch of To Hell’s Mouth and Back / Trwy’r Anialwch tomorrow (Fri 7 Nov, 7pm) at Christ Church, Roath Park CF23 5QN. I’ll read a few extracts, there’ll be light refreshments & 20% off books (card machine available). Croeso i bawb! All welcome!
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Excited for the launch of To Hell’s Mouth and Back / Trwy’r Anialwch tomorrow (Fri 7 Nov, 7pm) at Christ Church, Roath Park CF23 5QN. I’ll read a few extracts, there’ll be light refreshments & 20% off books (card machine available). Croeso i bawb! All welcome!
I represented the Church in Wales at the relaunch of Cynnal yesterday. Cynnal offers free confidential counselling for clergy in Wales and their families. Check out their new website and please pass on their details to anyone who may find them helpful: cynnal.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I represented the Church in Wales at the relaunch of Cynnal yesterday. Cynnal offers free confidential counselling for clergy in Wales and their families. Check out their new website and please pass on their details to anyone who may find them helpful: cynnal.uk
Publication day! A quiet celebration in my favourite café while Sandra visits her mum in Germany. To Hell’s Mouth and Back has been years in the making - personal, hopeful, and uplifting. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
www.amazon.co.uk/Hells-Mouth-...
#pilgrimage #hope #spirituality
www.amazon.co.uk/Hells-Mouth-...
#pilgrimage #hope #spirituality
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Publication day! A quiet celebration in my favourite café while Sandra visits her mum in Germany. To Hell’s Mouth and Back has been years in the making - personal, hopeful, and uplifting. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
www.amazon.co.uk/Hells-Mouth-...
#pilgrimage #hope #spirituality
www.amazon.co.uk/Hells-Mouth-...
#pilgrimage #hope #spirituality
Finally got my hands on my new book – "To Hell's Mouth and Back: Pilgrimage, Suffering and Hope". It will be published later this month. #newbook #pilgrimage #suffering #hope #author
October 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Finally got my hands on my new book – "To Hell's Mouth and Back: Pilgrimage, Suffering and Hope". It will be published later this month. #newbook #pilgrimage #suffering #hope #author
Dwi’n falch iawn fod fersiwn Gymraeg o’n llyfr i’n cael ei gyhoeddi ochr yn ochr â’r Saesneg. Bydd y lansiad ar yr un pryd â’r fersiwn Saesneg – 7yh, nos Wener 7 Tachwedd yn Eglwys Crist, Parc y Rhath. Croeso cynnes i bawb!
October 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dwi’n falch iawn fod fersiwn Gymraeg o’n llyfr i’n cael ei gyhoeddi ochr yn ochr â’r Saesneg. Bydd y lansiad ar yr un pryd â’r fersiwn Saesneg – 7yh, nos Wener 7 Tachwedd yn Eglwys Crist, Parc y Rhath. Croeso cynnes i bawb!
Not yet held a copy of my new book, but I’ve just been sent a photo of a review copy by the CEO of GoHealth, who is reading it ready for a podcast I am recording with her soon. Lovely to see an early copy of the book and very much looking forward to being on the podcast 😊
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Not yet held a copy of my new book, but I’ve just been sent a photo of a review copy by the CEO of GoHealth, who is reading it ready for a podcast I am recording with her soon. Lovely to see an early copy of the book and very much looking forward to being on the podcast 😊
Wonderful to be back at the Llandaff Diocesan Conference yesterday, giving the keynote talk on Holy Teamwork, alongside @mandyebayton We had a warm welcome at a joyous and uplifting event 😊
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Wonderful to be back at the Llandaff Diocesan Conference yesterday, giving the keynote talk on Holy Teamwork, alongside @mandyebayton We had a warm welcome at a joyous and uplifting event 😊
A date for the diary. The launch of my new book “To Hell’s Mouth and Back” will be at Christ Church, Roath Park on Friday 7 November at 7pm. I’d love to see you there - look forward to it! 😊
September 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A date for the diary. The launch of my new book “To Hell’s Mouth and Back” will be at Christ Church, Roath Park on Friday 7 November at 7pm. I’d love to see you there - look forward to it! 😊
“A wonderful book of reflection, lament and celebration“ (Rowan Williams). The final cover of my new book – out late October.
September 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“A wonderful book of reflection, lament and celebration“ (Rowan Williams). The final cover of my new book – out late October.
An eco and historical tour of our local cemetery this morning, organised by our church St Michael’s and All Angels. Cathays cemetery is the largest in Wales and the third largest in the UK.
June 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
An eco and historical tour of our local cemetery this morning, organised by our church St Michael’s and All Angels. Cathays cemetery is the largest in Wales and the third largest in the UK.
Looking forward to this being published in October. It includes questions for reflection and a study guide, so it can be used as an Advent or Lent book. More news coming soon about endorsements, the launch, and a possible Welsh-language version.
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To Hell's Mouth and Back: Pilgrimage, suffering and hope
After a gruelling 140-mile pilgrimage walking across the rugged terrain of North Wales, Trystan Owain Hughes finds himself facing another, very different pilgrimage as he recovers from a serious injur...
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May 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Looking forward to this being published in October. It includes questions for reflection and a study guide, so it can be used as an Advent or Lent book. More news coming soon about endorsements, the launch, and a possible Welsh-language version.
www.brfonline.org.uk/products/to-...
www.brfonline.org.uk/products/to-...
Cover reveal! To be published by BRF in October. On the cover I look out to Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island) after my 140-mile walk. It explores how suffering can be redeemed, and examines how common experiences of pilgrimage are echoed in the challenges and joys of our life journeys.
May 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Cover reveal! To be published by BRF in October. On the cover I look out to Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island) after my 140-mile walk. It explores how suffering can be redeemed, and examines how common experiences of pilgrimage are echoed in the challenges and joys of our life journeys.
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What is God calling you to? A little video I recorded for the Church in Wales for Vocations Sunday. #Vocations #discernment #Church #ChurchinWales #Calling #God #Christian #christianity #Anglican #priest #VocationsSunday#VocationsSunday
May 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
What is God calling you to? A little video I recorded for the Church in Wales for Vocations Sunday. #Vocations #discernment #Church #ChurchinWales #Calling #God #Christian #christianity #Anglican #priest #VocationsSunday#VocationsSunday
May 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
What is God calling you to? A little video I recorded for the Church in Wales for Vocations Sunday. #Vocations #discernment #Church #ChurchinWales #Calling #God #Christian #christianity #Anglican #priest #VocationsSunday#VocationsSunday
Great few days at the Governing Body of the Church in Wales. Good to be back home in sunny North Wales - and great to be invited to speak on both clergy well-being and the discernment process & widening access to ministry.
May 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Great few days at the Governing Body of the Church in Wales. Good to be back home in sunny North Wales - and great to be invited to speak on both clergy well-being and the discernment process & widening access to ministry.
Looking forward to our Messy Easter this Friday. Always great fun. All welcome!
St Michael and All Angels, Whitchurch Road, Cathays, Cardiff.
Good Friday 18 April. 10.30am – 12.30pm.
St Michael and All Angels, Whitchurch Road, Cathays, Cardiff.
Good Friday 18 April. 10.30am – 12.30pm.
April 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Looking forward to our Messy Easter this Friday. Always great fun. All welcome!
St Michael and All Angels, Whitchurch Road, Cathays, Cardiff.
Good Friday 18 April. 10.30am – 12.30pm.
St Michael and All Angels, Whitchurch Road, Cathays, Cardiff.
Good Friday 18 April. 10.30am – 12.30pm.
Just submitted my next book ‘To Hell’s Mouth and Back: Pilgrimage, Suffering, and Hope’. My most personal and reflective yet. Excited for its BRF release in October! Includes a study guide for personal or group use, perfect for Advent or Lent. Thanks for all your support 😊
March 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just submitted my next book ‘To Hell’s Mouth and Back: Pilgrimage, Suffering, and Hope’. My most personal and reflective yet. Excited for its BRF release in October! Includes a study guide for personal or group use, perfect for Advent or Lent. Thanks for all your support 😊
Hyfryd cyfrannu at y llyfr ‘Hoff Adnodau’r Cymry’. Doeddwn i ddim yn gallu fynd i'r lansiad ond mae fy llun ar y sgrin 😊 Delighted to have contributed to the book ‘The Favourite Bible Verses of the Welsh’. I couldn’t make the launch, but my photo is on the screen at the back 😊
March 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hyfryd cyfrannu at y llyfr ‘Hoff Adnodau’r Cymry’. Doeddwn i ddim yn gallu fynd i'r lansiad ond mae fy llun ar y sgrin 😊 Delighted to have contributed to the book ‘The Favourite Bible Verses of the Welsh’. I couldn’t make the launch, but my photo is on the screen at the back 😊
What is St David’s Day? A short video shared on my TikTok channel for those outside of Wales, exploring the importance of our national festival. Happy St David’s Day to you all! Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus pawb! #Wales #stdavidsday #stdavid #Cymru #dyddgwyldewi
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March 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What is St David’s Day? A short video shared on my TikTok channel for those outside of Wales, exploring the importance of our national festival. Happy St David’s Day to you all! Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus pawb! #Wales #stdavidsday #stdavid #Cymru #dyddgwyldewi
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A privilege to be part of setting up an important new programme of pastoral supervision, to ensure the well-being of our hardworking clergy. A huge thank you to our trainee pastoral supervisors, to Wesley House, Cambridge for the training, and to St Luke’s for its funding & support. Diolch o galon!
February 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A privilege to be part of setting up an important new programme of pastoral supervision, to ensure the well-being of our hardworking clergy. A huge thank you to our trainee pastoral supervisors, to Wesley House, Cambridge for the training, and to St Luke’s for its funding & support. Diolch o galon!
Always good to catch up with someone who has a heart for ministry and mission… great to hear how Rhys is thriving in St Asaph Diocese before he takes another step on his @churchinwales.bsky.social discernment journey. Gwych, Rhys - grêt i dal i fyny a diolch am y paned 👍
February 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Always good to catch up with someone who has a heart for ministry and mission… great to hear how Rhys is thriving in St Asaph Diocese before he takes another step on his @churchinwales.bsky.social discernment journey. Gwych, Rhys - grêt i dal i fyny a diolch am y paned 👍
Reposted by Trystan Owain Hughes
We share our instincts to survive, fit in, and pass on our genes, with other creatures. Difficult ethical questions and powerful emotions centre round instincts. But we prefer to think of ourselves as rational… #kindness #allwelcome #selfcompassion #wellbeing
February 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
We share our instincts to survive, fit in, and pass on our genes, with other creatures. Difficult ethical questions and powerful emotions centre round instincts. But we prefer to think of ourselves as rational… #kindness #allwelcome #selfcompassion #wellbeing
A new Christmas blogpost – a short reflection on love. Merry Christmas to you and your families & friends and look forward to keeping in touch in the new year.
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A Christmas Reflection on Love
Resisting the pull of scrolling through mind-numbing videos on Instagram, TikTok, or facebook is not easy. Most of the time, I manage to hold my ground. But, last week, I gave in, and, it might sur…
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December 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
A new Christmas blogpost – a short reflection on love. Merry Christmas to you and your families & friends and look forward to keeping in touch in the new year.
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