[2] John Welch had been raised Protestant, but converted to Catholicism after reading Cardinal Newman's works.
as a postulant, before becoming a novice at Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire in 1915, supposedly wearing a fashionable skirt too tight to kneel in.
Welch continued to study art under Desmond Chute and Eric Gill from whom she derived her angular style.
[2] During the Second World War, she took on the role of managing orchards, and became an expert on fruit trees, a hobby she carried on until her 80s.
[2] Welch was known for her designs of liturgical furnishings and took a lead role in the 1929 Catholic Times' Arts and Crafts exhibition.