St Mary's Church, Swansea

Lovely place to visit, shame about some of the congregations' snootiness

A pretty church, with some remarkable stained glass windows. Unfortunately, the day I visited, the good value tea shop was staffed by a deeply unpleasant person who treated me with a combination of suspicion and contempt. Not very Christian behavior. No wonder church attendance continues to decline at an alarming rate.

Swansea is the starting point of St Thomas Way - the medieval heritage trail linking 13 special places between Swansea and Hereford that launched in July 2018.

St Mary's Church in the centre of Swansea is part of the Swansea trail and it also hosts the St Thomas Way launch exhibition in October 2018 'Re-Making Maps of the Mind: Medieval and Modern Journeys'.

Here's the St Thomas Way prayer which reflects the Swansea part of the journey:
"Open our eyes, Lord, to your presence in the ordinary and the unloved. May the beginning of the St Thomas Way be also the beginning of a new way of seeing you at work in the world. May we journey each day with eyes open to find you where we least expect it."

An old church in the middle of the town, with full of live when we visited. As I see choirs and musicians give concerts here and the acoustic sounds pretty good. The roof inside is not covered by stone, so it gives a special taste for it. It is rebuilt after the WW2, so it is not precisely authentic, but works very well.

A friendly welcome peacefull and calm place in the cebtre of swansea
Now open for silent prayer.
rno coffee shop and toilets closed due to the pandemic at present
not so many signs but maybe a route to heaven

Worked on the restoration post WW2 so making a return visit. Very friendly and helpful verger.

Beautiful church ⛪ lovely surroundings.

A beautiful church with a wonderful bell tower👍