Choral Evensong

This afternoon we attended a special evensong at St Mary's Church in the city centre to commemorate Swansea's 50th anniversary as a City. The Lord Lieutenant and the Archbishop of Wales were also in attendance.

The words of the Rector of St. Mary's, Canon Ian Rees, in the welcome to the order of service, seem particularly apt. He writes that at the very heart of both Swansea and St Mary's Church are the people, the people who live and work here, the people who study here, who visit for any reason at all.

Swansea's 50th anniversary and the 60th anniversary of the reconsecration of St Mary's are important landmarks in our city's development, but without the people and communities on which the two are built, these dates would be meaningless.

I am glad that this was recognised in this afternoon's service.