To celebrate Gloucester Pride this weekend, I asked the wonderful Simon Culley to share some thoughts on his work connecting the local LGBT+ community with places of faith, such as the Church of St Mary De Crypt, and vice versa. Here’s what he had to share – I hope you enjoy! – Zoe: It was […]
To mark the occasion of Gloucester Day 2019 (which took place on Saturday 7th September 2019), Discover DeCrypt would like to share this short ode composed by our churchwarden Peter. He says: To refer to this event as a home-coming after a sojourn at Brunswick Baptist church is a little shy of the mark, for […]
Over the weekend of June 21st – 23rd, Discover DeCrypt staged the city’s first ever Festival of Death and Life. We had music, poetry, talks, a creative art display and crafts for the family, as well as lots of coffee and home-made cake. Those that came were full of enthusiasm. It wasn’t easy to attract […]
Soul trading After the thrill of opening for trading I had the notion that I would enjoy a period of some basking in the tide of praise we were receiving from visitors for the transformation of St Mary de Crypt and Schoolrooms into Discover deCrypt. But, another point of view stopped me in my tracks. Coming […]
The Good, The Bad and The………. St Mary de Crypt has seen a number of characters contribute to its history. The recent work by the History Research Group has (thanks to generous funding by an Old Cryptian) produced astonishing information about people across the social spectrum, and there is more to come. The research has […]
Having just turned 26, I’ll admit that thinking about my death, and what I would like to happen to mark the end of my life, hasn’t really featured highly on my agenda. I sense that this isn’t just an age thing, rather, it’s often not until we’re confronted with the imminent death of either ourselves […]
Who wants to be a Churchwarden? Why does anyone agree to be a churchwarden? The job comes with great responsibility and legal restraint, but with no pay. Yet sometimes a warden can get the most rewarding contacts with people who care about the church for reasons of history, architecture, liturgy, music or simply memories of […]
And we can’t believe we finally talked Nicola (right) in to writing a blog post! A new digital frontier I like to think that I’ve been a bit of digital pioneer during my time as Project Manager with the Discover DeCrypt project – but on reflection, what I’ve really been is primarily an enthusiastic user […]
Bread on waters Like St Mary de Crypt church, the attached schoolrooms have seen many different uses during its long history, though not as dramatic as an ammunition store or an inn, or even as target practice for Royalist forces lodged at Llanthony! A panorama of the schoolrooms as they are today Their use as […]
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If you have any safeguarding concerns, please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officers, whose contact details can be found on our Safeguarding Policy page.
We are part of the Gloucester Diocese you can find their safeguarding policy here.
Car parks nearest to St Mary de Crypt Church:
– NCP Blackfriars Car Park
– Ladybellgate Car Park in Longsmith Street
Wheelchair access is through the South Porch of St Mary de Crypt.
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Southgate Street
Gloucester GL1 1TP
