I
t’s a late summer’s afternoon
and a group of six- to sevenyear-old girls are skipping
rope in the space between the flats
on Roger Street, District Six.
The
new priest of St.
Philip the Deacon
steps out from the Rectory on his
first round of parish...
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I
t’s a late summer’s afternoon
and a group of six- to sevenyear-old girls are skipping
rope in the space between the flats
on Roger Street, District Six.
The
new priest of St.
Philip the Deacon
steps out from the Rectory on his
first round of parish visitation.
As
he walks towards Nelson Street,
he is hailed with a cheery “Good
morning Father God!”
A boisterous chorus follows:
“Morning Father God!”.
They
smile and wave enthusiastically.
The priest approaches the group
and explains that God is in
Heaven.
“But you can call me Fr.
Michael.
”
These are the typical scenes
which Fr.
Michael Weeder will
miss when he leaves St.
Philip’s in
April to take up his new posting,
not too far away, at St.
George’s
Cathedral.
Having worked as a priest in
rural areas, in townships and now
in the inner-city, Fr.
Michael is
clearly excited about having been
elected, through an intensive and
protracted democratic process
initiated by Archbishop Thabo
Makgoba, to the position of Dean
of Cape To
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