We were prepared for confirmation by Fr Sulter. The school was founded by the Community of the Resurrection but by my time none of them were left. Fr Jarvis-Palmer and Fr Sulter were the school chaplains and Fr Sulter did a good job of preparing us in Christian apologetics for the onslaught which was expected when we went to university. In the prep we learnt Bible stories. In fact I knew my Bible well. When we were in Cape Town we visited him at the retirement home where the Archbishop of Cape Town also lived and he showed us his book listing all the names of the confirmandi and he siad he prayed for each class by turn. He had a white jacket and a panama hat which he wore for cricket matches and I eventually got a similar hat in California. I do not think that his insistence on confession in the open chapel before confirmation was helpful and as a former Presbyterian why did he say we should not receive communion in other churches? Any way I remained a faithful Anglican communicant every Sunday and equally took a full part in the Presbyterian services. I never thought I might become a Catholic and interestingly one of the old boys much later commented on my change over. I just smiled and said I was happy!
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