Robert Oakeshott, of Swaneng and Shashe Schools

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Having written about Bishop Urban Murphy in the last two weeks, it is probably not so surprising that that I should have recalled Sheila Bagnall’s lovely story of Robert Oakeshott’s meeting with the Catholic sisters in Palapye in September 1969.

Robert, making polite conversation: Wouldn’t you say, Sister Clair that the Pope did remarkably well during his recent visit to Uganda? Sister Clair: Ach, the dear man - and splendid he looked in it.

Robert: I am afraid that I don’t understand - looked well in what? Sister Clair: Did you not see the pictures then - His Holiness in a safari suit? Robert: I can’t say that I did.

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Robert Oakeshott, of Swaneng and Shashe Schools

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