Text Box: I am Peter Day. God willing, I will be your new curate in July 2010. Father John asked me to write some background information about myself for the parish magazine; I found that this is quite a tricky thing to do! So, my wife, Holly, suggested that she interview me instead. I am 42 years old and was born and grew up in Northampton. I have been teaching Religious Studies for the past three years at a secondary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire. I have a PhD in Theology and am training for the priesthood at Ripon College, Cuddesdon on a part-time ‘mixed mode’ course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When were you happiest?

On my wedding day of course!

What is your greatest fear?
Losing my loved ones followed by my fear of heights.

What is your earliest memory?

Being hit on the head with a stick by an older toddler!
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

Vanity!

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Intolerance and arrogance

When did you first know that you wanted to be a priest?

In my mid-20s; I remember watching Father Nigel saying mass and I sensed a voice inside me saying ‘You should do that!’

Aside from a house, what’s the most expensive thing you’ve bought?

A replica Vespa SS90, which I bought this year and have yet to re-build!

What is your most treasured possession?

My two cats, although I would never kid myself that I ‘possess’ them!

What are you reading at the moment?

Two books: ‘The Lovely Bones’ by Alice Sebold and ‘The Republic of Heaven’ by Jonathan Clark

If you could bring something back to life that was extinct, what would you choose?

Innocenti Lambretta Scooters (yes, I was a mod in my youth!)

What is your most unappealing habit?

Social smoking

What’s your favourite hymn?

The ‘Tantum Ergo’ from ‘Pange Lingua’ always fills me with awe and sends a tingle down my spine.

Are you a morning or evening person?

Morning; when I worked in the print industry I needed to be at work for 6.30am so I soon learned to be!

What is your guiltiest pleasure?

Drinking coca-cola or buying suits!

What do you owe your parents?

Pretty much everything - But especially my sense of humour.

How do you like to relax?

Walking with Holly or listening to music – soul, rhythm and blues, ska, 60s ‘garage punk’; I’m not really a classical music buff!

Who would you most like to have a pint with?

My dad – we never got round to it before he died.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

‘To be fair…’

What’s your favourite meal?

As a vegetarian, I love the variety of dishes in Indian cooking

What’s the worst job you’ve done?

Packing chocolates for Christmas selection boxes!

If you could go back in time, where would you go?

England in the 1960s – to see if it lived up to all the hype!

When did you last cry?

Watching a documentary last night about the fall of the Berlin Wall!

If you were a piece of furniture, what would you be?

An Arts and Crafts bureau- functional but elegant!

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

Don’t make too many plans!