{"id":347,"date":"2021-05-14T08:16:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T08:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opentablesa.co.za\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T15:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:30:48","slug":"cape-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.opentablesa.co.za\/?page_id=347","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"347\" class=\"elementor elementor-347\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79c91db elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"79c91db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cea321\" data-id=\"0cea321\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695c103 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"695c103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Open Table Cape Town<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29ce87c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29ce87c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c655c1\" data-id=\"7c655c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d076080 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d076080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a Catholic church community, we welcome all who are seeking an inclusive, and faith-filled fellowship, united in the desire to draw nearer to God the Creator, Jesus the Christ, and Sofia the Holy Spirit. We journey together in faith by:<\/p><ul><li>Seeking transformative spiritual growth through contemplative prayer in community;<\/li><li>Acknowledging and pursuing the equality of all people in the church, by supporting women to lead, and in particular, women priests belonging to the Roman Catholic Womenpriest movement; by including people of all sexual orientations; and by loosening hierarchies;<\/li><li>Drawing wisdom from diverse sources, including Christian scriptures and spirituality, other religions, the sciences, narrative and artistic traditions, and the experiences of our community;<\/li><li>Encouraging and supporting each other in a caring and prayerful manner, including by nurturing small groups such as prayer, walking, reading and study groups;<\/li><li>Working in our wider community, and wherever else there is need, for empowerment to further justice, human rights and planetary wellbeing.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e5ee55\" data-id=\"2e5ee55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f162907 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f162907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opentablesa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mass-Glasses-768x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2005\" alt=\"\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef71edf\" data-id=\"ef71edf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5e8a05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5e8a05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bab6333\" data-id=\"bab6333\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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