Michael Seed
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Father Michael Seed (born 1957) is a Latin Rite Catholic Franciscan Friar, Ecumenical Advisor to the Archbishop of Westminster, and is notable for his involvement in the conversions of several British celebrities and politicians.
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[edit] Early Life
Michael Seed was born as Steven Wayne Godwin in Manchester, 1957, to a young woman called Marie, and baptised into the Roman Catholic faith as an infant. He was adopted in 1958 by Joseph and Lillian Seed. During his early childhood he and Lillian were subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of his adoptive father. Following the deaths of his mother in 1966 and his father in 1968, he was raised by his maternal Grandmother. [1]
[edit] Vocation
In his youth Father Seed was involved with many different Christian denominations, including Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, the Salvation Army and the Baptist church. He eventually joined the Franciscan order and took his first vows in 1982, and was ordained a priest on the 18th of January 1986. In 1988 Cardinal Basil Hume assigned him the post of Secretary for Ecumenical Affairs at Westminster Cathedral. Whilst at Westminster Cathedral, Father Seed has assisted, among many others, MPs Ann Widdecombe and John Gummer in their decision to enter the Catholic faith. [2][3] He celebrated Masses for former Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family, prior to Mr Blair's conversion to Catholicism in December 2007.[4] [5] [6] He also has many connections with celebrity figures such as Charles Kennedy and Terry Wogan.[7] In 2003 he had his portrait painted by Royal artist Christian Furr.[8]
[edit] Bibliography
- Nobody's Child by Michael Seed (John Blake Publishing Ltd. 2007) ISBN 978-1-84454-343-4
