An ex priest has reopened Italy's
oldest grocery store near Perugia.
The former cleric, Alphonse Uwemeye, chose May 1 as the
symbolically important date to reopen the historic shop
belonging to the Jachetti family, founded in 1832 in Monteleone
di Spoleto, an Umbrian hamlet with 500 souls.
Girolamo, aka Jimmi, was the last Jachetti to run the store,
closing it last December after 40 years when he retired.
"Then we got the chance to reopen and I'm so happy we did, and
the shop will always bear the Jachetti family sign," Father
Alphonse, 62, from Rwanda, told ANSA.
"Working is fundamental in a person's life and reopening this
establishment was very symbolic, if a little random.
The ex priest, who lives in the nearby town of Roccaporena di
Cascia, said he hoped this new chapter of his life would enjoy
"the support of Our Lord, who accompanies me in all the things
in my life".
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