The Victorian NewsBeau Anstee presented with 2025 Father Bob Maguire 5C Award
#ausnews #vicnews #5C #mansfield #FatherBob #mansfieldps #education #award
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Leonora SavageOh. After over a day not being online much, I come this evening to that thing we all dread. That trending name...
Vale, Father Bob.
Another sad day for a nation that sorely lacks people of Father Bob's character and calibre.
I do not think Van Badham will be alone in calling on Bob's intercession.
Peter Prevos 💧🎓📊🇳🇱🇦🇺Will Father Bob get a lavish Funeral like his former boss Pell? The church will probably fast track his sainthood now so they can profit from him #fatherbob
ijenkins99“Father Bob Maguire remembered as a 'great man' who devoted his life to society's least fortunate”
#FatherBob - a man who knew the meaning of Christianity - and lived it
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/father-bob-maguire-tributes-after-death-at-88/102241852
Father Bob Maguire remembered as a 'great man' who devoted his life to society's least fortunate
Catholic priest and social justice campaigner Father Bob Maguire is being remembered by family, fellow activists, politicians and people from all walks of life as a friend of the poor and downtrodden.
Maude Nificentwonder if #DanielAndrews will consider a state funeral for #FatherBob ? i would vote for that - if only to send a message to the catholic church that many of us respect people for what they do, or try to do, NOT based on their rank, or the BS they only pretend to believe.
(at the very least, it might get up Peter Comensoli’s nose)
Lowlife's inane ramblings 🦜☠RIP #FatherBob. One of the few white public figures in Australia that this l'il anarchist could respect. He not only stood on barricades, he was also a builder of them inviting others to join. He was sometimes wrong (as we all are) but seemed to me to be open to learning why he was wrong and adjust accordingly. He was the embodiment of A Good Socialist. May all that knew him be comforted by his life well lived, and may his God welcome him with the open arms and loving embrace he deserves.
Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠John Safran, who's had countless collaborations with Father Bob over the years on TV and radio, said this of his recently departed friend:
What was Father Bob like privately? Somehow kinder and funnier than he was publicly. We somehow ‘fought’ nonstop from the moment the record button was pressed in 2004, through documentaries, radio shows and books, right through to filming this year, but we never once fought. More than being kind in broad brushstrokes, he was kind in small ways. When an elderly congregant couldn’t catch the Collingwood matches, he organised tapes from Channel 7 that he would slip to her, along with the Eucharist wafer, during communion. Bob was wise as Buddha. He attracted all manner of outcasts, not all pleasant, but he was open hearted to those people too. I asked him how did this and he said, “You don’t have to like people to love them.” I send condolences and compassion to Bob’s niece Peta who looked after him in his difficult final stretch, and to all his family and friends. When filming, it was an editor’s nightmare to cut from the shot before I'd burst out laughing each time Bob finished a sentence. I never thought Bob would ever stop making me laugh, but with the sad news of today, he finally has.
x John Safran
ReselsnarkIt’s rare that I would say this about anyone, because we are all unique, and the world needs to celebrate that uniqueness in every way.
But today I hope we could all look at the life of Father Bob, and choose to be a little bit more like him if we can.
#Vale #FatherBob
Tiny Gamer Tris#FatherBob passed away today. He was a hell of a man. He didn't always get it right but Lord did he try harder to do real good than anyone else in the church.
Rest in Peace, Father Bob Maguire. You earned it.