Rev. Fr. BOB MAGUIRE – by Des Kelly

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“VALE’ FR.ROBERT (BOB) MAGUIRE, O.A.M., A SPECIALLY BELOVED CATHOLIC PRIEST, BORN IN.1934. & PASSED ON TO GLORY TODAY, THE 19TH OF APRIL, 2023. A REMARKABLE MAN, ALWAYS ‘DOING HIS OWN THING’, HE WAS INITIALLY THE MAIN PASTOR OF ST.PAUL’S CATHEDRAL IN MELBOURNE, (WHERE HE WAS BORN), FOR SOME 40 YEARS, ALSO GIVING HIS ALL, TO AID THE WAYWARD YOUTH OF THIS CITY, IN MANY WAYS, EVEN CLASHING WITH THE MELBOURNE CATHOLIC HEIRARCHY WHO

WANTED HIM TO RETIRE IN 2009 (AT 75 YEARS OF AGE), ALTHOUGH HE WANTED TO CARRY ON, DOING WHAT HE LOVED TO DO (HELPING THE KIDS IN MELBOURNE TOWN, WHO ONLY KNEW HIM AS FATHER BOB).HIS O.A.M. WAS WELL EARNED IN 1989.(JUST ANOTHER ‘TITLE’ AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED).

NOW, REST IN PEACE, PERFECT PEACE, FATHER BOB. YOU WERE REALLY ONE OF THE BEST, & A SHINING EXAMPLE TO OTHER CATHOLIC PRIESTS AROUND YOU. MAY GOD BLESS YOU & KEEP YOU BY HIS SIDE, FOREVER. SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY & COUNTLESS FRIENDS. YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, FR.BOB.

Desmond-Kelly