Vale Father Bob Maguire (1934-2023)
Tributes have flowed for the former parish priest at Sts Peter and Paul's in South Melbourne, who was a fierce social justice campaigner, reluctant retiree, and shambolic (yet lovable) interviewer.
I saw Father Bob Maguire in his element. He presided over two christenings and one wedding that I attended, and he did it in such a way that the people involved eventually got christened, eventually got married. He was irreverent in a vocation where Reverend is a title, and Most Reverend is for many an aspiration. But not for Father Bob. He didn’t seem …
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