The Latest Breaking News from Bob Maguire

List pays tribute to service, dedication and hard work

More than 700 Australians have been named in the Australia Day 2024 Honours List, with women tipping the gender scales.

AAP · Jan 25, 2024

Mourners honour people’s priest Father Bob

Father Bob Maguire has been mourned at a state funeral, with close friends and family remembering his social justice work and sense of humour.

The New Daily · May 5, 2023

Father Bob Maguire honoured at a state funeral at Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral

Premier Daniel Andrews and TV and radio presenter John Safran were among those who spoke at a state funeral for Father Bob Maguire in Melbourne.

ABC News · May 4, 2023

Victorians to celebrate life of Father Bob Maguire at state funeral

Father Bob Maguire will be remembered at a state funeral, arranged by his family and the Father Bob Maguire Foundation, in Victoria.

The New Daily · Apr 25, 2023

Father Bob Maguire to be honoured with state funeral in Victoria, Premier confirms

The social justice campaigner and "people's priest" — who died, aged 88, earlier this month in Melbourne — will be remembered with a state funeral.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2023

A bastard's tale worthy of the Anzac legend

Apart from its historical significance, it's a rollicking good yarn.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 24, 2023

If the camera was there with the blessing of Father Bob Maguire, people felt safe: my relationship with a marvellous man

They told me the church was my mother. I learned that at school, and in the seminary. ‘Holy Mother Church’, they said. But I soon discovered that she was a bitch.

The Conversation · Apr 24, 2023

‘We’re all in this together’: Father Bob loved footy and came to value its impact off the field too

The Collingwood fan spent a lifetime creating a gameplan for ‘the unloved and the unlovely’ to share the field with ‘the elites’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2023

State funeral on the table to honour Father Bob Maguire

A state funeral will be put on the table to pay tribute to larrikin priest Bob Maguire when Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks with his grieving family.

The New Daily · Apr 20, 2023

Catholics like me grieve for Father Bob and for his larrikin, radical faith

With the death of Australia’s patron of ‘the unloved and unlovely’, who remains as the public face of cultural Catholicism?

The Guardian - AU · Apr 19, 2023