Father Bob: The Larrikin Priest by Sue Williams

Father Bob: The Larrikin Priest by Sue Williams

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781921901317
Author: Sue Williams
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2013
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368 pages
Period: 20th and 21st Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Father Bob Maguire is a man of passion, creativity, and humour; he is part Billy Connolly, part angry Old Testament prophet and part compassionate Mother Theresa (he would hate this categorisation). But he has a unique combination of traits, and he is a risk taker in each. He is an elusive chameleon, a man of brilliant riddles.

His life story has not been told or rather, he has told it in random pieces, for people to put together like a jigsaw puzzle. Sue Williams is the first person to attempt to capture his whole story.

For 39 years, Father Bob was parish priest of Sts Peter and Paul church in South Melbourne, until his boss forced him to retire. From this base, and through his foundation, he worked, hands on, with the homeless, sick, criminal and addicted. He has had successes and failures.

In his own words, Father Bob sees his work as a 'life-long attempt to empower teens, twenty-somethings and even children to be their unique selves … unique contributors in recreating the world and the cosmos'. He believes the Father Bob Maguire Foundation needs to be 'urgent, sensitive to young people's fragile dreams and flexible in responding to young people of every class and creed'.

At 78, Father Bob shows no signs of slowing down, giving in, or shutting up. Father Bob passed away in April 2023.

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