Don’t forget - the second meeting of Geeks Who Care will be held at Sts Peter and Paul’s presbetary THIS Sunday, 29th June 2008 at 2pm. Please RSVP on the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13233173093 or at the Tangler forum http://www.tangler.com/forum/geekswhocare where you will find all the Geeks Who Care discussions.

We have reactivated the forum for anyone who would like to contribute and share ideas there http://forum.thepodcastnetwork.com/viewforum.php?f=4  

Support the Fr Bob Maguire Foundation by donating via PayPal or other methods at Bob’s blog or Bob’s website.

Watch Bob’s video reports weekly at Father Bob’s Foundation Update

Check out Bob’s Facebook page or Michaela’s Facebook page with a group for
The Father Bob Show Podcast.

Bob encourages you to check out the Sunday Night Safran podcast from Triple J

Do you know of any company or individual who would like to sponsor the foundation for $7500 per year?

Theme music is provided by the Monks and Choirs of Kiev Pechersk Lavra performing “Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church“.

download the show

Don’t forget - the second meeting of Geeks Who Care will be held at Sts Peter and Paul’s presbetary on Sunday, 29th June 2008 at 2pm. Please RSVP on the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13233173093 or at the Tangler forum http://www.tangler.com/forum/geekswhocare where you will find all the Geeks Who Care discussions.

Become my friend on Facebook and check out all the pictures that I’ve uploaded of Bob and our activities.

We have reactivated the forum for anyone who would like to contribute and share ideas there http://forum.thepodcastnetwork.com/viewforum.php?f=4  

Support the Fr Bob Maguire Foundation by donating via PayPal or other methods at Bob’s blog or Bob’s website.

Watch Bob’s video reports weekly at Father Bob’s Foundation Update

Check out Bob’s Facebook page or Michaela’s Facebook page with a group for
The Father Bob Show Podcast.

Bob encourages you to check out the Sunday Night Safran podcast from Triple J

Do you know of any company or individual who would like to sponsor the foundation for $7500 per year?

Theme music is provided by the Monks and Choirs of Kiev Pechersk Lavra performing “Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church“.

download the show

If your property is listed with CENTURY 21 Wilson Pride (St Kilda), throughout the months of June and July 2008, CENTURY 21 Wilson Pride (St Kilda) will donate 50 percent of our selling fees to the Father Bob Maguire
Foundation. This event is a first for the Victorian market and what is set to be a significant fundraising event for the Father Bob Maguire Foundation. Keep an eye out for the support of your favourite local celebrity, with famous “pencillers” keeping track of bids at
our auctions throughout the campaign.

How Can I Identify The Properties?
To ensure you know what properties are being sold by CENTURY 21 Wilson Pride (St Kilda), with 50 percent of our selling fees being donated to the Father Bob Maguire Foundation, a specially branded signboard, featuring
the Father Bob Maguire Foundation logo and information on the fundraising activity will be placed in front of the properties and promoted in Open Magazine, CENTURY 21’s Victorian property magazine.

If you’re thinking of selling your home and would like your property to be involved in this fundraising event, contact your local experts at CENTURY 21 Wilson Pride (St Kilda) for your free market appraisal.
www.century21.com.au/stkilda
Wilson Pride
CENTURY 21 Wilson Pride (St Kilda)
21 Irwell St, (Corner Carlisle St)
St Kilda VIC 3182
Smart move.
Call CENTURY 21 Wilson Pride (St Kilda) on 03 9525 4166

download the poster

download the flyer

Support the Fr Bob Maguire Foundation by donating via PayPal or other methods at Bob’s blog or Bob’s website.

Watch Bob’s video reports weekly at Father Bob’s Foundation Update

Check out Bob’s Facebook page, Michaela’s Facebook page,
Bob’s Twitter, and
Michaela’s Twitter

Michaela has started a new Facebook group for
The Father Bob Show Podcast, and Cameron has started Geeks Who Care.

Bob also has two MySpace pages: Foundation MySpace and Bob’s MySpace

Bob encourages you to check out the Sunday Night Safran podcast from Triple J

Do you know of any company or individual who would like to sponsor the foundation for $7500 per year?

Theme music is provided by the Monks and Choirs of Kiev Pechersk Lavra performing “Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church“.

download the show

Michaela would be happy to start a “video fund” using PayPal donations if you would like to donate that way. For more information, just email her at fatherbobshow@gmail.com

If you know of anyone who owns hi-fi store or has a video camera that they are not using, and it has these two key features, we would gratefully accept a new or second hand donation

The IT team wishes you all a very merry Christmas.

A listener to The Father Bob Show podcast, Dan from South Australia, made this composite.

Ron is writing a biography of Bob due out in 2008. His son Geoff called in to take some photos for the book. Check out the website below for more photos.

All photographs taken by Geoff Burrows

Geoff Burrows photography: ww.geoffburrows.com.au/
blog: www.gburrows.blogspot.com/
flikr: ww.flickr.com/photos/75347427@N00/
phone: 0408 707 997

Michaela, Bob, and Ron, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Michaela gets Bob to crack a smile!

Readying the incense, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

We added some Rosemary (Rosamarinus) to the fire as it is the herbal symbol of remembrance

Bob spreads some soil from the site of the Eureka stockade, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

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Bob smokes the plaque, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Bob smokes the attendees, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Bob sprinkles holy water, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Les Twentyman gave a short speech remembering the dead, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

A Jewish prayer in remembrance of the lost, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Henry has worked for Open Family and Emerald Hill Mission for many years, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

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Henry’s irrepressible good nature, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Bob gives a short speech of remembrance, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

This is a plaque erected by Fr. Bob Maguire in the front garden of Sts Peter and Paul Church, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It remembers the lives lost in the drug wars of the 1980s, and will be official opened on September 14th, 2007. This will be the first annual Fr. Bob Maguire Foundation Memorial Day.

Brennan, Frank, 2007, Acting on Conscience: How can we responsibly mix law, religion and politics? University of Queensland Press, Australia.

Frank Brennan is a Catholic Jesuit Priest and a Professor of Law at the Australian Catholic University. His latest book, although a tome of less weight than the likes of Tolstoy, is still fairly heavy reading. Those without a background in the law, like myself, may struggle to stay awake through the drier chapters. Furthermore, Brennan details more than the reader with no working knowledge of the mainstream Christian churches in Australia would be able to fully absorb. Perhaps the author would have been better advised by his editors to skip straight to the meatier discussions such as maintaining citizens’ freedom of conscience.

Although Brennan maintains a predictably overall conservative perspective, his line is considerably different on issues such as Aboriginal land rights, the war on terror, the death penalty, and the detention of asylum seekers. Brennan tends to pick and choose his reliance on Vatican encyclicals and doctrine. For example, in the AIDS debate where the Vatican has denounced the use of condoms between Catholic married couples where one partner is infected, Brennan asserts; ‘there are not likely to be many couples who are put off using condoms or sexual relations because of incoherent Vatican pronouncements’.

However, for this liberalism, Brennan does toe the party line on stem cell research, RU-486, IVF, and late-term abortion. He proposes that gay and lesbian couples should be afforded equal rights, and then states that heterosexual couples should always be given preference to adopt children over homosexual couples. He also gives the overall impression that morality is the dominion of the religious, and that atheists and secular humanists would not come to the same conclusion as those whose consciences are informed by a Church.

These mixed messages all surmount to the author’s belief, drawing on the teachings of Thomas Aquinas, Pope John Paul II, Pope Paul VI, Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), that the individual should form their own conscience, sometimes informed by organised religion, which goes against many conservative contemporary Australian Catholic bishops. Flowing from this, Brennan’s position is that politicians should always vote with their conscience, even when that conscience is informed by their religion. This is an interesting proposition considering that the people elect politicians and their role in parliament is to represent those voters. He does not address this issue to my satisfaction, although others may view his arguments very differently.

Just an update to let you know I wrote a story for the new bimonthly online journal Voices. I was invited by the editor Terry Monagle - Bob’s biographer - to write this piece about my involvement with the Catholic church. Let us know what you think, either in comments here, or email me at michaela_w at hotmail dot com. The entire journal can be found at

http://www.johngarratt.com.au/voices/

Sts Peter and Paul Noticeboard, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

This is last week’s slogan. Sorry I was a bit tardy in getting it up.

Notice boad with Bob’s slogan, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Hi all, this matches up with Bob’s latest blog post at www.fatherbob.com.au
New podcast is recorded, but having a slight technical difficulty. We’ll be getting it out to you soon.
Cheers, Michaela.

Sts Peter and Paul, South Melbourne, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Bob’s slogan of the week, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Courtesy of JamJar

Bob searches desparately for his lyrics!, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

On Wednesday night a fundraiser was held at Riva restaraunt in St Kilda. There were drinks, lovely food, dancing, singing, comedy, laughter and Tottie Goldsmith. She did a great job stepping in at the last minute for Jim Wilson, whose wife was ill in hospital. Bob’s act was a rap performed with accompanying dancers.

Tune in on this site next week for some video footage (hopefully), and a repeat audio performance of Bob’s rap in the next podcast.

Bob and Annette, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Annette Amos is Bob’s super duper Parish Manager. She brings organisation and sanity into Bob’s presbytery.

Bob and comedian Bruno Lucia, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Bruno generously donated his talents and time to the Riva fundraiser.

Lee, Elise, and Bob, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Elise May and her fiance Lee Turner will be married by Bob in a couple of weeks. Elise worked tirelessly to bring the Riva night alive.

Blues Brother Bob and Franklin, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Here is the outfit Bob wanted to wear to the Riva fundraiser tonight (see www.fatherbob.com.au for details). He wanted to go as a Blues Brother, and Franklin agreed, but his outfit was vetoed. I reckon it’s pretty cool.

“Not them and us, it’s we”., originally uploaded by Michaela5.

This is Barbara Biggins’ entry for the Archibald Prize, a portrait of Father Bob. Note the spelling of the artist, we previously posted a blog namins her as Biggs, but Bob since corrected the name. Bob reckons he looks like he has a dislocated jaw, and he might look a bit pious with the chalice in the frame. Let us know what you think.

Jeremy Weinstein, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Jeremy explains the Jewish Call to Prayer and its contemporary meaning.

Bob Smokes Everyone!, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Bob noted however, that lawyers would not be smoked with incecnse in case they decided to sue.

Bob welcomes everyone, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

However, he’s leaving by 9pm whether they’re finished or not!

Bob’s infamous electric candle, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

This is the bloody candle Bob has been going on about all year, though I admit they are nifty - no wax dripping and much safer. it is battery powered, and Bob has one on his desk that he fiddles with during our podcasts that Cameron brought back from America for him.

Mehmet - Bob’s Camera Crew for Christmas Eve, originally uploaded by Michaela5.

Bob reminds us not to call Mr. Ruddock’s hotline and that Mehmet is not “Al Jazeera”