Bob Maguire

Robert John Maguire AO RFD (14 Satumba 1934 - 19 Afrilu 2023), wanda aka fi sani da Robert John Thomas Maguire kuma aka fi sani le Uba Bob, firist ne na Roman Katolika na Australiya, ma'aikacin al'umma kuma mai watsa labarai. Daga 1973 zuwa 2012, Maguire ya kasance firist na Ikilisiyar Sts Peter da Paul a Kudancin Melbourne . An san shi da bayar da shawarwari game da Adalci na zamantakewa da kula da marasa galihu na al'umma, an nada Maguire a matsayin memba na Order of Australia (AO) a shekarar 1989 don hidimomin da ya yi wa marasa gida ta hanyar Open Family Foundation.

Maguire ya ci gaba da aiki a cikin al'umma a lokacin da ya yi ritaya a matsayin shugaban Gidauniyar Uba Bob.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

An haifi Robert John Maguire a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1934 a unguwar Thornbury da ke Melbourne . Mahaifinsa, James Maguire, mashayi ne mai tsananin sha'awa wanda ya yi ƙaura daga Glasgow a shekarar 1922. Mahaifiyarsa, Annie (née McLaughlin), daga Edinburgh, yawanci mijinta ne ke dukanta, wanda hakan kan sa ta "yi mata rauni, ta yi jini da rauni". Abin da kawai Maguire ke tunawa da mahaifinsa shi ne lokacin da "ya tafi kuma lokacin da ya dawo gida, yana dukana da bel ɗinsa".

Maguire ita ce ƙarama cikin yara biyar. 'Yan uwansa sune Eileen, Kathleen, James (Jim) da Marguerite . Iyalin sun koma gida sau da yawa lokacin da aka kashe duk kuɗin haya don sha. Iyalin sun kasance matalauta sosai kuma saurayi Maguire ba shi da takalma kuma dole ne ya ranta tsohuwar rigar ɗan'uwansa don ɓoye ramuka a cikin tufafin da ya sa zuwa makaranta. Ya "duba mahaifiyarsa mai wahala na dogon lokaci" kuma ya gan ta a matsayin "alamu na ibada ta Kirista".

Maguire ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Katolika ta Our Lady of Lourdes a Armadale daga 1940 zuwa 1947, kuma ya zama ɗan bagade lokacin da ya cika shekaru takwas. Ya sami tallafin karatu daga Returned Services League don halartar makarantar masu zaman kansu ta Christian Brothers College, St Kilda, daga 1948 zuwa 1953.

'Yar'uwarsa Kathleen ta mutu daga tarin fuka a 1945 lokacin da yake dan shekara 11. Mahaifinsa ya mutu daga Ciwon daji na huhu a shekara ta 1947, yana da shekaru 63, kuma mahaifiyarsa ta mutu a shekara ta 1950, tana da shekaru 61, ta bar Maguire maraya a shekara 15.

Bayan tabbatarwa a cikin Cocin Katolika, bisa ga al'ada, ya ɗauki sunan tabbatarwa "Thomas" kuma ya zama Robert John Thomas Maguire.

Firist

A shekara ta 1953, yana da shekaru 18, Maguire ya fara karatun tauhidin a Kwalejin Corpus Christi, Melbourne, inda ya sami horo don firist. A wannan lokacin ya kasance mai kiwon ƙudan zuma, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun lokutan rayuwata". An naɗa shi a ranar 24 ga Yuli 1960 yana da shekaru 25.

A shekara ta 1965, Maguire ya shiga rundunar Sojojin Australiya. A Lokacin Yakin Vietnam, a matsayin mataimakin kwamandan, ya kasance kwamandan jami'in horar da halayen ga matasa jami'ai.

Daga 1973 zuwa 2012, Maguire ya kasance firist na Ikklisiya Sts Peter da Paul a Kudancin Melbourne .

Sauran ayyukan

Tushen

The Father Bob's Foundation began in 2003 "in an attempt to gather all my social investments together under one Board of Governance". The "Bob Squad" is the foundation's volunteer fund-raising and welfare provision arm, which is styled on and inspired by Maguire's sense of revolutionary approach to social justice. Its slogan is "Viva La Bob" and social media activity were designed to suggest a similarity to the activities of Che Guevara and Martin Luther King Jr. In the mid-1980s, Maguire started Open Family Australia, providing aid to the street children of Melbourne.

Maguire ya kasance a matsayin shugaban Gidauniyar Uba Bob bayan ya yi ritaya. [1] Gidauniyar, wacce ke aiki a cikin Birnin Port Phillip, tana cikin al'umma a matsayin ƙungiya mai zaman kanta kuma tana gudanar da ayyukan kamar isar da abinci, samar da abinci daga kantin sayar da abinci da kuma goyon bayan jama'a.