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Fathers Day can be challenging for some
Father’s day is a day to celebrate the Dads, father figures and mentors in our lives. For anyone grieving, separated from or missing their Dad though it can be a very challenging time.
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Grief
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Introducing our #SayItNow Ambassadors for 2024
#SayItNow 2024 Ambassadors
#SayItNow returns in 2024 as Victorians join the conversation to celebrate the important people in their lives.
#SayItNow is an annual initiative of Tobin Brothers Fune...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
#SayItNow Returns for 2024
#SayItNow returns for 2024
#SayItNow returns in 2024 as Victorians join the conversation to celebrate the important people in their lives.
Victorians young and old are being encouraged to celebra...
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Monday, February 5, 2024
Celebrating the Life of Father Gerard Dowling OAM DE
Fr Gerard Dowling OAM DE (1932-2023)
Fr Gerard was a close friend of Tobin Brothers, a tremendous writer, radio host, qualified counsellor and a Catholic Priest to the Archdiocese for 65 yea...
Monday, November 27, 2023
Father Gerard Dowling OAM DE celebrates 50 years on radio!
On Sunday 3rd September 2023, Fr Gerard Dowling OAM DE celebrated a wonderful milestone of 50 years on Sunday evenings on the radio.
It was in 1973 that Fr Gerard first hosted his first ra...
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Rosebud Q&A session: Pre-Paid and Pre-Arranged Funerals
Have you ever wondered what is involved with pre-arranging a funeral?
You are invited to a Q&A: Pre-Paid and Pre-Arranged Funerals to assist you in making an informed decision and to...
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Sunday, August 13, 2023
Coping on Mothers’ Day
In the lead up to Mothers’ Day, the emptiness and pain that arises for someone who has lost their mother, and for mothers' who have lost a child, can make Mothers’ Day a day to dread and avoid rath...
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Grief
Monday, May 1, 2023
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Lessons from Fr Bob Maguire
In 1960, Rev Fr Robert Maguire AM PE RFD affectionately known to all as Fr Bob was ordained. Over the last 60-plus years, so many of our team members at Tobin Brothers have had the privilege to wor...
Introducing… Tough Times from the Heart
Introducing… Tough Times from the Heart
Tobin Brothers Funerals has joined forces with SPAN CV to bring greater awareness to suicide prevention.
3144 Australians died by suicide in 2021, accordin...
The day Queen Elizabeth II came to Frankston
It was Friday 7th March 1986 and I was 15 years old, attending Ballam Park Technical School in Frankston.
One of the largest schools in the area, Ballam Park had been selected for Que...
Celebrating Father Gerard Dowling
Today we would like to pay tribute to Fr Gerard Dowling OAM DE.
In recent weeks he celebrated his 90th birthday and also the 49th anniversary of him being on air with the Family Counsellor...
Christmas Message 2021
In 2020, they said it was a year that we will remember, we can add 2021 to that also. Back-to-back unforgettable years.
The last two years have challenged us all in so many varied ways, an...
Escape from Neil’s Wheel: Good Friday Appeal Fundraiser
Victoria’s Good Friday Appeal, is one of the most important annual events in the state, raising funds to enable The Royal Children’s hospital in Melbourne to provide world class care for ...
Christmas Message 2020
In our lifetimes there has never been a more important time to gather.
As 2020 commenced, after our country was crippled with bushfires and so many tragically lost their homes and some their loved...