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Mourners gather to pay respects to much loved Canberra clergyman
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Hundreds of people have gathered in Canberra to pay their respects to retired bishop Pat Power who died last week, aged 83. The beloved community leader has been celebrated as an outspoken champion for the vulnerable and a mad Rabbitohs fan.
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60 years after he was ordained Pat Power was farewelled by a crowd that spilled out of St
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Christopher's Cathedral. Raised in Queanbeyan he was a schoolboy when he decided he wanted to be
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a priest. Always outspoken and a little rebellious this surprised many of his teachers. That spirit
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was a constant in his more than 25 years of service as the auxiliary bishop of Canberra and Goulburn.
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Speaking out against prejudice and inequality or advocating publicly for Aboriginal reconciliation,
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refugee welfare, peacekeeping, racial respect, the unemployed and the rights of the old and dying.
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He had other passions too. Encased in his coffin was a Rabbitohs jersey.
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He often said being a Rabbitohs supporter was like being Catholic. There were highs and lows but
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loyalty was everything. The former Bunnies coach and current steward of the Broncos took a break
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from NRL finals preparations to pay his respects. He's supported me in many different ways. Mad south
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man, obviously was able to share some very special times with Pat through that period of time. Others
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whose lives he touched remembered a man of the people. Even though he was a bishop, he insists on
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being called Pat, Father Pat, or just Pat. I became a teacher later and I tried to emulate the way he
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treated the students. He embraced everyone. He wasn't just for Catholics, he was for the whole of Canberra.
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Father Pat was laid to rest at Woden Cemetery, leaving behind a powerful legacy.
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