In Memory

FR. ROBERT JOSEPH MOORE, S.F.M.
1919-2002

January/February 2003

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Fr. Robert Joseph Moore died suddenly of a heart attack at his residence in St. John's, Newfoundland, on November 14, 2002. Fr. Bob was one of six children of parents James and Hilda Moore. He attended Holy Cross primary school and St. Bonaventure collegiate before joining Scarboro Missions. He was ordained in 1945 by Archbishop Flynn at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in St. John's.

Fr. Bob was appointed to the Dominican Republic and served almost 30 years in many of the parishes staffed by Scarboro Missions. He participated in renewal programs after Vatican II, and over the years, took time away from his pastoral work to study and update himself in pastoral theology and scripture.

From 1977 onwards, he returned to Newfoundland and worked at the Basilica in St. John's and then at St. Kevin's parish in Gould. In 1990 he retired from any official pastoral work but continued to help out in parishes in St. John's.

Fr. Bob was a quiet man and went about his work as a priest in a quiet way. He was proud of Newfoundland and of being a Newfoundlander. He returned from time to time to the Dominican Republic to visit with Scarboro members still serving there, as well as with his Dominican friends.

The Funeral Mass of the Resurrection was held at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, on November 16, concelebrated by Archbishop Penny, Monsignor Wallis, Scarboro's Superior General Fr. Jack Lynch and Fr. Vic Vachon, a longtime friend who served with Fr. Bob in the Dominican Republic. Fr. Bob is buried in the same cemetery as another Scarboro missioner, Fr. Hugh McGettigan.

May he rest in peace.

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