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Air Force Chaplain

The Rev'd Robert Paget

About The Rev'd Robert -

The Rev’d Robert Paget has served as an Air Force Chaplain since 1994 on Air Force Bases across Australia, and has been deployed to the Middle East, as well as on relief missions in tsunami and earthquake zones in Asia. He studied at St Francis College in the mid 70s and currently holds a Bachelor of Theology from CSU and was ordained to the priesthood in 1981.

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Reflections

Articles by The Rev'd Robert

The Rev'd Robert Paget blessing a dog during the Season of Creation

Season of Creation sermon: “Today we give thanks for our animals”

“Francis challenged the idea that the world and all living things were just commodities to be exploited. He saw them as inheritors, along with us of the kingdom of heaven. It’s not always easy to see the same kinship with nature that Francis saw, especially when you’re being pursued along the footpath by an aggressive magpie,” says The Rev’d Robert Paget from St Paul’s, Samford

Remembrance Day

This year on Remembrance Day and Defence Sunday, we remember our Defence Force Chaplains and the important pastoral care work they do with our military personnel and veterans

The Rev'd Robert Paget crossing the Queensland border on his Long Ride return from Darwin on 22 May 2019

Blue-haired priests ride to Darwin

The Rev’d Robert Paget recently rode a motorbike across the Nullabor with his wife The Rev’d Helen, raising awareness of men’s health issues, helping raise funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and “proclaiming the Good News that God is intimately involved in the lives of all God’s people no matter who they are or where they are on life’s journey”

Clergy Summer School 2019

Clergy Summer School participants from across the Diocese share their highlights and key learnings of the recent Summer School, which is held annually at The Southport School