Kevin Andrews honoured with State Funeral

Kevin James Andrews was afforded a State Funeral Service – on 23 December 2024. He died aged 69.

An intelligent and honourable man. Terrific and faithful husband. Wonderful and merciful father to 5 children.

A lawyer, he entered Federal Parliament in 1991, finishing 2022. He was a minister of the Crown in several portfolios. Deeply respected on both sides of the parliament.

He and Margie – his wife of 45 years – were founders of the Marriage Education program. They lived and taught our rich social teaching, developed over our 4,000-year history:

Marriage is for family. Family is for society.

That’s how we build a free and fair society. We build it from the inside out.

I knew Kevin quite well. He called me two days before he died. He had finished another book and wondered if I would do one, too. Little did I know that he was saying goodbye.

He had a great sense of humour. A mark of all great people who have faith and live in God’s presence. They slip into the stream of God’s providence and so understand that our story is part of The Story.

May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

When we join Kevin in eternal, resurrected life, expect to hear him calling the races. That’s what he did in his younger days.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. We’ve lost a great Australian.

Father Anthony Percy
24 December 2024