Career
He has served in several parishes in Melbourne, Australia. Dowling is a well-known priest who trained in social work and he appears on a weekly radio counseling program on Sport 927. Dowling has authored several books
He is also an avid supporter of the North Melbourne Football Club and is the author of The North Story, a detailed history of the Club, published in 1997.
He began writing for The Advocate in 1976 and later Kairos in 2000, both Catholic news journals based in Melbourne. Since 1963 he has worked as a counselor with CatholicCare (formerly Centacare).
Father Dowling was the Dean of Street Patrick"s Cathedral, Melbourne until 2003 and is known by many for his pastoral outreach. He celebrated his 50th Golden Jubilee in July 2008 and is currently the priest-in-residence at Street Cecilia"s in Glen Iris.
