Bernard Patrick Hatfield
Province of Star of the Sea
With a sense of deep sadness the provincial,
Br Peter Carroll FMS, regrets to announce the death of
Brother Bernard Hatfield
on Tuesday, 5 December 2023, at 4:45am,
in Molloy House, St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown, New South Wales.
He was in his 95th year of life and 76th year as a Marist Brother.
Bernard Patrick Hatfield
Born to William Hatfield and Ellen Carmody in Kogarah, NSW on 25 October 1929.
Brother of Maureen.
Started the Juniorate: 15 February 1947, Mittagong NSW
Commenced the Postulancy: 2 February 1948, Mittagong NSW
Entered the Novitiate: 2 July 1948, Mittagong NSW
Took his First Vows: 2 July 1949, Mittagong NSW
Professed his Final Vows: 8 January 1955, Hunters Hill NSW
Communities and Ministries
Date Community/Ministry /Ministry Role
2 July 1949 Marist Brothers Camberwell VIC Scholastic
March 1950 Marist Brothers High Maitland NSW Primary Teacher
September 1951 Marist Brothers Woollahra / Bondi Junction NSW Primary Teacher
January 1955 Marist Brothers Ayr QLD Scholarship Teacher, Primary
January 1959 Marist Rosalie QLD Scholarship Teacher, Primary
January 1963 Marist College Pagewood NSW Primary Teacher
March 1963 Marcellin College Randwick NSW Primary Teacher
January 1964 Marcellin Junior College Coogee NSW Primary Teacher
January 1969 Marist Brothers Parramatta NSW Primary Teacher
January 1973 Marist College Primary Canberra ACT Primary Teacher
January 1974 Marist Primary Queanbeyan NSW Community Leader, Principal, Primary Teacher
January 1981 St Mary’s High School Casino NSW Assistant Community Leader,
Deputy Principal, Primary
January 1986 St Thomas More School Ruse (Campbelltown) NSW Primary Teacher
January 1989 Marist Primary Lidcombe NSW Primary Teacher
5 March 1989 St George’s College Jerusalem Renewal Course
17 April 1989 Hawkstone Hall Study Centre Renewal Course
October 1989 Marist Brothers Murgon QLD Primary Teacher
January 1990 Marist Primary Lidcombe NSW Assistant Community Leader, Primary Teacher
January 1996 Marist Brothers Lidcombe NSW Assistant Community Leader, Bursar, Community Support, ESL Teacher
January 2014 Marcellin House Randwick NSW Retired
January 2019 Molloy House Campbelltown NSW In Care.
“Jesus said, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.’ ” (John 11:25-26)
+ MAY HE REST IN PEACE +