Corpus Christi College Bateman bid farewell to their leader of 11 years when Caroline Payne passed away on 26 March. 

The much-loved Regina Maria Sciesinski, known as Presentation Sister Mary Clare PVBM, was called to the Lord on 23 March 2020, just months after losing her battle with pancreatic cancer.

Cloverdale parishioner Sheelah Alice Rudman died peacefully in her sleep on 10 March 2020 at the age of 105.

As recently as December 2019, John Barich was driving an hour round trip to take his youngest grandson to school twice a week, then continue on to his National Civic Council office to maintain the late Bob Santamaria’s work of promoting Judeo-Christian values in Australia’s political life.

Perth boy Father Tim Foster died peacefully at Gordon Lodge on 3 January 2020, aged 88, after some 60 years spent in faithful service to the Church, ministering to the needs of the Catholic community across Perth’s Archdiocese.

Father Liam M Mackle OSM will be remembered as a passionate educator and a decisive man dedicated to the development of his students, both academically and spiritually, firstly as school principal at Servite College (Tuart Hill) during the 1970s and secondly, as a Catholic Chaplain at La Trobe (Bundoora) University.

Somewhere near Epsilon Eridani in the southern constellation of Eridanus, Vaemar-Riit and his Kzin brethren stood to attention as their creator, iconic West Australian author, poet, lawyer and public personality, Hal Colebatch, was laid to rest aged 74.

Fr Anthony was passed away peacefully at Little Sisters of the Poor Glendalough on 11 September 2019 and his funeral Mass was celebrated on 16 September at the New Norcia Abbey Church.

Father Peter Toohey SCC has left an indelible presence on the lives of those he encountered during his decades of mission work and chaplaincies.

Beloved member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Sister Mary Berry RSM, died on 28 June 2019.