Lana Turvey- Collins was appointed the Facilitator for the 2020 Plenary Council in November 2017 by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

Lana has a wealth of experience in senior leadership, strategic planning, facilitation and stakeholder engagement.  She was seconded from Catholic Mission, where she had been leading the mission formation team and adult formation program.  Prior to this role, she was the Catholic Mission diocesan director for the Archdiocese of Sydney and Diocese of Broken Bay.  During 2012-13 Lana lived in Zambia, working together with the Pontifical Mission Societies and the Zambian Bishops Conference where the experience of global church, mission and faith in action were a daily encounter of love, justice and compassion.  Before joining Catholic Mission, she worked with corporate organisations and their executive teams on leadership and the infusion of vison and values into organizational culture.

Lana studied in the areas of mission, theology and Church. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master’s degree in International Social Development and Human Rights. She has lived and worked in Switzerland, Zambia, Peru, Timor-Leste, New Zealand and Japan. Lana is inspired by the journey of life-long learning and the fulfilment of God’s vision for the world through each person living and leading mission.

Meredith Lemos has been an educator in the Archdiocese of Sydney for over 25 years. She has a degree in Education (Primary) and a Graduate Diploma in Religious Education from the Australian Catholic University.  She has held the positions of classroom teacher, Key Reference Teacher (Mathematics and Creative and Practical Arts), Religious Education Co-ordinator and Assistant Principal. She has held the senior leadership positions of Advisor: Faith Formation and Evangelisation (Acting) and Advisor: Family Faith and Evangelisation in the Religious Education and Evangelisation Directorate of the Sydney Catholic Schools Office.  She is currently the Team Leader for the Family Educator Project, which she has led since its implementation in catholic systemic primary schools in the Archdiocese of Sydney in 2010.  Meredith is also a proud wife and grateful mother of three wonderful children. 

Mouna Roche has worked in Sydney Catholic Schools for 20 years. She graduated from Australian Catholic University with a Bachelor of Education (Primary) and completed her Masters in Theological Studies in 2018. She has held the position of Classroom Teacher (K-6) and has obtained leadership roles in Gifted Education, Early Literacy, Boys Education and Science. She began her work as a Family Educator in 2011 where she discovered her passion for New Evangelisation and Adult Faith Formation. Mouna has worked collaboratively with her Family Educator colleagues to help shape the Family and Faith Program. Mouna currently holds the leadership position of Project Officer: Family and Faith Project where she works with Family Educators, School Leadership Teams and Pastors across the Archdiocese to support the implementation of the Family and Faith Program. Mouna is married to John and together they have three beautiful children.  

Rev Dr Patrick McInerney is a Columban missionary priest. He was assigned to Pakistan for over twenty years.  He graduated from the Pontifical Institute for the Study of Arabic and Islamics in Rome (1986), the Melbourne College of Divinity (2003) and the Australian Catholic University (2009). 

He is the Director of the Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations.  He teaches courses on Interreligious Dialogue and Introduction to Islam at the Catholic Institute of Sydney and the Broken Bay Institute.

He is a member of various interfaith and academic organizations, participates in interfaith and multi-faith conferences, and gives talks on Islam, Christian-Muslim Relations and Interreligious Relations to a wide variety of audiences.

I am a Sister of St Joseph and have been involved in education as a primary school teacher and principal, and also have taught Scripture in State schools full-time for ten years. My involvement with the Timorese people has been extensive, mainly in cultural pursuits and justice advocacy. I recently gained a PhD applying René Girard's theses to Australia's relationship with East Timor.

Christy grew up in Wollongong where she now happily resides with her husband of 12 years and three gorgeous children. Christy has been with YMT since 2003, volunteering as team member in YMT Perth, then quickly moving up the ranks to Ministry Coordinator and Team Manager in the following years. She returned to YMT again in 2015 as Team Manager in Wollongong and is now working in the National Office as the National Liaison Officer. 

Christy has been a volunteer for both YMT and NET (2000), was employed for two years as the Diocesan Youth Coordinator in Wollongong, and spent five years as a high school teacher within Catholic Education. Christy completed her Masters in Theology last year and is now contemplating further study. Christy has been a member of the Disciples of Jesus Catholic Community for sixteen years and involved in youth ministry through this ecclesial movement for many years. 

Teresa has held the role of Vice Chancellor Pastoral Ministries in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle since 2005. Prior to taking up this role she served the Catholic Church as a Pastoral Associate, as a secondary school Religious Education Co-ordinator, maths and science teacher. She began her professional career as a Biomedical Scientist working in hospital pathology. She is married to Allen and they have five children and a number of grandchildren.

In her present role Teresa supports Bishop Bill Wright in pastoral matters across the diocese – parishes, chaplaincies, family ministries, pastoral planning, diocesan councils.....  She is a member of the Diocesan Leadership Group, working with the Bishop, the Vicar General, Chancellor, the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Catholic Schools and the Director of CatholicCare.

Josh Angrisano is an International Speaker and Artist living in Melbourne. Originally born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Josh first came to live in Australia in 2016 where he served on "Youth Mission Team" for a year. Since then, Josh has continued to speak and share his music for the Church back home in America and here in Australia as well. Josh moved to Melbourne in 2018 and recently began working for "Alpha". Josh heard about Alpha a few years back at his home parish, and has since always appreciated everything they stand for and the work they are doing to bring people to Christ. 

Richard McMahon is married with four children, involved in parish youth ministry, and is Director of Pastoral Planning & Implementation in the Diocese of Parramatta. He was previously Director of Parish Services for eleven years with Wollongong Diocese. He has over twenty-five years’ experience working in and with a variety of parish pastoral settings. He is deputy chair of the Australian Bishops’ Lay Pastoral Ministry Council and co-chair of the NSW Association of Pastors and Pastoral Associates. He is passionate about developing meaningful and practical ways for people to engage more fully in their life with God and each other.

Liz and Vic O’Callaghan come with a background in education in schools, pre-service teacher education, system advisement, school leadership and consultancy.

Together they have collaborated in the design and implementation of Restorative Practices in Australia. These combined skills have been instrumental in building relational capacity in many communities in Australia and other countries such as USA, Britain and Canada.

Currently Liz and Vic are assisting groups the Diocese of Parramatta and in the USA to design and implement the Listening Circles and other Restorative approaches in parishes and diocese to allow people to come together to talk about the impact of the sexual abuse crisis. It is the people in the pews who have been the powerhouse of church life; it is these same people who have been devastated by the revelations of sexual abuse and denial on the part of the church hierarchy.