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Brooke Prentis is an Aboriginal Christian Leader, a descendant of the Wakka Wakka peoples (one of 300 nations in the lands now called Australia). Brooke is an international speaker, writer, educator, and poet, as well as a community pastor and pursuer of justice. Brooke has published a number of academic papers, chapters of books, lectures.
Cecilia Francisco-Tan is a systematic theologian, and an alum of the University of Divinity. She currently lectures at Yarra Theological Union, where she serves on the education board of the College. Cecilia was a recent resident fellow with the Lonergan Institute, Boston College. Her pastoral concern for women’s issues in the Church emerged from her pastoral work and shared experiences with other women and men. Cecilia’s involvement with the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy Australia and Papua New Guinea has given her the opportunity to exercise her lifelong vocation as an educator and pastoral practitioner through teaching theology to Melanesian women religious. She was a past executive secretary of APTO.
Kevin Treston lives with Kathryn in Brisbane. He has been involved in ministry for over sixty years throughout Australia and many countries. He graduated BA (Hons), MA (Hons). MEd, PhD (Notre Dame USA), post-doctoral studies in Loyola (Chicago), The Catholic University of America (Washington), Boston College, Visiting Scholar (Boston College). He is a member of the Association of Practical Theology Oceania (APTO). He was awarded Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to Catholic education and Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contribution to Marist Education, Australia. Kevin’s special interest is fostering adult inclusive faith and life development and the reframing of the Christian Story within the Great Story of the Universe.
Peter’s experience encompasses pastoral, chaplaincy, and educational ministries. Comfortable in multi-faith contexts, he has served in practitioner, executive, and governance roles including school founder, church pioneer, senior and support pastoral leader, teacher, school principal, and college principal. In the 1990s Peter conducted a top-rating talk-back radio program called “Street Talk” on a NSW Central Coast radio station. He is currently a member of the executive of APTO, a director of the Australian College of Ministry (ACOM), and member of the Morling College Academic Board.
Zuleyha Keskin is the Course Director at the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University. She is also a lecturer in Islamic spirituality. Zuleyha is the co-founder of ISRA Academy, the Managing Editor of the Australian Journal of Islamic Studies and President of Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies. Zuleyha completed her Master of Islamic Studies at the University of Sydney, writing her thesis on "Interfaith Dialogue from an Islamic Perspective". She completed her PhD at the Australian Catholic University, titled “Attaining Inner Peace in Islam: Said Nursi’s Perspective.” She recently published her thesis as a book.