Fr Donald Cozzens

Fr Donald Cozzens, Adjunct Professor of Theology at John Carroll University in Cleveland, spent the 2001-2002 academic year as a scholar at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he studied the dynamics of institutional denial. His research led to his award-winning book, Sacred Silence: Denial and the Crisis in the Church.

For more than a decade, he has been writing and speaking about the crisis facing the church and the priesthood. His experience as Vicar for Clergy and as President-Rector of Cleveland’s Saint Mary’s Seminary, led to his best-selling and award winning book, The Changing Face of the Priesthood. His latest books are Faith That Dares to Speak and the award-winning Freeing Celibacy.

Rev Dr Richard Lennan

Rev Dr Richard Lennan is a priest of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and Professor of Systematic Theology at Boston College. Richard is an internationally recognised scholar and speaker particularly in the area of ecclesiology.

Dr David Tacey

David is Associate Professor at La Trobe University, teaching literature, spirituality and Jungian psychology. He is the author of five books, including Edge of the Sacred and ReEnchantment: The New Australian Spirituality.