Fr Ken Barker MGL

Fr Ken is the Founder of the Missionaries of God's Love (MGL), a consecrated group within the Disciples of Jesus Covenant Community. Fr Ken experienced a deepening of his vocational call when he responded to a call of the Lord to place his life under the grace of the Charismatic Renewal. Fr Ken is author of many books about living life in the Holy Spirit, his most recent being Eternity, a compelling vision for how life after death impacts the way we live our life on earth. He is Director of the Summer Schools of Evangelisation around Australia and also has a vision for evangelisation of young people in Asia and the Pacific region.

Dominic Drumore

Dom has spent four years with Youth Mission Team, and he’s super passionate about God’s vision for a human life, and helping people get the most out of it! He loves a good story, so he watches movies and reads a lot. He’s also a sport fanatic of any kind, and has zero tolerance for a group of slow walkers.

Fr Chris Eaton MGL

Fr Chris is a Missionaries of God's Love (MGL) priest. He has been ordained for nine years. He is originally for Christchurch, New Zealand. He lives in Canberra, where he works at the St Benedict's Mission Centre Narrabundah and is the Director of MGL Media. Fr Chris is passionate about helping young people grow to their full potential in the power of the Holy Spirit. To find out more about the MGL Priests and Brothers check out their website: www.mglpriestsandbrothers.org

Fr Steve Fletcher MGL

Fr Steve Fletcher Is a member of the Missionaries of God Love Brothers. Fr Steve has been ordained for 28 years and has ministered in a variety of settings. He has worked as a missionary for many years in Darwin with Indigenous Communities in the Top End. He has travelled with teams of Indigenous and non-indigenous bringing this grace of renewal to many communities. He has also been involved with Aboriginal Catholic Ministries in Queensland and ACT.

He has also been involved in running retreats for youth, men, lay communities and those training for ministry to the priesthood and religious life.

He is presently Moderator of the MGLs based in Canberra.

Dr Joanna Howe

Joanna is a Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide, a former NSW Rhodes Scholar and a mother of 5. She is the author and co-editor of three books and over 50 journal articles. In 2022 she was appointed by the Australian government to review the migration program and to the Ministerial Council on Skilled Migration. She is a passionate researcher and activist against abortion and is seeking to raise up a new prolife generation in Australia through her social media engagement on Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook under the handle drjoannahowe.

Fr Robin Koning SJ

Fr Robin Koning SJ is a Jesuit priest working in young adult ministry and as the vocations director for the Jesuits in Australia and NZ.   He has taught high school science and religion, worked in an Aboriginal parish at the edge of the Western Desert, taught theology at university, and been assistant to the Jesuit Provincial.  He also gives Ignatian retreats and workshops on Ignatian discernment. He loves cycling, in a leisurely sort of way, singing, in an amateur sort of way, and most sweet things. You might also catch him doing the occasional card trick.  

Michael Last MGL

Br Michael Last MGL joined the Missionaries of God's Love brothers in 2016. His first DOJ Summer School was in 2010, he served on the Sydney Youth Mission Team in 2012, and joined the Disciples of Jesus Community in 2015. You might recognise the back of Br Michael's head from his role directing the Light to the Nations Easter choir. Br Michael is passionate about forming disciples and leading people to encounter Jesus, especially through music and teaching. He also loves soccer and bacon.

Christopher Laundy

Christopher Laundy is a Clinical Psychologist and Founder of Mind Project, a Clinical Psychology Clinic in Sydney. As a cradle Catholic, he has practiced his faith earnestly since a life-changing encounter with Jesus at a Youth Mission Team (YMT) event, aged 15. He subsequently volunteered for the YMT in 2011 and has participated in various DOJ projects and foreign mission trips. He is happily married to the love of his life, Jess Laundy, and together they run around like headless chooks after their three terrifically energetic children, Feya (5), Hamish (3), and Finley (1). You'll know them when you see them. In his spare time, he enjoys creative writing. His debut novel, Elderflower, is due for publication in 2024.

Candice and Brendan Lazaroo

Candice and Brendan have been married for 8 years, together for 14 years, and live in Sydney. They each have over 15 years of youth ministry experience and currently work full time as Catholic primary and secondary teachers respectively. Candice and Brendan share a passion for walking the journey with young people as they deepen their understanding of God’s plan for love and marriage and learn how to date with both purpose and integrity. Candice and Brendan are keen to share their journey with anyone who has the courage to ask the awkward questions about relationships!

Matthew and Sulyn Leslie

Matthew and Sulyn have been married for 11 years, and live in Dundas. They have been involved in Unbound Ministry since 2016. They are members of Disciples of Jesus Covenant Community, and Matt is currently the leader of the Sydney North Branch of the Community. They have both been part of covenant communities for about 25 years. Matt holds a B.A. Counselling (Tabor), an M.A. Theology (CIS) and Masters of Philosophy—Research (UNDA). He currently works as a relationship manager for an insurance firm. Matt was born and raised Catholic, but his faith came alive through the Charismatic Renewal and the Discalced Carmelites. Matt enjoys going to the gym, preaching, and is always keen to learn something new. 

Sulyn is an actuary by training, and works in life insurance.  She loves watching God work in people, and especially loves the way He changes lives through Unbound Ministry. Sulyn feels very blessed to have Disciples of Jesus Covenant Community as a large "extended family" across Australia and internationally. She is captivated by the idea of growing her own food, and dreams of one day having a thriving kitchen garden. She loves cooking for others, especially with simple recipes that take little effort and taste amazing. She is also learning how to carve candles and hopes to make it a side business one day.

Email: sulyn.les@gmail.com || matthew.les@gmail.com   

Trish McCarthy

Trish is a member of Disciples of Jesus Community and has completed studies in Exercise Science,  Education, Theology and Spiritual Direction (in the Ignatian tradition). Trish has extensive experience in the field of faith formation for young people as well as the presentation of seminars and retreats for educators and leaders.

Sr Therese Mills MGL

Therese is the leader of the Missionaries of God’s Love Sisters and this is her 25th year in MGL.  One of her roles involves the formation and training of young people in youth ministry and evangelisation and leading them on short term missions within Australia and overseas.  Her favourite activities are camping, fishing, scooting, collecting 10c cans, cooking, having a laugh and youth ministry. 

Stephanie Sullivan MGL

Stephanie is currently in her fourth year with the Missionaries of God’s Love Sisters and is preparing to move to Melbourne in February. Being a sister, it is no surprise that Steph has a great love for the Church. She was honoured to be a member of the recent Plenary Council in Australia and she desires to see the Church and Her members become who they are called to be. As part of this desire, she places great emphasis on 1:1 accompaniment and discipleship of young people. With a background in social work, Stephanie has a particular heart for the hurting, considering it a great privilege to journey with others, supporting them to discover the love and presence of God in every season.

Bernadette Toohey MGL

Bernadette has spent the last 20+ years involved in youth ministry. She lives in Varroville on the outskirts of Sydney where she runs retreats, trains young missionaries, walks with cows, listens to Taylor Swift and leads people closer to Jesus. This year her ministries included leading the Disciples School of Mission’s month-long outreach to South Australia, coordinating Sydney Summer School and Adelaide Fire Weekend and running retreats with the MGL Sisters, as well as being a guest speaker and presenter at several youth ministry events and conferences. Her tertiary studies in media, marketing, theology and education combine to make her a passionate speaker and teacher in sharing the faith in our current times. If she wasn't happily in her twelfth year with the MGL Sisters she would have loved to have made it as a talk show host, rally car driver or high school RE teacher.

Fr David Tremble MGL

Born in Goulburn, NSW, Fr Dave identifies the year that Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986 as significant in his faith journey. During that year in a celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation on a youth retreat he encountered something of the tenderness and forgiveness in the heart of God described by Jesus in Luke 15. His experience of being unburdened and compassionately welcomed home through this Sacrament has remained one of the seeds of his priestly vocation. He describes how having received God’s mercy he felt compelled to be an instrument of mercy. In response to this call he was drawn into a way of consecrated life expressed in the MGLs making his religious vows on the 9 th December 1990 and ordained a priest on the 5th December 1997. After ordination he served in the St Benedict’s Parish in Canberra for seven years. Then six years as Chaplain to the St Martin de Porres Catholic Aboriginal Community in Darwin. Then moved to Melbourne as Parish priest for 6 years at St Benedict’s Community in Burwood. Then returning to the Darwin Mission for two more years before his current position in the Canberra MGL Formation House.

Fr Joshua Whicker MGL

Fr Josh Whicker is a priest with the Missionaries of God's Love. He joined the MGLs in 2015, and was ordained a priest in 2023. With over 15 years of experience in youth ministry across local, diocesan and national levels Fr Josh brings a passion and zeal for helping bring young people to an encounter with Jesus and his merciful love for them. In his spare time, he loves to watch footy, spend time with his mates and you can find him most Mondays fishing in one of Sydney's waterways. Fr Josh is currently appointed to the MGL Sydney Mission and is an assistant priest in the parishes of St Declan's Penshurst, Our Lady of Fatima Peakhurst and St Joseph's Oatley.