Audrey Ferrer is on secondment from the Toronto Catholic District School Board, as the Director of the Mary Ward Centre, a ministry of the Loretto Sisters (IBVM Canada).  She was a classroom teacher for 16 years, then joined the TCDSB central team to support religious education for kindergarten to Grade 12 across 196 schools.  Her role encompassed curriculum writing, facilitating teacher PD, organizing boardwide events, and nurturing faith.  Audrey has been a presenter at regional and international conferences, including as a plenary speaker at the 2023 Parliament of World Religions in Chicago.  She is a KAICIID International Dialogue Centre 2022 Fellow.  Audrey has studied and/or worked in Scotland, Sri Lanka, Chile, Israel, and South Korea, and appreciates how these diverse experiences have shaped her ministry.  She counts herself blessed with the love and support of her family.​

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Kathy Murtha has been a Retreat/Workshop facilitator for the past 30 years.  She loves designing and facilitating retreats for young people and adults. Kathy gained a global consciousness and sense of the importance of social justice issues through her two year VICS volunteer experience among the Huli tribal peoples in the highlands Papua New Guinea  and three years grassroots work with the marginalized and street people in Parkdale. 

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Eva Rodriguez-Diaz has 20 years of experience working in Colombia protecting the rights of peasant populations and indigenous affected by the armed conflict and internal displacement, and protection of women's human rights and the promotion of their economic rights as employees, owners and producers of the land. She collaborates with international organizations designing human trafficking prevention programs for Latino-American countries.

 

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​Prakash Anthony Lohale, OP, is a Dominican friar whose ministry spans teaching, justice, training, and youth animation. He has held international leadership roles within the Dominican Order, including General Promoter of Justice and Peace and Socius for Apostolic Life in Rome. Most recently, he served as the Director for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue for the Archdiocese of Toronto. He remains deeply engaged in interfaith work through several boards and committees, and is a sessional instructor at Regis-St. Michael’s College.​​

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Jaime Gutierrez, leveraging nearly 20 years in graphic design, advertising, and product development, Jaime Gutierrez brings his expertise to Mary Ward Centre. His main goal is promoting faith as a path towards positive societal change.

Jaime's advertising background fuels his human-centered design approach. He believes design can inspire a commitment to serving others and foster an understanding of faith as a tool for social transformation.

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Linger Li is a Grade 11 co-op student from St. Joseph’s College School with a strong passion for art and illustration. She has been drawing since the age of four and loves expressing her thoughts and the beauty she sees in the world through her creativity. After moving to Canada in 2024, she began actively pursuing her childhood dream of becoming an illustrator. Thanks to the opportunity provided by the Mary Ward Centre, that dream has started to take shape. Linger contributes her artistic talents and passion to raising awareness about human trafficking by creating engaging and meaningful comics. Though she faces many challenges along the way, she embraces each one with courage and determination.

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Lana Bello is a grade 12 volunteer at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Academy. Originally from the Philippines, she moved to Canada in 2023 and has since been pursuing her passion for digital illustration. Lana's artistic journey began at a young age, inspired by the talented artists around her. She developed her skills through practice and experimentation, eventually taking on art commissions for friends. As Lana continues to develop her skills, her co-op experience as a graphic designer/illustrator at the Mary Ward Centre will be a valuable stepping stone towards her dream of becoming a successful digital illustrator.

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