Born in Lancaster, England, Edwina Gateley earned a Teacher’s Degree from her home country, a Master’s in Theology from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and certification as an HIV counselor in Illinois.

Edwina currently writes, gives talks and leads retreats nationally & internationally. Her programmes include weekends and week-long retreats as well as parish missions. Topics include her own Faith Journey, Discipleship, Women in Scripture, Justice, Mission, Spirituality, Mysticism, and the Feminine Divine. Edwina is author of 15 books and recipient of 17 national & international awards.

We mostly live in community, enjoying group suppers, movie nights and conversation around the house.
This is, of course, when we are not working hard on supporting our 2nd group in the World of Work Program.

We are a diverse group from around the work and while some work on the back end, some are hands on, and others are jumping between, it all comes together.

Ms Eilis McDonald has been a volunteer with the Volunteer Missionary Movement (VMM) since 2010. VMM has worked in capacity building through provision of professional volunteers for 50 years in the areas of Education, Health and Community Development. Eilis worked as a Teacher Trainer in St. Augustine's Primary Teacher Training College (PTC) in Western Uganda from 2010 – 2015. In 2014, she developed a positive discipline training programme for primary school teachers in Uganda 

Joining Eilis McDonald on the programme are facilitators Pamela Kasweet and Derek Ndibalema.