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Witness, Specialist, Moderator prioritises the importance of Catholic education as a framework for living, based on the ideal of loving God and loving your neighbour. It looks at where we have come from, where we are now and the hope we hold for the future of the faith in Australia and those who will carry it forward. Authors Bernadette Mercieca and Ann Rennie have lived this book for decades. Every idea has been tested in the rough and tumble of the classroom and every chapter poses reflection questions for those who would like to engage deeper with the book.

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Bernadette is a sessional Religious Education and Maths lecturer and tutor at ACU in Melbourne as well as a secondary Religious Education and Maths teacher at Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg. She is also a Study Specialist for VCE Religion and Society at VCAA and has been an assessor for both VCE Religion and Society and VCE Texts and Tradition as different times. Her doctoral and subsequent research and publication has focused on Communities of Practice particularly in relation to early career teachers in both rural and urban contexts and within inclusive of Social Learning Spaces that can arise within social media such Facebook and Twitter. She is currently researching the value of Twitter chats for primary and secondary school teachers. Bernadette is an ACEL New Voice scholar (2019) and has been on the editorial board of ACEL. She is also actively involved in a parish as a lector and children's liturgy leader. Ann Rennie has over 25 years' experience in teaching in Melbourne Catholic schools. She has held a number of leadership positions and has been an REC at Genazzano FCJ College. She has educational qualifications from the University of Melbourne and has Masters' degrees in Religious Education and in Educational Leadership from the Australian Catholic University. Students from two of her schools have achieved Premier's Awards for the VCE subject, Texts and Traditions. Ann was a VCE English assessor for over a decade. For the past 15 years Ann has written the Unguarded Moments column in the Australian Catholics magazine, has been published in The Age, The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald amongst a number of platforms. For the past five years, Ann has written and compiled prayers and reflections for Australasian teachers with Garratt Publishing, a must have for the teacher needing a quick prayer or short reflection on a busy day - or in that rare moment away from the class. She also writes a monthly column for her local parish cluster, as well as contributing regularly to other small publications, both online and print.

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