Abhy Thomas

Abhy is a member of CHARIS England & Wales, the national body responsible for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) in England and Wales of which fellow-speaker Maria Heath is the coordinator. He has been involved with CCR for 20 years through the international Catholic movement Jesus Youth, and was the first UK Jesus Youth (JYUK) youth coordinator. He is married to Saumya, has four wonderful children who are homeschooled, and works as the Global Chief Operating Officer for Pentland Brands.

Maria Heath

Maria is married to Alex, they have five children aged 4 to 19. She is the coordinator of CHARIS England & Wales, the “National Service of Communion” for England and Wales forming part of the international CHARIS structure set up to promote and serve the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Church. Maria also serves as the Director of Mission Northampton, an evangelisation office in the Diocese of Northampton. A gifted speaker, she communicates the gospel in inspiring and practical ways. In her free time, she enjoys all things Italian with friends and family.

Mike Goldsmith

Mike is married to a beautiful wife with two lovely grown up daughters. Born in Yorkshire, with a huge love of Rugby, Mike was led to his meeting with God though sport. New Life in Christ has led him to offer his business skills to many communities in the Church. Over the past 8 years, Mike has been developing a growing understanding of God’s love and mercy through working with homeless people.

Michelle Moran

Michelle, together with her husband Peter, is a founder member of Sion Catholic Community for Evangelism and has been involved in full time ministry for over 35 years. She is a widely travelled preacher, teacher, and evangelist. She is an author of several books on evangelisation and numerous articles. She is passionate about raising up the next generation of leaders in the Church.

Michelle served as President of ICCRS, (International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services) from 2006-2017. She was a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity from 2008-2016. She was part of the team appointed by Pope Francis to work towards the inauguration of CHARIS.

Yoofi Clark

Yoofi has been involved in Catholic Charismatic Renewal for over 27 years and serves the Lord as Coordinator of Praise Fest, a vibrant prayer group in the cluster of St. Barnabas parishes in Milton Keynes. He was recently appointed as the Coordinator of the new CHARIS Diocesan Service of Communion for Northampton Diocese. His desire is to see unity in the Body of Christ and for us to live our faith outside the walls of the church building by developing a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit and being attentive to His promptings in our everyday lives. He lives in Buckingham with his lovely wife Pep and their 2 amazing children.

Alice Hall

Alice is currently a Leader of Sion Catholic Community for Evangelism and is passionate about helping to release people to live the life God has called them to. She has a Masters in Theology and Christian Ministry from Franciscan University, Steubenville, USA, and has worked full time in Christian Ministry for most of her life. Alice lives an intentional residential community life as she seeks to fulfill the universal callings to both holiness and mission. She enjoys teaching and preaching as well as praying for and walking with others to find deeper freedom and transformation in Christ.