About the presenters
Downpour offers daily Seminars, Workshops and Plenary talks on themes of Gods Love, Salvation, Reconciliation, Commitment to Christ, Holy Spirit and Mission. Our presenters come from near and far to share their wealth of knowledge and personal reflection. Details of some of this years presenters are below.
Fr Cameron Smith
"I love any excuse to come back to Darwin!" Fr Cam is currently serving in the MGL mission in Melbourne in two parishes and as chaplain at Deakin University. Over ten years of ministry, formation and study in the Missionaries of God’s Love, he has developed a passion for worship, theology and liturgy, and for helping people grow closer to God in prayer. Fr Cam loves sharing his knowledge and experience with young people and answering their tough questions. When he's not ministering in the parishes, or pining to return to the Territory, he loves to cycle, play music, carve wood and read nerdy books.
Fr Dave Callaghan
Fr Dave Callaghan is the parish priest of Holy Spirit Casuarina. He has been with the Missionaries of Gods Love since 2000 and has been ordained for 14 years. Before arriving in Darwin, he spent 8 years working to training young men for the priesthood
in the Novitiate training program in Canberra. In that time he was also involved in youth ministry and leadership development for youth ministers with a particular focus on training and empowering young men.
Kat Stone MGL
Katherine (Kat) is an MGL Sister who lives in scenic Varroville, NSW. Her main ministries at the moment is spiritual direction, but she has a deep love for pastoral care, formation, teaching and prayer ministry. She also enjoys climbing mountains, writing stories and quality time with her niece and nephews.
Bishop Charles Gauci
Bishop Charles was born in
in 1952 and ordained a Priest in 1977 for the Archdiocese of Adelaide. He was ordained Bishop in 2018 in Darwin for the NT.
Bishop Charles is of Maltese background and came to Australia at the age of 13 with his family who settled in Adelaide. He has undertaken post graduate studies in Spirituality, Spiritual Direction and Retreat Ministry. Has a great interest in formation and a passion for the mission of the Church.
