"Father Jesús Fidel grew up in Spain. At 19 he joined the Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary and came to Canada. After 9 years of formation in the seminary, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Toronto and has been serving St. David’s Parish as an Associate Pastor since then."

Dr. Sandra Sagrati is a clinical psychologist who works with children, adolescents and adults in
her private practice, Toronto West Psychology. She obtained her doctoral degree at the
University of Toronto, and received training at the Eating Disorders Program at the University
Health Network and the Anxiety and Depression Units at St. Joseph’s Healthcare. She spent over
a decade working at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in both the Cognitive Behavior
Unit as well as the Brain Imaging program. Her research publications are in the area of
depression, anxiety, and exercise. She is the author of Pivot-Self-Talk: Asking All the Wrong
Questions, and a workbook of the same name, designed for children.

Michael Carrera has a masters degree in exercise science and has authored and co-authored four
books: Periodization Strength Training for Sports (2nd ed), The Catholic Workout book and
DVD, Conditioning Young Athletes and Soul Winner. Soul Loser. Two of his books have been
translated into multiple languages. Soul Winner. Soul Loser, is his first book of fiction. Michael is
a Permanent Deacon in the Catholic Church and lives in Toronto, Canada, with his wife and four
children.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Michael completed degrees in Psychology and Philosophy before professing his Solemn Vows in 1997 to the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate Conception Province. In 1999, after receiving his Masters of Divinity degree from Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Michael was ordained to the priesthood. He then studied at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto and completed a Licentiate and Doctorate in Theology with a specialization in Franciscan spirituality from the Pontificia Universita Antonianum in Rome. He has served as Pastor, retreat director, and formation director for his province and is currently at the St Francis Centre in Caledon, On. Michael finds joy in ministering to the poor and leading others to come to a deeper knowledge and love of Jesus Christ through Francis and Clare.