Bernadette Micallef OCDS has been a lay member of the Carmelite Order since 1991, in Melbourne, Australia. She has a Bachelor of Theology and a Graduate Diploma in Spirituality (Spiritual Direction) and equivalent to a Graduate Diploma in Spirituality (Carmelite Studies). She has been working as a Spiritual Director at The Carmelite Centre Melbourne since 2012. (www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org) She is married with three adult sons (and a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren!)