Laity of the Chevalier Family, Australia.

Meet the Australian Council: Clare Johnson (Chair)

Clare encountered Spirituality of the Heart at Heartworks.MSC (Douglas Park), and it felt like coming home.

Clare’s commitment to ongoing spiritual formation and leadership is exemplified by a Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies within the Leadership for Mission program (Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Australian Catholic University, Catholic Mission).

Clare, with her husband, Aidan Johnson, leads the Australian Council's communications, including the website, newsletters, podcast, and social media profiles. Clare also leads the Publications Team of the International Council.

In 2025, Clare was elected Chair of the Australian Council.

Meet the Australian Council: Aidan Johnson

Since completing high school at Chevalier College (MSC), Bowral, Aidan has remained heavily involved with the MSCs. Aidan established and ran the Heartworks MSC Young Adults Community, Douglas Park. Aidan has been a leader on student immersion trips to Chevalier College in Abemama, Kiribati and spent time training teachers in Kiribati with the Australian Catholic University and the Diocese of Wollongong. Aidan was on the MSC Lay and Professed Council and the Chevalier Family National Council Steering Committee before accepting a position on the Australian Council of the Laity of the Chevalier Family. Aidan is a member of the International Council of the Laity of the Chevalier Family. Aidan is passionate about the environment and education and works as a high school science teacher.

Meet the Australian Council: Chris McDermott (Treasurer)

Chris has worked in Catholic Education for 30-plus years, with the last 15 years as principal of Chevalier College, Burradaoo, NSW, retiring at the end of 2022. This was where Chris's journey with Jules Chevalier and his story commenced. Chris joined the Laity of the Chevalier Family in 2018 with a desire to assist, support, and work towards the realisation of Jules Chevalier’s mission in our contemporary times. Chris is the current Director of MSC Education and serves on the Finance Committee of the International Council of the Laity of the Chevalier Family.

Meet the Australian Council: Kerrie Wehbe (Secretary)

Kerrie works part-time in Mission with the OLSH Sisters at Kensington in Sydney, and is also a secondary school teacher (English, ESL, Music and Religious Education) and a registered nurse. She has been a member of the Australian Council of the Laity of the Chevalier Family since 2021. Kerrie has taught in both MSC and OLSH schools in Papua New Guinea and Kiribati, as well as in Catholic and public schools in Western Sydney. As a nurse, she has worked in operating theatres and, more recently, in immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic. She sees Spirituality of the Heart, as lived by Fr Chevalier and the wider Chevalier family, as a life’s work: to explore the depth of God’s love revealed in the person, the heart, of Jesus, and what that means for us in our lives and our relationships with others.