Hilarie is a married woman with eight children and 13 grandchildren. When her last chlidren (twins) were 2 years old she was trained to be a Family LIfe Educator. She has gone on to research the family, write about the family, and paint some of the myths concerning men and women in a religious context. At the present monent she has finished her PhD thesis on "forgiveness" in the Abrahamic communities, and is continuing to look at the issue of forgiveness in the Catholic Church.

BA in Arts, MA in Arts (research in communication), Diploma in Visual Art, PhD International Communication, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia