Rt Rev Monsignor Hugh G Connolly, BA, DD

President, Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth

Tel: +353 (0)1 708 3958
E-mail: President[at]spcm.ie

Office Location: President's Office, Stoyte House

Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 5pm

 

Biography:
Priest of the Diocese of Dromore, ordained in 1987. Undergraduate studies Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth BA (Hons) (NUI, 1983); BD (Hons) (Pontifical University, 1986); Postgraduate Studies: Gregorian University, Rome 1987 - 88; Licentiate in Theology (1988); Doctorate in Theology DD (1991).

Executive Secretary Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference (June 1991 – October 1997 [2 three-year terms]); Secretary and Member of Inter-Church Standing Committee On Mixed Marriages (1991-1997); Lecturer in Moral Theology, Pontifical University, Maynooth (October 1997), appointed Professor in January 2007.   Member Conseil d’Administration, College des Irlandais, Paris (1997 - 2007); Vice-President St Patrick’s College Maynooth (1999 - 2007); Treasurer, Maynooth Union, June (1999 - 2007); Secretary and Member of Maynooth College Finance Committee (1999 - 2007); Registrar, Pontifical University, Maynooth (2001 - 2006); President St Patrick’s College Maynooth (1st September 2007 - present).

Research Interests:

• Human Rights
• Virtue Ethics
• Marital and Sexual Ethics
• Professional Ethics
  

Select Publications:

Books

• The Irish Penitentials and their Significance for the Sacrament of Penance Today. Dublin:Four Courts Press, 1995.
• Sin. New Century Theology Series. London and New York: Continuum, 2002.

Articles

“L’Universalité de l’Eglise dans l’Europe Sans Frontières” [Proceedings of a Colloquium entitled ‘Ô Europe, Combien de frontières’ Budapest, October 1998].

“Sin” in John Bowden (ed.). Christianity: The Complete Guide. London and New York: Continuum, 2005.

“Sin and Sinfulness” in Patrick Hannon (ed.). Moral Theology. A Reader. Dublin: Veritas, 2006.

“An Authentic Celtic Voice: the Irish Penitential and Contemporary Discourse on Reconciliation” in Amelia Fleming (ed.). Contemporary Irish Moral Discourse. Essays in Honour of Patrick Hannon. Dublin: Columba Press, 2007.

Current Research:

• Full time Administrative Duties

Courses

• Full time Administrative Duties