Rev Pádraig Corkery, BSc, STD (CUA)

Dean of the Faculty of Theology
Lecturer in Moral Theology

Tel: +353 (0)1 708 3506
E-mail: padraig.j.corkery@may.ie

Office Location: Room 5, Dunboyne House

Office Hours:
Semester One: Tuesdays, 9—11am; Thursdays, 2.00 —4.00pm
Semester Two: Tuesdays, 9—11am; Fridays, 2.00—3.30pm

Biography:
Priest of the Diocese of Cork & Ross, ordained in 1981. Undergraduate studies at UCC (BSc) and Gregorian University, Rome (STB). Graduate studies at Maynooth (STL) and the Catholic University of America (STD). Curate Togher Parish (‘82-‘83), Curate Cathedral Parish (‘86-‘88), Chaplain University College, Cork (‘88-’98), Cork & Ross Diocesan Lecturer in Medical Ethics (‘86-’98). Lecturer in and Adviser to Cork & Ross Diocesan Adult Religious Education Programme (‘90-’98). Lecturer in Moral Theology, Pontifical University, Maynooth (‘98-present). Member Irish Commission for Justice and Peace (‘93- ’01), Chairman ('97-’01). Member Irish Association of Teachers of Moral Theology '98-present, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Pontifical University at Maynooth 2009.

Research Interests:

• Contemporary issues in bioethics.
• Catholic social teaching.
  

Select Publications:

• 'The Challenge to Re-imagine the Goals and Ethos of Economic Activity?', Doctrine and Life 58 (2008): 4-10
• 'Beyond the Terri Schiavo Case’, The Furrow 59 (2008): 67-76
• Companion to the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine, Veritas, 2007.
• 'Bio-ethics and contemporary Irish moral discourse' in Contemporary Irish Moral Discourse (ed. Amelia Fleming), Columba Press, 2007
• 'Reproductive Technologies: An Irish contribution to an international debate.' The Furrow 56 (2005): 353-7.
• 'Bishop Daniel Cohalan of Cork on Republican Resistance and Hunger Strikes: A Theological Note', Irish Theological Quarterly 67 (2002):113-124
• 'The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells', The Furrow 53 (2002):24-34
• Theology in the University: The Irish Context. [Editor] Dominican Publications. 1997.

Current Research:

• The contribution of Pope John Paul II and the CDF to the debate surrounding the provision of nutrition/hydration to persons in a PVS.

Courses:

Undergraduate:

• Introduction to Moral Theology [MR 122]
• Christian Feminism and Catholic Social Teaching [MR 321]
• Further reflections on MR321 [MR322]

Higher Diploma in Theological Studies:

• Themes in Fundamental Moral Theology