Planning Committee - Catholic Ethics

The Planning Committee is made up of Catholic Theological Ethicists who teach and minister around the world. Below are brief biographical sketches of each member. If you would like to know more about each of them, please click their name, as many have webpages through their affiliated institutions.

Antonio Autiero Professor of Moral Theology, University of Münster, Germany	Agnes M. Brazal Professor, Maryhill School of Theology (MST) Coordinator, Migration Theology Program (MST)
Autiero's activities are placed in the field of fundamental moral (theories of the ethical subject) and in the field of bioethics. He is also director of the research center in religious and theological sciences at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trent / Italy.	Agnes M. Brazal, a lay theologian, obtained her licentiate (1994) and doctorate (1998) in sacred theology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Her research interests include feminist and migration theological ethics and methods of doing intercultural and postcolonial theologies.
Clement Campos, C.ss.R. Professor of Moral Theology, St. Alphonsus College, Bangalore, India	Linda Hogan Professor of Ecumenics and Head of School, Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin
Clement Campos, an Indian Redemptorist, obtained his doctorate at the Academia Alfonsiana, Rome. His main area of interest is in the field of Bioethics, fundamental moral theology and formation of conscience. He lectures in several theological faculties in India.	Linda Hogan is a theological ethicist with with a specialisation in Christian social ethics, intercultural ethics, and the ethics of gender. Her current work is on the ethics of human rights. She became a Fellow of TCD in 2007.
James Keenan - Chair Professor of Theological Ethics - Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA	Tony Mifsud, SJ Profesor of Moral Theology in the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Chile (Santiago).
Jim Keenan has been a Jesuit of the New York Province since 1970, and an ordained priest since 1982. His research interests are Fundamental moral theology; history of theological ethics; Thomas Aquinas; virtue ethics; HIV/AIDS; Genetics; Church Leadership Ethics.	Tony Mifsud is a jesuit, born in Malta but works in Chile since 1974. He is also a member of the Centro de Ética (Universidad Alberto Hurtado), and forms part of the team that helps in the Conference of Jesuit Provincials of Latin America.
Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ Rector and Lecturer, Hekima College Jesuit School of Theology and Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, Nairobi, Kenya.	Renzo Pegoraro Professor of Bioethics at the Faculty of Theology of Triveneto, Padova (Italy) Director of the Fondazione Lanza, Padova (Italy)
Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, is a Jesuit priest from Nigeria. He teaches theology and religious studies at Hekima College. His areas of interest include: Theology of the church; ethical dimensions of HIV/AIDS, refugees and poverty in Africa; Catholic Social Teaching.	Renzo Pegoraro is teaching bioethics and is involved in activities of research and advanced studies in bioethics and environmental ethics, particularly on religion and bioethics, ethics committees, sustainable development.
Marie-Jo Thiel Professeure des Universités, Faculté de Théologie Catholique de l'Université Marc Bloch, Directrice du Centre Européen d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Ethique (CEERE) des trois universités de Strasbourg, France.	Lúcás Chan PhD student of Theological Ethics - Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
Marie-Jo Thiel has a double training, in Medicine as well as in Catholic Theology. Her teaching and research interests are Fundamental Moral Theology, Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Educational Methods in Bioethics, Ethics and Human Sciences.	Lúcás Chan is a Jesuit from Hong Kong, and has been studying/working in various countries since 1993. His research interests are Fundamental moral theology; Biblical theology; Virtue ethics and Bioethics.
Michela Chistè Assistent of direction in Fondazione Bruno Kessler's, Trent, Italy	Toni Ross Department Administrator, Theology Department, Boston College
She is M.A. in Religious sciences (Trent). In her quality as secretary she provided the coordination of organization for research meetings at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trent, Italy.	Toni Ross joined the Theology Department at Boston College in 1993.