Rev. Dr. Paschal M. Corby OFM Conv.

OFM Conv. STD, STL, MBBS, BTheol
Lecturer

Email: paschal.corby@nd.edu.au
Phone: 02 8204 4400

  • Biography

    Fr Paschal is a priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He resides in Kellyville, NSW, where he is Director of the Shrine of the Holy Innocents. He has previously lectured at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family (Melbourne) and Catholic Theological College (Melbourne).

  • Teaching Areas

    • Moral Theology
    • Bioethics

  • Books

    • The Hope and Despair of Human Bioenhancement: A Virtual Dialogue between the Oxford Transhumanists and Joseph Ratzinger. Pickwick, Eugene OR: 2019.

  • Book Chapters

      • "Intenzione e azione sessuale." In Dizionario sesso, amore e fecondità, edited by José Noriega and René & Isabelle Ecochard, 522-527. Siena: Cantagalli, 2019.
      • "Educating for Moral Formation: The Primacy of Metaphysical Realism." In Encyclopaedia of Teacher Education, edited by Michael A. Peters. Singapore: Springer, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8679-5_140.
      • "Conscientious Objection." (With Greg Schleppenbach). In Catholic Health Care Ethics, 3rd edition. Philadelphia PA: National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2019.
      • "Homo orans: the human person as defined by prayer." In Theological Anthropology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium, edited by Kevin Wagner, Peter John McGregor and M. Isabell Naumann, 254-270. Eugene OR: Pickwick, 2022.
      • "Servais Pinckaers and the New Law in the Spirit: A Pneumatological Approach to Morality." In Pneumatology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium, edited by Kevin Wagner, Peter John McGregor and M. Isabell Naumann, 300-316. Eugene OR: Pickwick, 2024.

  • Journal Articles and Proceedings

        • "Estranged Fathers: The Alienation of Men in Heterologous Embryo Transfer." National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 13.2 (Summer 2013): 287–297.
        • "Does Evangelium vitae 73 apply to assisted dying legislation?" Australasian Catholic Record 94.3 (July 2017): 288-293.
        • "Awakened by Love: Saint Francis of Assisi as Model for the Church's Mission to Health Care and Charitable Service." The Linacre Quarterly 85.2 (2018): 118-124.
        • "The Imperative of Conscientious Objection in Medical Practice." National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 18.4 (Winter 2018): 611-618.
        • "The Fear of Being a Burden on Others: A Response to the Rhetoric of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide." National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 19.3 (Autumn 2019): 369–376.
        • "Response of One Man of Science to Humanae Vitae." (With Joan Clements and Mary Walsh). The Linacre Quarterly 86.1 (2019): 68-82.
        • "An evaluation of controversial statements in Etica Teologica della Vita." (With Elvis I. Šeman, Eamonn M. Mathieson, Umberto P. Villa, Deirdre T. Little, Randy DLR Juanta, John I. Fleming and Brendan Purcell). The Linacre Quarterly  91.4 (2024): 403-420. DOI: 10.1177/00243639241245316
        • "An Innate Despair: The Philosophical Limitations of Transhumanism and its Misplaced Hope in Human Enhancement." The Linacre Quarterly Online First (Oct 7, 2024). DOI: 10.1177/00243639241281977

  • Conference papers

        • "The Imperative of Conscientious Objection in Medical Practice."  Australian Catholic Bioethics Conference, Melbourne, September 14, 2019.
        • "Saint Francis and the Embrace of the Leper: A Paradigm of Welcoming the Other in Our Midst." The Franciscan Legacy from the 13th Century to the 21st: Assessing the Continuing Significance of St Francis and Franciscan Traditions of Theology, Spirituality, and Action, Durham, UK, November 5-7, 2019.
        • "Homo orans: the human person as defined by prayer." Theological Anthropology at the beginning of the Third Millennium, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, February 14-15, 2020.
        • "Postmodernism, Freedom, and Christian Anthropology." Australian Catholic Bioethics Conference on Sex, Gender and the Human Person, May 30, 2020.
        • "Embracing our Contingency: A Response to COVID-19." Sydney College of Divinity Theology Research Network Conference on Theologising in the Shadow of the Pandemic, May 20-21, 2022.
        • "Servais Pinckaers and the New Law in the Spirit: A Pneumatological Approach to Morality." Pneumatology at the beginning of the Third Millennium, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, July 22-23, 2022.
        • "Speaking the Truth in Love: A Pastoral Response to Situations of Voluntary Assisted Dying." Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy National Conference, Albury, July 10-14, 2023.
        • "An Introduction to Transhumanism and It's Current Impact." Australian Catholic Medical Association Conference, Baulkham Hills, November 11, 2023.
        • "The complete man is determined not at the beginning, but at the end: The significance of eschatology for anthropology within the thought of Romano Guardini." Eschatology at the beginning of the Third Millennium, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, February 9-10, 2024.

  • Profession affliations

      • Lecturer at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne (2016-2018)
      • Catholic Theological College/University of Divinity, Melbourne (2019-2023)
      • Member of the Catholic Scholars Guild

  • Community engagement

    • Priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual
    • Director of the Shrine of the Holy Innocents, Kellyville (2024 - )
    • Chaplain to the Australian Catholic Medical Association, Victoria (2019-2024)

  • Awards

    2017 Sub Auspiciis Award for the publication of outstanding dissertations (Pontifical John Paul II Institute, Rome)