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Dr. William E. May

Dr. William May is Professor of Moral Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of America. He has authored more than a dozen books, and published at least 200 essays in scholarly journals. Among his books are: Marriage: The Rock on Which the Family Is Built (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1995); and, with Ronald Lawler OFM Cap and Joseph Boyle, Catholic Sexual Ethics (rev. and enlarged ed. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 1998); and Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life (Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Press 2000); Standing with Peter: Reflections of a Lay Theologian on God's Loving Providence (Bethune, N.C.: Requiem Press, 2006).

In 1986, Dr. May was appointed by Pope John Paul II to serve on the International Theological Commission where he became friends with His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Dr. May is a Visiting Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences and at Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College. This father of seven children and grandfather of fourteen has been the recipient of many honors including the Cardinal Wright Award from the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal from James Cardinal Hickey.

CDU Courses
102-0301, 202-0301, 302-0301: End of Life Issues
102-2005, 202-2005, 302-2005: Marriage and the Complementarity of Men and Women

Education
BA in Philosophy, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
MA in Philosophy, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
PhD in Philosophy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Activity in research, publishing, and professional associations
Author of more than a dozen books including:
An Introduction to Moral Theology
Marriage: the Rock on Which the Family is Built
Co-author with Ronald Lawler, OFM and Joseph Boyle, Catholic Sexual Ethics and Catholic Bioethics and The Gift of Human Life
Published 200 + essays in scholarly journals