Professor Eamonn Conway. A leading Irish theologian has been awarded a prestigious visiting scholarship in Australia. Mary Immaculate College’s Prof. Eamonn Conway, a regular contributor to The Irish Catholic, has been appointed the 2017 SSJG Visiting Scholar to Perth’s University of Notre Dame, and will begin his 12-week appointment early next month.
The Limerick-based theologian’s first engagement there will be to address the university’s senior management team on leadership and management in a Catholic university context.
While in Perth Prof. Conway will also speak on Pope Francis’ writings, the future of priesthood and ministry, and the challenges and opportunities of contemporary Catholic education.
Prof. Conway said it was “a privilege to be the first Irish scholar to be honoured in this way given the strong Irish associations with Western Australia”.