Fr James McTavish will present the Catholic church’s teaching on care at the end of life. The formation talk will be given at 7:30pm on Wednesday 10 June in the church of The Most sacred heart, Ruislip.
Fr James McTavish is a Catholic missionary priest of the Verbum Dei Missionaries. He studied Medicine at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and pursued a career in surgery. He gained his Fellowship with the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and began his specialization in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery. The Lord called him and he entered into the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity in 1999. He pursued his theology studies in the Philippines before finishing them in Italy and doing a Licentiate in Moral theology (Alphonsianum University, Rome) and a Masters in Bioethics (Regina Apostolorum University, Rome). He was ordained to the Priesthood in London in 2008, and thereafter taught courses on moral theology, bioethics and sexual ethics in various theological and medical schools. He has published over 75 articles in international journals and written various books on morality and spirituality.
