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Archdiocese of Detroit
 
Prof. Janet E. Smith
Chair of Life Ethics, Professor of Moral Theology
 
 
 
Office Hours:
  • Tuesday: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
  • Thursday 4:30 - 5:30 pm
 

Biography

Janet E. Smith holds the Father Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. 
 
She is the author of Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later and of the Right to Privacy, editor of Why Humanae Vitae Was Right: A Reader. She has coauthored Life Issues, Medical Choices, Questions and Answers for Catholics, with Chris Kaczor.  She has published in The Thomist, The Irish Theological Quarterly, Nova et Vetera, The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, The National Catholic Bioethics Journal, among other publications.
 
She speaks nationally and internationally on the Catholic teachings on sexuality and on bioethics.
 
She is serving a third term as a consultor to the Pontifical Council on the Family and she serves the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian unity as a member of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, III.
 
She has received two honorary doctorates and several other awards for scholarship and service. 
 
She has appeared on the Geraldo show, Fox Morning News, CNN International, CNN Newsroom and has done many shows for various series on EWTN.
 
Nearly two million copies of her talk, Contraception: Why Not have been distributed.  An updated version of Contraception: Why Not and a series of talks "Sexual Common Sense" are available through www.mycatholicfaith.org.
Janet Smith
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