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Siena Center Presents Series on Faith and Politics

Dominican University’s Siena Center is presenting this fall a series of lectures on the relationship between politics and Catholicism. All lectures are free of charge and will be held in the auditorium of the university’s Priory Campus, 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest.

The first lecture, Politics, Piety and Public Life: Preaching the Common Good in an Election Year will be held on Tuesday, September 7 at 7:00 p.m. Charles Bouchard, OP, president and associate professor of systematic theology at Aquinas Institute in St. Louis, MO, will discuss how politicians reach positions on public policy issues having moral implications and how voters can assess candidates who lack consistency on these issues.

Catholic Social Teaching and Political Decision-Making will be held on Tuesday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m. Edward van Merrienboer, OP, vicar for mission development for the Dominican Friars of the Central Province and a former professor of moral theology, will discuss the foundation of Catholic social teaching and how it can be used to guide personal, business and political decisions.

On Tuesday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m., John Carr, secretary of the Department of Social Development and World Peace of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, will give a lecture on Acting on Our Convictions: Catholics and the Political Process. Carr will discuss how Catholics can advocate the values of Scripture and the principles of Catholic social teaching in the political and legislative process.

A panel discussion on Weighing the Issues will be held on Tuesday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m. Moderated by Bill Purcell, director of the Office of Peace and Justice of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the panel will examine international, healthcare and jobs issues from the perspective of Catholic social teaching. Phil Karst, executive director of the Illinois Catholic Health Association, will discuss healthcare issues; Liesl Orenic, director of American studies and associate professor of history at Dominican University, will discuss jobs issues; and Joan Neal, vice-president of United States operations for Catholic Relief Services, will discuss international issues.

For more information on any of these programs or to receive a brochure on the series, please contact the Siena Center at (708) 714-9110 or www.siena.dom.edu.