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Siena Center's Series on Second Vatican Council

Dominican University’s Siena Center will host this fall a series of lectures titled “The Church in the World: A Fortieth Anniversary." The series will mark the fortieth anniversary of The Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World, the final document of the Second Vatican Council. The document, also known by its Latin title Gaudium et Spes (Joy and Hope), examines the role of the Church and Christians in the world today. The series will be held at the university’s Priory Campus at 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest.

Susan K. Wood, SCL, professor of systematic theology at Marquette University, will present “ Retrieving Gaudium et Spes: A Vision of the Church Engaged in the World" on Thursday, September 8 at 7:30 p.m. Wood will discuss the origins and contributions of Gaudium et Spes and recent debates regarding this document.

John L. Allen, Jr., award-winning Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, will present “A Vatican Insider’s View: The Global Church in a Globalized World" on Tuesday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m.

On Friday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m., Catherine Vincie, RSHM, associate professor of sacramental and liturgical theology at Aquinas Institute of Theology, and Michael Joncas, associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas and a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul/ Minneapolis, will examine the relationship between authentic liturgy and Christians’ call to transform the world in “Worship That Transforms: Exploring the Intersection of Worship and Justice." This lecture will serve as a kick-off for a conference on “Worship That Transforms" to be held on Saturday, October 8 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. During the conference, Michael Joncas and Theresa Koernke, IHM, chair of the Department of Word and Worship at Washington Theological Union, will focus on ways to integrate liturgy and justice into public ministries and personal lives.

“Learning a New Language: How Can the Church Share Good News with Our Contemporaries," the final event in the series, will be presented on Monday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. by Timothy Radcliffe, OP, an author, former professor of theology at Oxford and a world-renowned preacher and lecturer on contemporary spirituality. He will discuss how the Church can fulfill its mission in a post-modern, globalized world.

Admission is $5 for each program, except the “Worship That Transforms" conference. Admission for this event is $40 and includes Continental breakfast and lunch. For more information or to order tickets, contact the Siena Center at (708) 714-9110 or siena@dom.edu. More information about the center can be found at www.siena.dom.edu.

Dominican University established the Siena Center to engage the critical issues of church and society in the light of faith and scholarship. The center was named for St. Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century laywoman who worked untiringly for the reform of the church and justice in the world. Her passionate devotion to the central issues of church and society inspires the work of the center in its schedule of lectures, symposia, workshops, retreats, research and seminars.