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DU Hosts Lecture on the Spiritual Side of Children

Dominican University’s Siena Center will present a lecture by psychologist Barbara Searle on “ Nurturing the Spiritual Side of Children” on Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Priory Campus, 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest.

Barbara Searle, an Oak Park therapist and a leader of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, will provide guidance on cultivating children’s spirituality and nurturing their religious development from birth to age 18. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, an innovative approach for providing young children with opportunities to interact with scripture and liturgy, is used by hundreds of Catholic, Episcopal and other Christian churches in the United States, in addition to churches in 19 countries.

A reception will follow the lecture. This program concludes the Siena Center’s spring series on “ Real Children in the Real World.” Admission to this program is $5.00. For more information, contact the Siena Center at (708) 714-9105 or visit the Web site 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.