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Dominican Presents Muslim-Catholic Dialogue

Dominican University’s Siena Center will conclude its Matthew J. Lamb Dialogue Series with a program focusing on the topic “Encountering the Other: An Experience of Muslim-Catholic Dialogue” on Wednesday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. Sr. Joan McGuire, OP, Dr. Shakir Moiduddin and the members of the Catholic-Muslim Dialogue will hold their bi-monthly meeting; those in attendance from the community may both observe and participate in the meeting. The free program will be held in the auditorium of the university’s Priory Campus, 7200 W. Division Street.

Sr. Joan McGuire is the director of the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at the Archdiocese of Chicago. Dr. Shakir Moiduddin is the Inter-faith Committee Chair for Chicago’s Islamic Council. Both are respected voices in the area of inter-faith dialogue and partnership.

The Catholic-Muslim Dialogue, which has been meeting for nine years, is co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago.

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.

For more information on Dominican University’s Siena Center, please call (708) 714-9105 or visit the website at www.siena.dom.edu.