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Siena Center Presents Rev. Robert Barron

Dominican University’s Siena Center will present a Lenten lecture titled “Looking for Spirituality in America” by Rev. Robert Barron, professor of systematic theology at Mundelein Seminary, on Thursday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Priory Campus Auditorium, 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest.

In his lecture, Rev. Barron will explore the link between spirituality and literature, focusing especially on the works of William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor and Walker Percy. He will show how the work of these writers points to theological truths about nature and grace.

Rev. Barron was ordained a priest in 1986. He earned his master’s degree in philosophy at the Catholic University of America and his doctorate in sacred theology from the Institute Catholique de Paris. He is the author of five books, including a just-published theological reflection on cultural transformation and spiritual trends. In addition to writing and teaching, Rev. Barron presents lectures and holds retreats and workshops on issues of theology and spirituality.

Admission to the lecture is $10. For more information on Dominican University’s Siena Center, please call (708) 714-9105 or visit the website 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.