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Siena Center Presents Rev. Robert Barron

Dominican University’s Siena Center will present a Lenten lecture titled “Transforming the Culture” 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 focus on four dimensions of contemporary American culture that he believes are opposed to the preaching of the Gospel, including the notion of freedom as choice, an ungrounded individualism, a misunderstanding of the Biblical idea of God, and the privatization of religion.

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 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.