The next speaker featured in Bishop David J. Malloy’s Year of Faith Lecture Series is his former colleague from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Nancy E. Wisdo.

Wisdo will speak Thursday on “The Church in the Modern World: the Promise and the Reality of Gaudium et Spes” at the Newman Catholic Student Center at Christ the Teacher Parish, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb. The evening will begin with prayer led by Malloy at 6:30 p.m. Wisdo’s talk will begin at 7 p.m., followed by questions and refreshments.

The lecture is free and open to the public, however, in keeping with the Year of Faith call to charity, donations of cleaning and laundry products for Catholic Charities families will be accepted as admission for those attending.