Sister Elizabeth Ann Linehan, R.S.M., kicks off Saint Xavier University’s 2007-08 Catholic Colloquium lecture series with a lecture on mercy and justice at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Saint Xavier University’s Chicago campus at 3700 W. 103rd St.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Butler Reception Room, located in the Warde Academic Center. Following the lecture, Linehan will answer questions from the audience.

Titled “Should Mercy Season Justice? A Reflection on Public Policy,” Linehan’s lecture will include discussion of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated gross human rights violations in apartheid South Africa from 1960 to 1994.