The Salesian Center for Faith and Culture will host the 8th annual Heritage Week at DeSales University, Center Valley, a series of events celebrating the legacy of St. Francis de Sales, patron of DeSales University. All events are free and open to the public and run Jan. 20 - 24. No tickets are required.

"Each year during Heritage Week we honor St. Francis de Sales and celebrate his lasting legacy and ongoing impact in today's culture," said the Rev. Thomas Dailey, OSFS, director of the Salesian Center for Faith and Culture. "This year we also celebrate the Year of Faith according to Pope Benedict XVI."

Heritage Week begins with the Mass of St. Francis de Sales, 8 p.m. Jan. 20, Connelly Chapel, DeSales. Guest celebrant and homilist: Rev. James Chern, Archdiocese of Newark and DeSales alumnus.

Here is the rest of the schedule:

7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, Baranzano Society on Bioethics public forum on faith and medicine with guest speakers and DeSales alumni Peter Cochrane, MD; Clare Laracy Grubb, PA-C; John Lanzilotti, BSN, University Center;

7:30 p.m. Jan. 22, town hall discussion on faith and the arts, with Rev. Peter John Cameron, O.P.; artistic director, Blackfriars Repertory Theatre, University Center;

7:30 p.m. Jan. 23, St. Francis de Sales as the Cathedral Provost celebrated with a St. Thomas More Society legal seminar on faith and the law, with Rev. David T. Link, dean emeritus and professor emeritus, Notre Dame Law, University Center; and

8 p.m. Jan. 24, R. Wayne Kraft Memorial Lecture on faith and culture with speaker, the Most Reverend Kevin Rhoades, D.D., Bishop of Fort Wayne, South Bend, Ind., University Center.

Information: Salesian Center for Faith and Culture at DeSales University, desales.edu/salesian, 610-282-1100, ext. 1244