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Spring Newsletter 2021 — Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary

For students who have devoted four or five years of their life to seminary studies, fervently desiring to enter the pastoral ministry, the Call Service is a once-in-a-lifetime event. So despite the regulations that limited attendance to ten people, we made sure the service was filled with music, hymns, God’s Word, and prayer to make […]

Called to Serve: Vicars and Candidates Placed into Christ’s Church — Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary

At the Call Service of Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Catharines, held with a limited attendance in the seminary chapel and streamed online on Saturday, 29 May 2021, the following placements were announced. More news and photos will follow later. Pastoral Candidate Placements Markus Peschel (CLTS)………………….. Commended to the Free Evangelical Lutheran Church in South […]

Pastoral and Vicarage Placements 2021 — Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary

Baptism Depicted in the Cranach Altarpiece, City Church, Wittenberg When Dr Wilhelm Torgerson retired from teaching at the seminary in 2018–he had served as an instructor in pastoral theology since his first “retirement” from parish ministry in Germany back in 2011–the seminary community wanted to honour this unique man in a unique way. His love […]

New Baptismal Font Installed and Consecrated — Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary

The seminary’s annual Call Service will take place on Saturday, 29 May 2021, 4.00pm. This is a joyful occasion for the pastoral candidates and vicars. Because of current restrictions limiting service attendance to ten people, we have decided to forego holding the service in a local congregation and have relocated it to the seminary chapel. […]

Call Service 2021 — Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary

Rev. Roger E. Winger, DD, Delta Chi Rev. Dr Roger E. Winger, former LCC East District President, Guest Instructor at CLTS, and father of President Dr Thomas Winger, was received into his eternal rest on Thursday, 29 April 2021. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,’” says the […]

Rev. Dr Roger E. Winger, Rest in Peace — Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary

As we all keep saying to one another, who knew that we’d be doing this online again a year later! Vicarage is a very important step in a seminary student’s formation towards the pastoral ministry—the opportunity to spend a whole year working in a congregation to put their theological education into practice. The annual vicars’ […]

Virtual Vicars’ Dinner 2021 — Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary