Category: Education News
COVID-19: LCC Seminaries to Announce First Calls Online
ONLINE – As a result of government regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries have announced public services will be cancelled while first calls for pastoral candidates and vicarage placements will be announced online this year. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton)…
Joint CLS/CLTS Faculty Retreat at Bragg Creek
ALBERTA – For the first time in over a dozen years, the faculties of both Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) seminaries – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) – met near Bragg Creek, Alberta, on faculty retreat from March 9-12, 2020. Significant…
Seminary classes move online-only during pandemic
CANADA – The classes of Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries have moved online-only in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario announced on March 13 that face to face classes would be cancelled as of March 16, 2020, following…
Boards of Regents meet in Edmonton
EDMONTON – On February 4-5, 2020 the Boards of Regents from Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS), St. Catharines, and Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS), Edmonton, held their annual joint meeting at CLS. The two boards met together with reports given on each seminary by presidents Rev….
CLTS welcomes visiting scholar
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) has welcomed Rev. Dr. Werner Klän as a visiting scholar for the 2020 winter semester and spring short semester to teach courses on dogmatic theology. Dr. Klän recently retired from the faculty of Lutherische Theologische Hochschule…
CLS holding Quest Course on Lutheran Liturgy
ONLINE – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton is holding the latest installment in its popular Quest Course series, with Rev. Dr. John Hellwege presenting on “The Lutheran Liturgy: How and Why We Worship As We Do.” The series began on January 28 and runs…