Category: Education News

June 1, 2014

LCC seminaries celebrate convocation, announce placements

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries—Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario)—held their convocation services this past weekend. At the event, pastoral graduates received their first calls and vicars received their placements. Pastoral candidates: Basil Christoforidis…

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May 21, 2014

Watch LCC’s seminaries’ convocation services live online

ONLINE – As Lutheran Church-Canada’s (LCC) seminaries prepare for this year’s sacred convocation ceremonies, they want LCC members to know that if they cannot attend in person they can still take part online. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) will hold its Sacred Convocation service May 30…

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May 13, 2014

Placement service for DPS interns and graduate

EDMONTON – On May 11, Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) celebrated the graduation of one DPS student and the placement of two interns. The service took place at Concordia Lutheran Church in Edmonton. Kaitlin Schmitz has completed her degree with CUCA and is now…

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May 8, 2014

LCC seminaries prepare for convocation services, announce award recipients

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) seminaries are preparing for this year’s sacred convocation ceremonies. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) will hold its Sacred Convocation service May 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Tegler Centre of Concordia University College of Alberta. The seminary will celebrate the program…

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April 23, 2014

Greek New Testaments needed for Nicaragua

NICARAGUA – Lutheran Church–Canada has long supported the theological education program of its partner church, the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua. In keeping with that tradition, Rev. Brian Dunlop of Faith Lutheran (Desboro, Ontario) will be traveling to Nicaragua to teach a series of courses…

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April 3, 2014

Edmonton seminary to honour German bishop

EDMONTON – The Rev. Hans-Jörg Voigt, Bishop of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (SELK), will receive the honourary Doctor of Divinity degree at Concordia Lutheran Seminary’s Sacred Convocation in late May. News of the seminary faculty’s action in granting this honour was recently…

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