Category: Education News

November 1, 2021

LCC Seminaries: In the Spotlight!

In the Spotlight . . . Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton, AB) Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton held its opening service on Wednesday, August 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the seminary chapel. Regents, students, faculty, and staff gathered together to celebrate the opening of the…

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October 19, 2021

LCC Seminaries: Call for nominations for honorary awards

CLTS (St. Catharines) CANADA – Each May at its annual Call Service, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines) has the opportunity to confer two major awards on worthy pastors or lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC). The recipient of the Friend of the Seminary award…

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September 8, 2021

Former CLS President Called to Glory

EDMONTON – Rev. Dr. L. Dean Hempelmann, former President of Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton, has been called home to glory. Dr. Hemplemann entered into the presence of His Saviour on August 29, 2021. He was 82 years old. “Dr. Hempelmann was an astute…

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July 23, 2021

Kay Tiffney Passes On to Glory

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Katherine (Kay) Tiffney (née Schneikart), secretary for Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario from 1976-1995, passed away on July 19, 2021, at 90 years of age. Kay will be fondly remembered by former seminary students and their families…

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May 31, 2021

First calls for 2021’s graduating pastors, vicarage assignments

ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries live-streamed their Call Services again this year on May 28 and 29 respectively. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) held its Sacred Convocation online on May 28, 2021, during which time three colloquy candidates from last summer were presented….

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May 26, 2021

CLTS Professor’s book now available in Spanish

  LATIN AMERICA – A book on eschatology by Rev. Dr. John Stephenson, professor at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario, has recently been made available in Spanish as part of the VDMA Project. “I would hope that the Eschatology volume of…

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