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The programme for the upcoming symposium on Scandinavian Lutheranism is now available here. The conference begins on Monday evening following the LCC synodical convention–we warmly invite all delegates and guests to stay on in southern Ontario and join us. The opening lecture, by Rev. Juhana Pohjola, Dean of Luther Foundation Finland, takes place on Monday, 6 … Continue reading Scandinavian Conference Programme

Saturday, 7 May 2011, is the commemoration of C. F. W. Walther, recognising the date of his passing into eternity in 1887. We encourage the members of LCC (and the LCMS) to take particular note of this patriarchal theologian and founding president (of both the LCMS and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis) in this, his two-hundredth … Continue reading C. F. W. Walther Anniversary Year

The seminary's symposium on Scandinavian Lutheranism is fast approaching. It will begin on the Monday evening following the LCC synodical convention--we warmly invite all delegates and guests to stay on in southern Ontario and join us. The opening lecture takes place on Monday, 6 June, at 7:00pm. The conference concludes on Wednesday, 8 June, at … Continue reading Scandinavian Symposium Welcomes Dean Pohjola and President Matthew Harrison

At Guild Day 2011 members of the 1000-strong Concordia Seminary Guild discussed at length the implications of the upcoming LCC synodical convention for their beloved seminary. The workbook contains four overtures that call for LCC to close one of her seminaries in an effort to save money. Acting President Dr Tom Winger explained to the … Continue reading Guild Petitions Synod on behalf of the Seminary

The Concordia Seminary Guild meets twice a year in St. Catharines to conduct business, show their support for the seminary, meet the students, and be fed and entertained. Most years the Guild reaches an astonishing membership level of one thousand people. The sale of $5.00 memberships supports a number of significant projects that fall outside … Continue reading Guild Day 2011

The seminary community both mourn and rejoice with the family of former professor E. Edward Hackmann who was taken to be with his Lord in Holy Week and celebrated Easter with the company of heaven. Rev. Dr E. Edward Hackmann, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, born 14 January 1923, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, … Continue reading E. Edward Hackmann: Easter with the Lord

An annual gift from the Ontario District LWML is a recognition dinner for those students about to begin their year of supervised internship, on site, in an LCC or LCMS congregation. This year was no exception as the ladies of Resurrection Lutheran, St. Catharines, on behalf of the Niagara and Toronto zones, prepared and served … Continue reading Vicars’ Dinner Prepares for Mission

Mark your calendars now! Concordia Seminary’s annual golf tournament is scheduled for Monday, 30 May 2011, at Sawmill Golf Course in Fenwick, beginning at 11:30 am. (It is a week earlier this year because of the LCC convention.)  The $100 per person registration fee includes BBQ lunch (sausages, hamburgers, hotdogs, and a non-alcoholic beverage), green … Continue reading Golf Tournament (new date!)

Rev. James Scholz, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Winnipeg, a 1986 graduate of this seminary, and a current member of its Board of Regents, has written our Lenten Appeal Letter. Pastor Scholz calls upon the church to join him in "giving thanks always" (I Thess. 5:16-18) by making a thank offering to the seminary. As … Continue reading Lenten Appeal

On New Year's Eve we welcomed the Pohjola family into the seminary community. Pastor Juhana Pohjola, Dean of Luther Foundation–Finland, arrived that night from Helsinki with his wife Päivi, and children Anni, Aaro, Olli, and Lotta. Pastor Pohjola and family will be in St. Catharines for 18 months while he pursues research towards his doctoral … Continue reading Finnish Vistas on the New Testament