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New artwork added to CLTS catechetical baptismal font
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – In May 2021, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) consecrated a new baptismal font in the seminary’s Martin Luther Chapel announcing an ongoing project “to add small pieces of artwork depicting the Christian Church’s ministry in Word and Sacrament, based on the…
First calls for 2023’s graduating pastors
CANADA – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton – CLS) and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, ON – CLTS) held Call Services on May 26 and 27 respectively, announcing the first calls of four graduating pastors for 2023. Additionally, CLS saw the commendation of one colloquy…
LCC calls to prayer for church workers
CANADA – In a recent article, the President’s Ministry Council (PMC) and the boards of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s two seminaries recognized challenges facing our synod and the seminaries who serve her. In addition to other identified commitments, the PMC, in its task of guiding formation…
New translation of Löhe’s Aphorisms published
ONTARIO – Rev. Dr. John Stephenson has served Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines) as a productive scholar, writer, and teaching theologian for 33 years, having joined the faculty as a young man in 1989. Just prior to his retirement in December 2022, Dr. Stephenson’s English…
LCC urges prayer amid earthquake devastation in Turkey and Syria
[Editor’s Note: This article includes numbers from early reports. As of February 9, 2023, CLWR reports that the death toll from this tragedy has risen dramatically to over 20,000 and is climbing by thousands daily.] Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is urging its members to lift up…
In Review: Through the Valley
by Mathew Block Rev. Kurt Reinhardt’s latest book of poetry, Through the Valley, brings a word of comfort to those facing sorrow and suffering, as well as those accompanying others travelling through the valley of the shadow of death. As with his earlier collections of…