Augustinum Episcopal Center for Formation and Vocation

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The Augustinum in Graz is the Episcopal Campus for Education and Vocations of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau . It is located in the building of the episcopal seminary of the Graz-Seckau diocese , which has existed since 1830. After renovation work in the years 2008–2009, all educational institutions sponsored by the Graz-Seckau diocese as well as some initiatives in the pastoral care of vocations were accommodated at this location. In addition, it is possible to rent rooms and order the kitchen of the house as a caterer for events. The patron and namesake of the house is, also due to the history of the house, the bishop and church father Augustine .

history

Since the diocese of Leoben was unable to train priests at the time because there was no grammar school in the diocesan area, court chaplain Sebastian Job created the "Carolinum" foundation in 1830. They made it possible for “poor young people from Upper Styria” to attend the Academic Gymnasium in Graz. They were housed privately. In 1842, the Diocese of Seckau followed with a similar foundation, the “Augustineum”. A place to stay was created for the two merged foundations at the corner of Lange Gasse and Grabenstrasse in Graz in the Warnhauser'schen Haus . The demand was so great that from 1956 a home teaching institution was run, which in today's Episcopal Gymnasium is one of the most traditional educational institutions in Styria .

During the Second World War , the boarding school was closed by the Nazi administration, but the seminarians were accompanied underground by the prefect general Karl Lind and the spiritual director Franz Vollmann. From the school year 1945/1946, the seminar and grammar school began again, the following year the re-reference could begin in the Prince Bishop's seminary . In 1971 the seminar and grammar school were separated, which until then had been run together.

In 2008–2009 the approximately 23,000 m 2 building was converted into the Augustinum , which, as the Episcopal Center for Education and Vocations, houses all educational and vocation facilities in the Graz-Seckau diocese. In 2018, the house was renamed the Bischöflicher Campus for Education and Vocations and a uniform umbrella brand structure was developed for the educational institutions in the Augustinum.

literature

  • Josef Jamnig (ed.): 150 years of the Episcopal Seminary in Graz , Graz: 1980
  • August Janisch: Episcopal seminary and grammar school Graz. From the beginning to the present . Diploma thesis to obtain the academic degree "Magister der Theologie", hectogr., Graz 1980.

Web links

  • Homepage. Episcopal Campus Augustinum, accessed on March 31, 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b homepage. Episcopal Campus Augustinum, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  2. ↑ after Janisch, s. literature

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 55.3 "  N , 15 ° 26 ′ 16.3"  E