St. Petrus Seminary (Berlin)

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 40.1 ″  N , 13 ° 20 ′ 6.9 ″  E

Seminary of St. Peter
Seminary of St. Peter
Seminar type	Pastoral seminar
address	Oldenburger Str. 46 10551 Berlin
state	Berlin
country	Germany
carrier	Archdiocese of Berlin
Rain	Cathedral Vicar Matthias Goy
Spiritual	P. Karl Hoffmann SDS
Website URL	www.erzbistumberlin.de/wir-sind/berufe-der-kirche/

The St. Petrus seminary of the Archdiocese of Berlin is a so-called pastoral seminar in which the Berlin priest candidates complete the last section of their training before they are ordained .

The seminarians of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin study usually before, after a one-year Theological preparatory course in seminary Bamberg have completed, in St. seminary Georgen in Frankfurt and continue their studies after a "Externitas" Away year referred to in the seminary of Erfurt on. The candidates for the priesthood of the Neocatechumenal Way, on the other hand, study philosophy and theology in the Redemptoris Mater seminary in Berlin-Biesdorf .

After completing their theology studies, all candidates prepare for the diaconate and priestly ordination and work in pastoral care together in the three-year pastoral course in the seminary of St. Peter .

Since 2006 the seminar has been housed in the Dominican monastery of St. Paul in the Berlin district of Moabit. Four new priests emerged from the seminar in June 2014 and three new priests in June 2019. In addition, the seminary is also used for the training of the younger priests of the archdiocese.

Dominican monastery and seminary in Berlin-Moabit

Individual evidence

1. ^ Archdiocese of Berlin: Priest in the Archdiocese of Berlin. Retrieved October 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Archdiocese of Berlin: Four new priests for the Archdiocese of Berlin, ordained on June 7, 2014, 10 a.m. in St. Hedwig. Retrieved October 2, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Archdiocese of Berlin: "God gives himself so that you may give him". Three deacons ordained priests. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .