St. Lambert Study House

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St. Lambert Study House
Study house St. Lambert in Grafschaft-Lantershofen.jpg
Seminar type Late career seminar
address Lantershofen Castle
Graf-Blankard-Str. 12–22
53501 Grafschaft-Lantershofen
state Rhineland-Palatinate
country Germany
founding year 1972
Number of seminarians (total) currently 23
Rain Volker Malburg
Head of Studies Alois Joh. Book
Sub-rain Thomas Porwol
Spiritual Joseph Friday
Website URL www.st-lambert.de

The St. Lambert diocesan college is the Roman Catholic seminary with the largest number of students in Germany . At the moment (October 2019) 23 candidates for priesthood from German dioceses and religious orders are studying there .

The seminar is located in the Lantershofen district of the Grafschaft (Rhineland) community near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler .

The Studienhaus St. Lambert is a seminar for people who have come to work later. Here study men who had another profession before they decided to become priests of the Roman Catholic Church .

Formal requirements for admission to the Studienhaus St. Lambert are completed vocational training , several years of professional experience, membership in the Roman Catholic Church and the age of 25. In addition, it is not possible to enroll directly in the St. Lambert Study House. The students are usually sent to Lantershofen to study by their home dioceses or religious orders.

Life in the study house is mainly characterized by studying philosophy and theology with the subjects of biblical theology, historical theology (i.e. church history ), systematic theology and practical theology . But also the daily celebration of the Eucharist , the communitarian community, common divine services , devotions and praying the book of hours are part of everyday seminar life .

This course extends over four years, each divided into three trimesters . At the end there is an ecclesiastically recognized qualification, which is one of the admission requirements for further training in the pastoral course of the home diocese or religious order. Further studies are possible.

Lantershofen Castle, St. Lambert Study House, aerial photo (2015)

Alternative to Lantershofen

In Germany that's Study House St. Lambert unique in its structure. It is legitimized in legal-historical terms by the Reich Concordat of 1933. In Austria , since 1976, German-speaking candidates for priesthood have also been able to complete a state and ecclesiastically recognized degree in theology without an Abitur or Matura . This task is taken on by the Pontifical Philosophical-Theological College Benedict XVI. true. Candidates for priests from Germany can be accepted into the Leopoldinum seminary, which has been specially created for this task .

Personalities associated with the Studienhaus

  • Stephan Ackermann , Bishop of Trier, was the rain of the study house from 1999-2006
  • Robert Brahm , auxiliary bishop of Trier, was the sub-rain of the study house
  • Alois Joh. Buch , theologian, former senior member of the church service as well as deacon and foundation manager, lecturer and seminar professor
  • Felix Genn , Bishop of Münster, was the rain of the study house from 1997-1999
  • Gisbert Greshake , priest of the Münster diocese, is visiting professor at the Studienhaus
  • Gerd J. Pohl , actor and puppeteer, studied at the Studienhaus
  • Alfred Tönnis , priest in the Order of the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and known for his innovative projects, studied at the Studienhaus

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Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 16.5 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 18.1 ″  E