Wartburg Seminary

Spring Visit Weekend: Considering Your Call
2022-03-18 17:00 - 2022-03-20 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Offers You The Opportunity To:

Explore vocation and discernment
Learn about degree programs and the various models to earn your degree
Get a feel for what classes are like
Worship with the Wartburg Seminary Community
Meet Faculty, Staff, and Students
Share in meals and fellowship
Experience Wartburg Seminary through the convenience of a weekend visit!

You Are Our Guest:
Need overnight accommodations on Friday or Saturday? We are happy to provide housing for you and your spouse, friend, partner, pastor or supporter while you’re here. We will also provide meals and snacks while you are on campus. Need help with travel costs? Let us know how we can assist you with those, too.

Questions? Contact admissions@wartburgseminary.edu. Register below.

Register

Reformation and Reunion Spring 2022
2022-04-18 - 2022-04-20 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Come home … to the place of your formation … for
ReFormation and Reunion
Take time for reunions and celebrations
Take time to learn, relax, and care for yourself
Take time to worship
Presentations from some of your former professors … with no tests or papers:
Professor Winston Persaud—
in yet another semester of Systematics and cricket
Professor Craig Nessan—
in his last semester as Academic Dean
Professor Ann Fritschel—
in her last semester teaching at Wartburg
Professor Troy Troftgruben—
in his new role as holder of the Wagner Chair in Biblical Theology
… and from some newer (yet familiar to many) faces:
President Kristin Largen
Rev. Dr. John Largen
Break-Out Sessions with other alumni
Come home … to be reFormed and renewed!

Schedule
Event begins on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 4pm with registration and ends on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 with a lunch. Click here to view the complete schedule.
Celebrating 2021 and 2022 Milestone Years:
50 Years (1971, 1972), 40 Years (1981, 1982), 25 Years (1996, 1997), 10 Years (2011, 2012), 3 Years (2018, 2019)

Accommodations:
Wartburg Seminary Guest Rooms – 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque A limited number of guest rooms are available to rent on the campus of Wartburg Theological Seminary. On campus housing can be requested as part of the registration form.
A block of rooms has been set up at the Best Western PLUS Dubuque Hotel & Conference Center. See the registration form for more details.
Locations of the speakers and breakout sessions will be determined based upon attendance and communicated in your packet at registration.

Registration:
Click here to register.

Wartburg Theological Seminary Class of 2022 Commencement
2022-05-15 09:30 - 16:00 | St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church, 60 South Algona Street, Dubuque, IA, 52001, United States
May 15 Commencement Exercises

11 a.m. CT Baccalaureate
Loehe Chapel, Wartburg Seminary
3 p.m. CT Commencement
St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church
2001 St. Joseph St., Dubuque, IA

In addition to celebrating the graduation of the Class of 2022, Wartburg Theological Seminary will also recognize Living Loehe Award and Honorary Doctor of Divinity recipients.

International Loehe Society Conference
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-27 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Christian Identity in Crisis: The Legacy of Wilhelm Loehe as Inspiration for the Church Today

Is Christian identity in crisis? What does Christian faith mean in a time of crises? Why do we need the church in the world today?
These are the questions that many people in the 19th century asked themselves as they were unsettled by enormous upheavals. Seventy million people, mostly younger men and women, saw no future in Europe, and so left their homes and moved into a new, unknown world. Wilhelm Loehe and his companions developed visions and practical models for the church of the future.
The 5th Conference of the International Loehe Society 2022 discusses the current relevance of these new approaches in the fields of theology, liturgy, mission and diaconia.
The conference is made possible with support from: German American National Congress (DANK), Diakoneo (Diakonie Neuendettelsau), Gesellschaft für Innere und Äußere Mission and Wartburg Theological Seminary.
Conference Details Register
The International Loehe Society
The International Loehe Society (ILoeS) was founded in 2005 in Dubuque, Iowa, to promote study of the life, theology, and work of Wilhelm Loehe (1808-72) in historical context and to explore Loehe’s continuing significance for the church in its life and mission today. The scope of Loehe’s work extends through the institutions he founded in Neuendettelsau/ Germany and their outreach throughout the world. Regular conferences serve for research and international exchange.

2023 Reformation and Reunion
2023-04-11 - 2023-04-13 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
You are cordially invited to… come home … to the place of your formation … for
ReFormation and Reunion!
Take time for reunions and celebrations! Take time to learn, relax, and care for yourself!
REGISTER HERE
Tentative Schedule
Pre-Event Presentation
Tuesday, April 11, 12:00-1:15 PM
Rev. Lisa Heffernan (2013), ELCA Coordinator of Disabilities Ministries
Tuesday, April 11 (Begins at 4:00 PM)
Registration
All-Class Reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts
Evening Prayer
Wednesday, April 12 (Begins at 8:00 AM)
Breakfast and lunch included
Eucharist in Loehe Chapel
Two Presentations
Evening on your own with your class
Thursday, April 13 (Begins at 8:00 AM – Concludes at 1:00 PM)
Breakfast and lunch included
Two Presentations
Chapel
* Due to the reconstruction of Fritschel Hall, some of the sessions will be held at the Best Western Hotel near campus.

Presentations by Wartburg Theological Seminary Faculty:

Winston Persaud
The Doctrine of Justification in the Contemporary World of Alienation

Man Hei Yip
The New Diaspora and Theological Imagination in the Age of Rising Authoritarianism

Samuel Giere
Trusting Jesus in an Age of Bad Faith

Beth Elness-Hanson
Curses and Blessings! What do these Hebrew Bible / Old Testament concepts have to do with life today?

REGISTER HERE

This Is Wartburg Live with Jamil Zoughbi and Claudine Elzughbi
2024-10-14 19:00 - 20:00 | ZOOM, IA, United States
Register here: https://mywts.wartburgseminary.edu/ICS/Engage/Event_Registration.jnz

ReFormation and Reunion
2025-04-22 15:00 - 2025-04-24 11:30 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
You are cordially invited to…
come home… to the place of your formation… for
ReFormation and Reunion

The cost of this event is $25. To register visit: https://mywts.wartburgseminary.edu/ICS/Engage/Reformation_and_Reunion_Event.jnz
Information regarding lodging and restaurants can be found here.
For more information contact Astine Bose at abose@wartburgseminary.edu or 563-589-0328
Funding for this event is provided by the Professor William D. Streng Continuing Education Endowment

Tentative Schedule
Tuesday, April 22
3:00 p.m. Registration opens
5:00 p.m. All-class and farewell retirement reception for Prof. May Persaud and Rev. Dr. Winston Persaud
Wednesday, April 23
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 – 10:15 a.m. Presentation by Rev. Dr. Winston Persaud
10:30 a.m. Eucharist in Loehe Chapel
11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Time with President Largen and VP for Development, Mike Johnson
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Presentation by Rev. Dr. Jan Rippentrop-Schnell
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Presentation by Rev. Dr. Mark Yackel-Juleen
4:30 p.m. Dedication of the Ann Fritschel and Gwen Sayler Classroom
Evening Dinner on your own with your class
Thursday, April 24
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 -10:15 a.m. Presentation by May Persaud, D.D.
10:30 a.m. Chapel
11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. 3rd Year Alumni meet with Academic Dean, Rev. Dr. Cheryl Peterson
11:30 a.m. Lunch

Presentations by Wartburg Theological Seminary Faculty:
Rev. Dr. Winston Persaud
Wednesday, April 23, 8:45-10:15 a.m.
Defining and Confessing the Gospel
of Jesus Christ today!

Rev. Dr. Jan Rippentrop-Schnell
Wednesday, April 23, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Queering Confirmation, Rituals, and Skills
for Inclusion and Flourishing

Rev. Dr. Mark Yackel-Juleen
Wednesday, April 23, 3:15-4:15 p.m.
The CaSTLE Project: Leadership in a Living Baptismal Ecclesiology

May Persaud, D.D.
Thursday, 24 April, 8:45-10:15 a.m.
Eating with our Eyes Wide Shut

The following class years will celebrate a milestone reunion!
1950
1955 (70 Year)
1960
1965 (60 Year)
1970
1975 (50 Year)
1980
1985 (40 Year)
1990
1995
2000 (25 Year)
2005
2010
2015
2020
2022 (3 Year)

ReFormation and Reunion 2026
2026-04-07 - 2026-04-09 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
You are cordially invited to…
come home… to the place of your formation… for
ReFormation and Reunion

More information coming in January 2026!
