09.10.2020,
The opening ceremony of the 2020-2021 academic year at the International Theological Institute took place on October 1, the feast day of ITI’s Patroness, St. Therese the Little Flower. This year for the first time the ITI has built its study terms around three major liturgical feasts: Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost. Inspired by the ...
05.10.2020,
Interview with Ján Figel’, the former EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU For the second time since its establishment by the United Nations in 2019, the “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief” was observed on 22 August. ...
02.10.2020,
Twenty-five years ago on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, His Eminence Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P. took up his office as the Archbishop of Vienna. The International Theological Institute also celebrates an anniversary this fall, as it enters its twenty-fifth year of existence on the feast of St. Thérèse of ...
21.09.2020,
During the summer, the iconographical landscape of the ITI Byzantine Chapel - the location for ITI’s common prayers and divine liturgies – has been enriched with several additional Christological and Marian mysteries. The new icons complete the depictions of the main liturgical feasts in the chapel: the Entrance of the Blessed Virgin ...
17.08.2020,
24. Oktober 2020 Auch die 4. Literaturtagung widmet sich – wie bereits angekündigt – einem brandaktuellen Thema, das sich in diesem geheimnisvollen biblischen Bericht über die Flut spiegelt. Epidemien durchziehen die Menschheitsgeschichte. Deutungen sind oft schwierig, da es zu viele Unbekannte gibt. Wie können wir ...
10.08.2020,
The International Theological Institute and thirteen other institutions of higher education comprise the opportunities for postsecondary education in the State of Lower Austria. Annually, the Research and Education Association of Lower Austria (NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H.) collects and presents detailed information on these state ...
27.07.2020,
The Person and the World through the Eyes of ITI Students Every person has something to offer humanity – and this is especially true of our ITI students and graduates who are so richly blessed with talents. They use their gifts and skills to create and to philosophize. They perceive the world as beautiful and transmit its beauty to others ...
02.07.2020,
Neuerscheinung: Eins in der Taufe. Zur Frage von Taufe und Wiedertaufe im Orthodox-Katholischen Dialog Michaela C. Hastetter, ed. Givi Lomidze, ed. EOS, Editions Sank Ottilien, 2020 The link to order the book “Ein Herr, ein Glaube, eine Taufe“ schreib der Apostel Paulus an die Epheser – eine Trias, die auf das Bekenntnis an ...
18.06.2020,
Graduierung 2020 – ein historischer Moment Die Welt wird von einem Virus in Schach gehalten, das auch vor den Toren der Hochschule Trumau nicht haltmacht. Somit steht die Graduierung heuer im Zeichen der Weltkrise. Aber gerade diese bewegende Feier, die nur mit beschränkter Teilnehmerzahl stattfinden konnte, zeigte, welche Chancen und ...
16.06.2020,
The Pontifical Anthem and the National Anthem of Austria solemnly opened the curtain on the livestreamed ITI graduation ceremony 2020. Those graduands and students who had left Campus due to the current global corona crisis, could join the gathered ITI assembly virtually for a festive closing of the academic year in the Allan and Radwan Riley ...
10.06.2020,
Thiemo Klein PASTORALTHEOLOGIE IM WERK JOSEPH RATZINGERS / BENEDIKTS XVI. Grundlegungen und Entwicklungen, Schnell & Steiner, 2020 Diese Arbeit wurde als Dissertationsschrift unter der Betreuung der Frau Prof. Dr. Michaela C. Hastetter am Internationalen Theologischen Institut, Trumau festgelegt. Link to order the book Diese ...
15.04.2020,
In recent written and live streamed remarks to students, faculty and staff of the ITI, Rector Alting von Geusau remarked how fragile and very limited we are as human beings that an invisible, inaudible and little known microscopically small virus has brought Man’s world to an almost complete standstill and plunged it into widespread ...
20.03.2020,
Since the day that the suspension of classes was ordered by the Austrian Government on March 10th, the ITI administration has been assisting the students to return home to their families. We have also been working hard to develop an alternative teaching plan and to prepare the necessary logistical and technical details to make it work. Some ...
11.03.2020,
At the end of the March 10th Austrian Council of Ministers meeting the public announcement was made by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz – and later specified in writing by education minister Heinz Fassmann - that in order to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, as of Monday, March 16th all public and private universities are to suspend ...
09.03.2020,
„Sie sind ja nur mehr Fleisch. Die Flut!“ Samstag, 24. Oktober 2020 „Vielmehr ist „Fleisch“ – im Sprachgebrauch des Heiligen Paulus – Ausdruck der Absolutsetzung des Ichs, des Ichs, das alles sein will und alles für sich nehmen will. Aber gerade diese Absolutsetzung des Ichs ist ...
06.03.2020,
During the first weekend of the Great Lent, ITI students and faculty came together for a spiritual retreat. The purpose was to make time for silence and to delve deeper into the spirit of the Lenten season. The retreat was held on the campus grounds, with talks and small groups interspersed with time for spiritual direction and meditation. ...
02.03.2020,
The ITI would like to express sincere gratitude to the ITI Grand Chancellor, His Eminence Christoph Cardinal Schönborn for his recent book donation. Regular book contributions from his private library - Ex Libris Christoph Kardinal Schönborn – add significance and value to the ITI Library book collection. Most of the new books ...
19.02.2020,
Nihil obstat – Keine Einwände Das Sommersemester an der Hochschule Trumau beginnt mit einem für die Geschichte der Hochschule bedeutenden Ereignis. Nihil obstat und Ernennungs-Dekrete wurden seitens der Bildungskongregation des Vatikans und seitens des Großkanzlers an vier ordentliche Professoren und vier Hochschuldozenten ...
17.02.2020,
Michaela C. Hastetter Vergegenwärtigung der Vätertheologie. Joseph Ratzingers/Papst Benedikts XVI. Beitrag in der patristisch-ökumenischen Theologie im Nachgang zu Georgi Florowskis Neo-Patristischer Synthese (TO&OS 1), St. Ottilien ...
The volume „Liebes- und Heilsdynamiken in Ehe und Familie“ („Dynamics of Love and Salvation in Marriage and Family“) dates from two conferences, held at the ITI in 2017 and 2018. Due to this, the book has two parts: „Liebe ist ... frei, treu, bedingungslos, lebensspendend, missionarisch“ („Love is ...
13.02.2020,
The formal opening of the Spring Semester 2020 at the ITI was marked by a special festive event: after a long period of canonical investigations on the part of the Roman Curia, the Congregation for Catholic Education granted nihil obstat to a further eight ITI Faculty members. Nihil obstat is a canonical term which literally means “there is ...
12.02.2020,
On February 8th, Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau represented the ITI at the 445th Dies natalis of Leiden University in The Netherlands, of which he is also an alumnus. The University was founded in 1575 at the initiative of Prince William of Orange, in recognition of the courageous Leiden population who struggled successfully to overcome and ...
09.12.2019,
On December 3, 2019, the ITI community had the great honor of welcoming the Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch and all of the Orient, His Beatitude Youssef Absi, S. M. S. P. to our campus. The Primate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church (MGCC), headquartered in Damascus, Syria, was accompanied on his trip to Austria by His Excellency Robert ...
03.12.2019,
Weltweit würden über 200 Millionen Christen gewaltsam für ihren Glauben verfolgt, berichtet das Päpstliche Hilfswerk „Kirche in Not“. Unverständlicherweise hört man darüber jedoch kaum etwas in den Medien. Der notwendige Aufschrei sowie die Solidarität für die verfolgten Christen bleiben ...
25.11.2019,
July 10 - August 1 OPENING SEMINAR The Opening Seminar offers an introduction to the summer course as a whole. Students will meet their professors, classmates, and coordinators; review the calendar of curricular and extra-curricular activities; learn all they need to know about life at Trumau-Vienna; etc. The Seminar will take place on ...
18.11.2019,
The largest religious media network in the world, Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), founded by Mother Angelica, PCPA, in the USA, began broadcasting in August 1981. Since then, EWTN programming has helped the Word of God to be proclaimed around the globe. Recently in England, EWTN established a new monthly magazine program Great Britain ...
12.11.2019,
During the Fall Semester break (October 26-31, 2019) ITI students, faculty and staff made the third pilgrimage to Lisieux, France in the history of the Institute. It is fitting for those who have, over the years, experienced the consistent, loving protection and ceaseless intercession of ITI’s Patroness Saint Thérèse of the ...
28.10.2019,
In Trumau wurde am 10. Oktober 2019 ein Kooperationsvertrag zwischen dem Internationalen Theologischen Institut (ITI) und dem neu gegründeten St. Ephräm (STEP) Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Orient&Okzident-Studien, Wien, im Beisein von Rektor Prof. Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau und den Gründern des STEP, ...
23.10.2019,
On Saturday, October 12, 2019, ITI Students joined the annual Pro-Life March in Vienna. 4,000 like-minded young Catholics, singles and families with children, gathered in the historical center of Austria’s capital city to stand up for human dignity and defend the rights of the not-yet-born. The rally for life began with Holy Mass in St. ...
18.10.2019,
October 13, 2019 in Rome, Pope Francis declared John Henry Cardinal Newman a Saint. ITI graduate (2003), former ITI Librarian and now a Lay Dominican of the Irish Province, Monica Râpeanu STL (Romania) pays tribute to a Saint who has been her guide for many years. Her article titled John Henry Newman: Apostle of the ...
14.10.2019,
The Ad Fontes Interview Series has been launched this autumn. ITI Rector, Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau, turns to the primary sources: ITI graduates. Together with them, he undertakes a journey to discover the truth about the ITI. Using their personal experiences, the graduates reveal the beauty and uniqueness of the ITI. They ...
26.09.2019,
„Die Befragung der Wirklichkeit“ Die Hochschule Trumau setzt ihre Literaturtagungen im nächsten Frühjahr fort. Diese Tagungen sind aufgrund der dahinterliegenden Frage „Was ist Wirklichkeit“ von höchster Brisanz, leisten sie doch einen Beitrag zu einer Debatte, die noch viel zu wenig ins Bewusstsein ...
02.09.2019,
The 2019-20 academic year started with the traditional festive Matriculation Ceremony, where each new student enters his or her name in the registry as a sign of starting this important new phase in life. A large group of new students inscribed their names for the Studium Generale, the Bachelors in Liberal Arts, the Masters in Marriage and Family ...
14.06.2019,
8 June 2019 Commencement Ceremony As the academic procession from the parish church to the Schloss and Riley Hall wound its way solemnly through Trumau, the bright sun in the perfect blue sky shining brightly on the graduates, their fellow students, their professors, their families and their friends - one thought was probably on ...
12.06.2019,
„Nichts ist sicherer als der Glaube!“ Diese Graduierung stellte nicht nur den akademischen Höhepunkt für unsere Absolventen dar, sondern wurde für alle, die dabei waren, in der Person unseres hochverehrten Großkanzlers, Kardinal Christoph Schönborn, zu einem bewegenden Zeugnis des Glaubens. Zum Auftakt ...
09.05.2019,
Die Lesbarkeit der Wirklichkeit Eine Literaturtagung in Trumau sieht den Turmbau zu Babel als Deutungsschlüssel moderner Verwirrungen. Von Stephan Baier Ist die Wirklichkeit für uns lesbar? Und warum misslingt das immer wieder? Warum trifft oder verfehlt unser Sprechen die Wirklichkeit? In solchen Fragen verdichtet sich das Interesse ...
08.05.2019,
In der Liebe bleibenPastoraltheologische Erwägungen zu Ehe und FamilieIn der Liebe zu bleiben, bis zur Scheidung durch den Tod Treue zu leben, das fällt vielen heute zunehmend schwer. Die kirchliche Moral wird als unbarmherzig und überholungsbedürftig wahrgenommen, doch mißt Christus selbst dieser treuen Liebe einen ...
06.05.2019,
Im Rahmen eines Festaktes in der ungarischen Botschaft in Wien wurde dem Rektor der Hochschule Trumau „In Anerkennung für seinen Einsatz für die Verteidigung der Menschenwürde und christlichen Werte auf internationaler Ebene als wertschaffende Arbeit auf einem hohen Niveau in den Bereichen Recht, Philosophie und ...
12.04.2019,
TEILNAHMEBEDINGUNGEN DU DARFST DICH BEWERBEN, WENN DU… …Musik liebst und vom Ruf Gottes im Leben begeistert bist. …als Einzelinterpret teilnimmst: Du kannst dich musikalisch begleiten lassen, der Preis wird jedoch an eine Einzelperson vergeben – als solche musst du den Titel ...
08.04.2019,
Frau Hohenberg, was motiviert Sie, sich für einen besseren Lebensschutz einzusetzen? Ich bedauere das auffallende Wissensdefizit über den Lebensbeginn des Menschen. Unsere Gesellschaft hat, so scheint es, den Lebensschutz von Ungeborenen zum Tabuthema gemacht. Ich wünsche mir und setze mich dafür ein, dass jeder weiß und akzeptiert, ...
21.03.2019,
On Friday, March 15th a group of ITI students visited the Federal Parliament of Austria and met there with ITI graduate Dr. Gudrun Kugler who was elected to parliament in 2017. Dr. Kugler toured the students around parliament and also gave a talk on the role of Christians in politics whilst explaining the work she is doing.
05.03.2019,
The Good of Catholic Liberal Education as Illuminated by the Gospel of John by Vincent P. DeMeo 1. Crisis of Western Education At the very core of Jesus’ teaching in the Gospel of John is the fundamental theological truth that all things are from the Father (see 1:1-3). Although Jesus is the great “I ...
03.12.2018,
Steven W. Mosher My introduction to the one-child policy came in a dusty rural clinic in South China in 1980. Hundreds of local women had been arrested in the people’s commune I was living in, charged with the crime of being pregnant, then handed over to army doctors for assembly-line abortions. The sight of women 6, 8 and ...
„Die beiden prophetischen Aufrufe – wir sprechen hier von zwei päpstlichen Lehrschreiben, deren Weisheit dieser Konferenz zugrunde liegt und deren bedeutende Botschaft für Kirche und Welt nur allzu oft verborgen, permanent ignoriert oder ganz direkt zurückgewiesen wird – haben mit allem zu tun, was den Menschen ...
26.11.2018,
The Faculty of Law of the San Ignacio de Loyola University in Lima, Peru, on 20 November 2018 awarded ITI Rector Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau an Honorary Professorship in recognition for his service to academia and international relations. The ceremony was held in the Aula of the Fernando Belaunde Terry campus in La Molina, which was attended ...
Kardinal Schönborn kritisiert erneut die Erklärungen von Königstein und Mariatrost. Von Stephan Baier (Die Tagespost, 22.November 2018) Europa stirbt, weil es Nein zum Leben sagt!“ Und Vertreter der Kirche seien mitverantwortlich für die Krise Europas. Mit dieser These hatte der Wiener Kardinal Christoph Schönborn ...
Die prophetische Vision von Humanae Vitae und Veritatis Splendor versus die „Banalität des Bösen“. Am 15. und 16. November fand an der Hochschule Trumau ein internationales Symposium statt, das sich gemäß Tagungskonzept vorgenommen hatte, den uneingeschränkten Wert, den diese Enzykliken aufweisen, um ...
08.10.2018,
On October 1st, the Feast Day of our beloved Patron Saint Therese of Lisieux, we had the privilege of a special Dies natalis celebration. Our Grand Chancellor, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, for some hours became Professor Schönborn again and taught the full student body of ITI a class on the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, ...
04.09.2018,
The fall semester 2018 began with a votive Holy Mass to the Holy Spirit, Whom the faculty, students and staff, gathered together, invoked for a fruitful new academic year. The Holy Spirit, as Rev. Dr. Fr. Jean-Yves Brachet o.p., the main celebrant, explained in his sermon, is the One Who will lead us to the Truth, Who is Christ. In order to know ...
24.07.2018,
The academic treasury of the ITI is its steadily growing research library. Today, more than 27,000 cataloged books and thousands volumes of theological and philosophical scholarly journals are at the disposal of ITI faculty and students. Five years since renovating the new section of the library, it has become apparent that there is yet ...
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