18.05.2022
Sünde, Schuld, Hybris und Erlösung: Die Literaturtagung in Trumau zeigte anhand der Geschichte des Brudermords, wie zeitlos und aktuell die Themen der „Genesis“ sind. von Emanuela Sutter Wer hätte gedacht, dass ein Geschehnis aus dem tausende Jahre alten Buch der „Genesis“ dieser Tage von solch ...
17.05.2022
On Tuesday 10 May 2022, the ITI welcomed to campus Ján Figeľ under the guise of the Adenauer Forum for a conversation on Catholic Public Leadership with ITI’s President, Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau. Mr. Figeľ was instrumental in providing leadership to his native Slovakia as it transitioned from communism and the Soviet ...
12.05.2022
Last week, it was a great joy to welcome our Grand Chancellor, His Eminence Christopher Cardinal Schönborn, to the ITI. His Eminence came for a pastoral visit, celebrating the first university common Mass after Easter break and giving another of his ITI lectures on St. Thomas Aquinas. For the lecture this time, Cardinal Schönborn chose ...
05.04.2022
On 31 March ITI welcomed back Dr. Gudrun Kugler, ITI graduate MTS 1999, to Campus for a talk on Christian values in politics. Dr. Kugler’s talk covered current issues, including COVID measures and day-to-day life as a Member of Parliament. Her talk concluded with several minutes of answering student questions and meeting them face-to-face ...
24.03.2022
This past weekend, 19 March 2022, over thirty students from the ITI attended the March for Life in Munich, Germany. The students also volunteered to help Stimme der Stillen, the pro-life group managing the March, keep the event well-organized. Stimme der Stillen was most grateful for the aid the students gave. The event began with reading ...
22.03.2022
On Thursday 17 March 2022 ITI hosted a panel discussion on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The event featured four panelists: Dr. Bernhard Dolna and Pater Dr. Edmund Waldstein, OCist, both ITI professors, Mr. Charles Coulombe, a political historian and ITI graduate student, and Ms. Kateryna Gychka, a Ukrainian lawyer and researcher based in ...
10.03.2022
Tetiana Stawnychy is the daughter of political refugees who fled Ukraine as teenagers in 1944 to escape Soviet communism during the Second World War. Now, she is on the frontlines helping thousands of other Ukrainian families who are trying to escape after Russia’s invasion two weeks ago. “This is the only place I want to be right ...
07.03.2022
Wien, 02.03.2022, Kardinal Christoph Schönborn hat am Aschermittwoch Nachmittag die ukrainische Zentralpfarre St. Barbara in Wien besucht und dort mit den ukrainischen Gläubigen für den Frieden und ein Ende des Krieges gebetet. Gemeinsam mit Schönborn standen Ostkirchen-Generalvikar Yuriy Kolasa und der Pfarrer von St. Barbara, ...
16.02.2022
Getting to Know the University through our Faculty Members Rev. Dr. Martin Mayerhofer FSO serves at the ITI Catholic University as Assistant Chaplain and Associate Professor of Patristics and Church History. He entered a religious community, the Spiritual Family “The Work”, when he was nineteen years old, spent twelve years in Rome, ...
14.01.2022
On 11 January 2022, ITI students and priests participated in a prayer project of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) called The Rosary Unites. The initiative was launched on 14 October 2020 on the feast of the Protection of Our Lady with the blessing of the Major Archbishop of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk. Since then, the ...
10.01.2022
On December 2, ITI students and faculty heard a talk, Blessed Emperor Charles and the Catholic Vocation of the House of Habsburg, given by Mr. Charles A. Coulombe: a Catholic writer, historian, and lecturer. For his services to the Holy See Pope John Paul II created him a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester. Since 2018, he has been ...
06.12.2021
Die lateinischen und mittelalterlichen Epheserbriefkommentare. Untersuchungen zu ihrer Exegese und Ekklesiologie. Martin Mayerhofer, Aschendorff Verlag 2021 Welche Rolle spielte das Corpus Paulinum in der patristischen und mittelalterlichen Auslegungsgeschichte? Wie gestaltete sich seine Exegese? Und welcher ekklesiologischer Befund lässt ...
03.12.2021
Fr. Donald H. Calloway, MIC became known in the Catholic world during this year of St. Joseph for having penned two very rich and useful books dedicated to him: Consecration to St. Joseph. The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father (2020) and St. Joseph Gems. Daily Wisdom on Our Spiritual Father (2018). The latter, a collection of meditations on St. ...
02.12.2021
Zwei Rapper gewinnen die Preise beim Vocation Music Award in Österreich. Der Musikpreis ist heuer international auf Erfolgstour unterwegs, um eine Kultur der Berufung zu fördern. Salzburg, 09.11.2021 Der österreichweit ausgeschriebene Vocation Music Award ist am vergangenen Samstag mit einer bewegenden Finalshow in Heiligenkreuz ...
08.11.2021, ITI-News
Recently, the Rector of the ITI Catholic University and the Founder and President of the International Catholic Legislators Network (ICLN), Prof. Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau, was featured as a guest speaker at the Budapest Lectures series at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC). The Collegium has been acknowledged by the Hungarian Parliament ...
02.11.2021
A doctoral student in theology was once asked to lead a Bible study for friends. He blushed and said: 'I don't feel ready for that yet'. This is an example of academic theology that has ideas and theories in mind but not always the people themselves. The ITI is striving to be a place of missionary theologians who are on fire for Jesus and are ...
28.10.2021
In May 2020, Professor Dr. Michael Wladika had the honour of speaking at the 4th International Familiology Symposium in Olsztyn (Poland). His lecture, "Thinking the Family. Some Lines in 20th-Century-Philosophy", has now been published not only in print, but is also available online. In order to read this text, addressing topics of obviously ...
27.10.2021
This past June, Professor Dr. Michael Wladika had the honor of speaking at the International Conference "The Concept of Love and its Meaning in Mystical-Theological, Literary and Philosophical Contexts" in Bucharest. In his speech, Dr. Wladika discusses "Plotinus and St. Augustine: Love as Unifier, Love as Triunifier". Plotinus, the ...
15.10.2021
The celebration of the ITI’s 25th Dies Natalis was marked by the presence of honored guests, Mr. James Holman, the Chairman of the ITI’s Board of Trustees, and his wife, Mrs. Claudia Holman. For the past twenty years, Mr. Holman has devotedly served on the Board of Trustees and he has always played a very important role in the history ...
14.10.2021
The official opening of the new academic year at the ITI, which marked the school’s twenty fifth anniversary, began with the solemn address by the President and Rector of the ITI, Prof. Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau. He opened the matriculation ceremony with words of deep gratitude, thanking all those who have made it possible for the ITI ...
11.10.2021
On 1 October 2021, the celebration of ITI Catholic University’s 25th Dies Natalis began with a solemn Holy Mass presided over by the General Secretary of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference, Rev. DDr. Peter Schipka. It was an honor to welcome him to our community as the representative of the Austrian Bishops, and especially of ITI’s ...
04.10.2021
On 23-24 September 2021, Prof. Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau, who is both ITI’s Rector and the President of the International Catholic Legislators Network (ICLN), participated in the IV Budapest Demographic Summit. The Hungarian Minister for Families, Mrs. Katalin Novak, who welcomed the assembly of the Summit, defined it as a ...
30.09.2021
“Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful against enemies, and protect Your People by Your cross.” Third Antiphon of the Divine Liturgy Today, on the 30th of September, 2021, we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the dedication of our Byzantine Chapel to the Holy, ...
21.09.2021
Getting to Know the University through Our Faculty Members Prof. Dr. habil. Michaela C. Hastetter PD is ITI’s Full Professor for Pastoral Theology and Religious Pedagogy. Among the courses that she teaches at the ITI are “The Regula Pastoralis of Gregory the Great,” “Patristic Exegesis and Pastoral Care,” ...
16.09.2021
Die Katholische Hochschule Trumau (ITI) begeht ihr 25-jähriges Bestehen und blickt mit Freude und in großer Dankbarkeit auf ein Vierteljahrhundert Bildungsarbeit im Dienst an Kirche und Gesellschaft zurück. Wir haben als Hochschule nicht nur die Herausforderung angenommen, junge Menschen fundiert zu bilden, zu ...
30.08.2021
Dr. Alting von Geusau addressed the Holy Father on the relationship between science, technology and the transcendent. The Rector remarked that “[t]hat the past 18 months have shown us in a new and pressing manner the remarkable advances and possibilities of science and technology and we are deeply grateful for that. In ...
23.08.2021
On 31 July 2021, the Admissions Committee of the ITI Catholic University announced the results of the application process for the 2021-2022 academic year: Forty-two young men and women from different countries successfully met the ITI admission requirements and will be solemnly matriculated into their study programs on 1 October 2021. This marks ...
09.08.2021
Christliche Hymnen – die Kraft der Poetischen Theologie. Michaela C. Hastetter, ed. Ephräm Givi Lomidze, ed. EOS, Editions Sank Ottilien, 2021 Die vorliegenden Beiträge beleuchten das Thema der poetischen Kraft christlicher Hymnen aus östlicher und westlicher Perspektive. Dabei beleuchten Hymnenforscher aus Ost und ...
“The consecrated virgin Dagny Kjaergaard is one of those figures whose influence over the Church is hidden but pervasive. Now that she has departed this life, this fact is sure to be recognized more and more. The precise authorship of each part of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is a closely guarded secret and Dr. Kjaergaard honored ...
21.06.2021
In the twenty-fifth year of ITI’s existence we bid farewell to the ITI’s largest ever graduation class. Thirty five degrees total were conferred on across our BA, MMF, STM, and STL study programs, and six certificates were awarded to our SG students. The solemn commencement ceremony took place in the Schloss courtyard on June 12, 2021. ...
16.06.2021
Sincere congratulations to Pater Dr. Ephräm Givi Lomidze, the ITI Lecturer of Church History and Director of STEP, on his successful public habilitation colloquium for the anticipated venia legendi in theology and history of the Christian East. It was held on June 15, 2021 at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of ...
07.06.2021
On May 8, 2021 our beloved Professor Dagny Maria Hubertine Kjaergaard entered the house of our Heavenly Father. She passed away peacefully at the Barmherziger Brüder hospital in Vienna, concluding a life on earth that was marked by her deep and faithful service to the Church. As a consecrated virgin she dedicated her life fully to Christ and ...
11.05.2021
„Sich vom Wort des Dichters treffen lassen …“ – dieser Leitsatz des Hermeneutikers Hans-Georg Gadamer steht über dem zweiten Band der Reihe „Lepanto-Almanach“: Der Almanach auf das Jahr 2021 rückt als thematischen Schwerpunkt das Verhältnis zwischen Philosophie, Theologie und Dichtkunst in den ...
06.04.2021
Rev. Dr. Martin Mayerhofer, Associate Professor of Patristics and Church History and Associate Chaplain of the ITI, with a group of students embarked upon two pilgrimages in the days leading up to Holy Week and Easter. The first trip was from the ITI Campus to the Basilica Minor of Maria Dolorosa in Lorreto, Burgenland and was in honor of the ...
30.03.2021
Katholische Hochschule ITI / ITI Catholic University Seit seiner Gründung am 1. Oktober 1996 durch den Hl. Papst Johannes Paul II. blieb das ITI seiner Gründungsmission stets treu. Gleichzeitig entwickelte sich aber im Laufe der letzten 25 Jahre ein immer stärkeres Bewusstsein dafür, die Reichweite zu erhöhen, um ...
24.03.2021
Whilst always remaining faithful to the founding mission given to us by Pope St. John Paul II, the ITI over the past 25 years since its creation on October 1st, 1996, has always been keenly aware of the need to expand the reach of its mission in order to reach ever more young people, and thus the countries and local churches they will be serving ...
15.03.2021
Zum zweiten Mal findet in Österreich der Vocation Music Award statt. Mit einem selbstgeschriebenen Lied zum Thema Berufung steht die Frage nach dem Sinn im Leben im Mittelpunkt. Zu gewinnen gibt es unter anderem Geldpreise, eine CD- und Musikvideo Produktion die Teilnahme bei einem Livekonzert. Wien-Salzburg, 23. Februar 2021. Ab ...
25.01.2021
Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Martin Mayerhofer FSO, the ITI Associate Professor of Patristics and Church History, on his successful public habilitation colloquium for the anticipated Venia Legendi in Church History. It was held on December 7, 2020 at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna under the title: Die Exegese des ...
16.12.2020
The fourth Austrian Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast took place in the Vienna Hofburg Palace on the feast of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The motto for the event was Hope in the Crisis. The online Advent prayer was organized and moderated by Dr. Gudrun Kugler, ITI graduate and current member of the Austrian Federal ...
09.11.2020
On 17 October 2020, the community of the International Theological Institute was once again able to proudly participate in the annual March for Life in Vienna. It is an ever-growing event in which people of all ages and nationalities come together in public defense of life. In addition to many supportive leaders in the Austrian Pro-Life ...
02.11.2020
Von Chaos, Fleischlichkeit und Unfreiheit: Die Trumauer Literaturtagung verweist angesichts der Pandemie auf das „Vertrauen in einen heilen Kern“ V O N S T E P H A N B A I E R Tief haben sich in unser aller Bewusstsein die Bilder von Sintflut und Arche eingegraben. Vielleicht, weil sie „etwas über den ...
29.10.2020
During the past week or so there has been great unrest and confusion within the Church, and much discussion and even more confusion created in the international media, regarding comments our Holy Father purportedly made in a documentary called “Franceso”, and parts of which have been pre-released by its director. In our ...
20.10.2020
1. Oktober: Dies Natalis und Eröffnung des akademischen Jahres Im Zeichen einer weltweiten Pandemie ein akademisches Jahr an einer Hochschule zu eröffnen, ist nicht nur eine organisatorische und akademische Herausforderung, sondern auch ein Zeichen des Lebens und der Freude. Unsere virtuelle Präsenz während des ...
19.10.2020
Stift Heiligenkreuz, or the Abbey of the Holy Cross, is the oldest continuously-occupied Cistercian monastery in the world, having been founded in 1133 by St Leopold III of Austria. It is also home to the largest relic of the True Cross in Europe, north of the Alps. For centuries, the Abbey has been a spiritual center in the region, and the ITI is ...
Im Mai 2020 wurde das Erfolgsmodell des Chancellor’s Council 10 Jahre alt. Am Dienstag, dem 13. Oktober, konnte das mit einer Hl. Messe und einem Frühstück im Freien begangen werden. Das Chancellor’s Council ist ein Freundeskreis, um sich in einer zunehmend säkularen Gesellschaft gegenseitig zu bestärken, das ...
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 ...
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