Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology
The Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology (German: Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen) is an academic seminary in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
As of early 2013, the institution had around 40 teaching staff members and 360 students, both male and female. Out of these, 130 were pursuing post-graduate studies. 30 seminarians for the dioceses of Limburg, Hamburg, Osnabrück and Hildesheim, and 20 post-graduate students from all over the world were living in the interdiocesan major seminary, studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood. The school offers a 10-semester Magister in Catholic Theology and a 6-semester Bachelor in Philosophy. Post-graduate students may earn the degrees of Licenciate (Lic. theol.), Doctorate (Dr. theol., Ph.D.), or Habilitation (Dr. theol. habil.). Additional interdisciplinary programs are also offered.
History
The school was founded in 1926 by the Society of Jesus, initially to train priests for the Diocese of Limburg. Until 1951 the school was exclusively a seminary, training priest candidates for other German dioceses as well.
The school acquired a Jesuit theological faculty in 1951. From this point until 1975 the school included two parallel institutions: the Philosophical-Theological Academy, for priest candidates, and the Theological Faculty for Jesuit students.
In 1976 the school began admitting lay theology students, and these quickly formed the majority of students.
Notable graduates include Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, the Salvadoran theologian Jon Sobrino, and Muslim theologian Farid Esack. Alfred Delp, a resistance fighter during the Nazi era, also graduated at Sankt Georgen. In 1986, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, since 13 March 2013 Pope Francis, spent a few months at the Sankt Georgen PTH to consult with professors on a dissertation project, however the project has now come to an end.[1]
Famous professors
- Oswald von Nell-Breuning SJ (1890–1991)
- Aloys Grillmeier SJ (1910–1998)
- Otto Semmelroth SJ (1912–1979)
- Norbert Lohfink SJ (born 1928)
- Rupert Lay SJ (born 1929)
- Friedhelm Hengsbach SJ (born 1937)
- Medard Kehl SJ (born 1942)
- Bruno Schüller SJ (1925−2007)
- Michael Sievernich SJ (born 1944)
- Jörg Splett (born 1936)
Notable alumni
- Stephan Ackermann (born 1963), Bishop of Trier (Germany)
- Karl Josef Becker (1928–2015), Jesuit, theologian, cardinal
- Alfred Delp (1907–1945), Jesuit and philosopher of the German Resistance during the Second World War
- Farid Esack (born 1959), South African Muslim scholar and political activist
- Luis Ladaria Ferrer (born 1944), Jesuit, Archbishop, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Jean-Claude Hollerich (born 1958), Jesuit, Archbishop of Luxembourg
- Federico Lombardi (born 1942), Italian Jesuit, director of the Holy See Press Office
- Juan Antonio Martínez Camino (born 1953), Jesuit, Auxiliary Bishop in Madrid
- Blessed Johannes Prassek (1911–1943), priest opposing the Nazi regime, one of the Lübeck martyrs
- Wolfgang Rösch (born 1959), priest, vicar general of Limburg (Germany)
- Jon Sobrino (born 1928), Jesuit and theologian (liberation theology) in El Salvador
- Michael Wüstenberg (born 1954), Bishop of Aliwal (South Africa)
- Lothar Zenetti (born 1926), German priest and writer
See also
Munich University of Philosophy
External links
References
- ↑ "News: Pope Francis". Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen Frankfurt am Main. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
Coordinates: 50°05′58″N 8°42′52″E / 50.09944°N 8.71444°E