Library closed
2023-10-14 - 2023-10-15, 2023-10-21 - 2023-10-22 | Kristine Kay Hasse Memorial Library, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23)
2023-10-15 | OK
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23)

FIRST READING
Is. 25:6–9

PSALM
Ps. 23

EPISTLE
Phil. 4:4–13

GOSPEL
Matt. 22:1–14

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Mission Central Student Trip
2023-10-15 - 2023-10-16 | LCMS Mission Central, 40718 Highway E 16, Mapleton, IA, 51034
Mission Central, housed on farmland in Mapleton, Iowa, is our church’s largest mission network working to provide support to the LCMS Office of International Mission, which supports our missionaries, military chaplains, human care workers and international educators around the globe, and the LCMS Office of National Mission, which supports our congregations, schools, RSOs and other domestic ministries.
This trip is open campus wide but we only have 11 spots available.

Reading Week (no classes)
2023-10-16 - 2023-10-20 | OK
No residential classes scheduled

Library hours
2023-10-16 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-17 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-18 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-19 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-20 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Kristine Kay Hasse Memorial Library, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States

St. Luke, Evangelist
2023-10-18 | OK

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24)
2023-10-22 | OK
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24)

FIRST READING
Is. 45:1–7

PSALM
Ps. 96:1–9,
(10–13)

EPISTLE
1 Thess. 1:1–10

GOSPEL
Matt. 22:15–22

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Vocatio: Retreat
2023-10-22 - 2023-10-24 | Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Vocatio: Retreat is a three-day retreat held in the spring and fall for college students and second-career men and women that offers an opportunity to rest in God’s Word and learn more about the path to full-time service as a pastor, deaconess, missionary or chaplain.

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Session I and midterm grades deadline
2023-10-23 | OK

Classes resume and Fall Semester Session II begins
2023-10-23 | OK

St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr
2023-10-23 | OK

Soccer Game vs. Yellow Mosquitos
2023-10-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Athletic Field, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States

Soccer Game vs. Greenville University
2023-10-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Greenville University, 315 E. College Ave., Greenville, IL, 62246, United States
Away game

Prof 'n Stein
2023-10-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Wartburg Commons, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105

Preachers Basketball Game
2023-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Eldon E. Pederson Fieldhouse Basketball court, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Concordia Seminary vs. Pharmacy

St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles
2023-10-28 | OK

Reformation Day (observed)
2023-10-29 | OK
Reformation Day (observed)

FIRST READING
Rev. 14:6–7

PSALM
Ps. 46

EPISTLE
Rom. 3:19–28

GOSPEL
John 8:31–36 or
Matt. 11:12–19

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A Service of Sacred Music for Reformation
2023-10-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Chapel of St. Timothy & St. Titus, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
A Service of Sacred Music for Reformation with the theme “Each Life a High Doxology” will feature two Seminary choirs, Laudamus and the St. Louis Lutheran Chorale, as well as the Schola Cantorum from Village Lutheran Church in Ladue. Hymn Festivals and Services of Sacred Music will follow the season of the church year and feature locally and nationally acclaimed musicians. Rev. Todd Wilken, host of the Lutheran radio program, “Issues, Etc.,” and assistant pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Millstadt, Ill., will serve as preacher for the service.

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Preachers Basketball Game
2023-10-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Eldon E. Pederson Fieldhouse Basketball court, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Concordia Seminary vs. Greenville

Application deadline for Regents Awards
2023-10-31 | OK
Regent Awards
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis’ Regent Awards consist of eight separate grants available to students who demonstrate great potential, and represent varying amounts of aid, including two grants covering full tuition.
Regent grants will be awarded by the Seminary’s scholarship committee, and will be automatically renewed for one pre-vicarage year and one post-vicarage year. Members of each incoming class in the Master of Divinity and Residential Alternate Route programs may be eligible for the following awards.

The Martin Scharlemann and Robert Kolb Grants
Two grants will be awarded that include full tuition for up to 45 hours per academic year. Recipients also will receive a cash stipend of $4,500, paid monthly throughout the academic year. Recipients of this aid will not be eligible for other Seminary-based financial aid; however, external awards, grants and aid, including support from a home congregation or district, are permitted and will be credited to the student’s account without reducing the grant.

The Timothy and Titus and Barnabas Grants
Two grants will be awarded that include full tuition for up to 45 hours in an academic year. Recipients of this aid will not be eligible for other Seminary-based financial aid; however, external awards, grants and aid, including support from a home congregation or district, are permitted and will be credited to the student’s account without reducing the grant.

The Urban and Rural Grants
Two grants will be awarded to candidates who competed for, but were not awarded, the previously described Regent grants. Recipients will receive an additional 25 percent discount on the published tuition rate for up to seven credit hours per academic term of the regular academic year.

The Sword of the Spirit Grants
Two grants will be awarded to candidates who competed for, but were not awarded, the previously described Regent grants. Recipients will receive $1,000 per academic year.

Deadline for SMP Entry Level Competency Exams (ELCEs) for Spring 2024 matriculation
2023-10-31 | OK

Reformation Day (actual)
2023-10-31 | OK

Application deadline for Presidential Award
2023-10-31 | OK
Presidential Award
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis’ Presidential Awards provide financial aid opportunity for incoming students who graduate from the colleges and universities of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (CUS) or Valparaiso University (VU), and who have who have applied to a program in Ministerial Formation at Concordia Seminary. This includes students enrolling in the Master of Divinity or Master of Arts in Deaconess Studies programs.
Awards are granted for the student’s first year at Concordia Seminary and are nonrenewable. The award is over and above any other financial aid the student will receive; receipt of this award will not affect, or be affected by, the amount of financial aid the student receives from other organizations or programs.

Applicant must be a current CUS or VU student who has applied to a program in Ministerial Formation.
Applicant must be graduating with a bachelor’s degree in the winter or spring of the current academic year.
The applicant will have studied at a CUS or VU school for a minimum of four semesters before graduating.
Applicant must receive his or her bachelor’s degree from a CUS or VU school, but not necessarily in the pre-seminary program.

Once the student applies to the Seminary, he or she will automatically be considered for the awards; all information for award consideration will come from the student’s applicant file. There is no separate application to complete. Students must submit their application to Concordia Seminary before Nov. 1 of the year prior to enrollment.

Preachers Basketball – Intrasquad Game
2023-11-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Eldon E. Pederson Fieldhouse Basketball court, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Concordia Seminary vs. Covenant
The game against Covenant has been postponed. However, your Preachers will still be in action as they play an intra-squad game. Come watch a guaranteed Preachers win!

Daylight Saving Time ends
2023-11-05 | OK
