Institut für Pastoraltheologie

08/10/2026

Synodality ON!

01/10/2026

🌍📚 Being young. Being Catholic. Being European. What does this mean today amid faith, social responsibility, diversity and the future of Europe?

The European Society for Catholic Theology warmly invites you to the online book launch of the new volume Being Young – Being Catholic – Being European.

The event brings together two important theological voices of our time:

✨ Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe OP
✨ Prof. Dr Klara-Antonia Csiszar

Their reflections will open up a conversation on how young people live their faith in Europe today, what hopes and tensions shape their experience, and what perspectives emerge for the Church and society. Break-out groups will offer participants an opportunity to exchange ideas and continue the discussion. 💬🤝

📅 8 October 2026
🕗 8.00–9.30 pm CEST
💻 Online via Zoom
📝 Registration is required.

👉 Register now and join the conversation
[Event details and registration](https://eurotheo.eu/our-events/online-book-launch-being-young-being-catholic-being-european/)

Nos chercheurs publient : Quisinsky Michael, Ryan Fáinche et Van Rompaey Jens (Éds.) "Being Young – Being Catholic – Being European" (Theology East – West. European Perspectives. Theologie Ost – West. Europäische Perspektiven), Lit Verlag, 2026 (en libre accès) : https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-91898-7/

01/10/2026

A warm invitation to an engaging discussion with Bishop Stefan Oster an Prof. Klara Csiszar in Passau on 7 October. Keep following us.

20/09/2026

Europe is made of so many languages, cultures, histories, and stories.
And so is the Church in Europe.

Yet, look at us…

We are singing together.
We are praising the Lord together.

Not because we are perfect Christians.
Not because we have no differences, no wounds, no shortcomings, no limitations.

But because, despite all that makes us different, we recognize something greater:

We are part of one Body — the Body of Christ.

And so, with all our differences, with our wounds and our imperfections, we come together and ask the Holy Spirit:

Help us to walk together.
Help us to become one family.

Thank you, Andreas Gassner (.gassner.165) , Cathedral Choir Director of for guiding us into this beautiful experience.

Different notes. Different tones.
Higher voices and lower voices.
The beautiful voices… and those of us who sing a little off-key.

But here, it is not about who sings best.

It is not a personal performance.

It is about listening to one another, finding our place, and becoming part of something greater than ourselves.

A symphony of different voices, becoming one prayer.

And perhaps this is what synodality looks like:

different voices, different stories, different notes —
but one Body, one Spirit, one journey.

17/09/2026

Das beste Team ever!

📷©️MIG-Pictures e.U./Michaela Greil

17/09/2026

A heartfelt thank you to all our participants! It was a joy to have you here with us at Puchberg! 🤩

May these days help us to understand one another better, to listen to each other, and to continue walking the path of synodality together.

📷©️MIG-Pictures e.U./Michaela Greil ©️T.G

Thank you for all the encounters, conversations, and shared moments!

17/09/2026

Three days of prayer, deep reflection, and discernment at Puchberg Castle.
​Gathering from different corners of Europe, each bringing distinct and unique local realities, we experienced what it truly means to live out synodality, discovering unity in diversity as one Body of Christ. 🤍
​ Europe

📷©️MIG-Pictures e.U./Michaela Greil ©️T.G

16/09/2026

In all our diversity, one body.
Moments from our celebration of the Eucharist, where different languages, cultures, and traditions meet at the foot of the Cross, united in the Lord.

OneBodyInChrist UnityInDiversity CatholicLiturgy ChurchInEurope WalkingTogether CatholicCommunity Communion

📷©️MIG-Pictures e.U./Michaela Greil ©️T.G

16/09/2026

In all our diversity, one body.
Moments from our celebration of the Eucharist, where different languages, cultures, and traditions meet at the foot of the Cross, united in the Lord.
OneBodyInChrist UnityInDiversity CatholicLiturgy ChurchInEurope WalkingTogether CatholicCommunity Communion

📷©️MIG-Pictures e.U./Michaela Greil ©️T.G

17/09/2025

VATIKAN. Grüße aus Rom schickt uns unsere Unileitung. 🤗👋 Im Rahmen des Fortbildungskurses der Föderation der Katholischen Universitäten „Leading Catholic Universities in the XXIst Century“ steht heute für Rektor Michael Fuchs und Vizerektorin Klara Csiszar gemeinsam mit den mit Teilnehmer:innen aus Asien, Europa, Südamerika und Afrika eine Papstaudienz auf dem Programm. 🤩🙌