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Pauline Cholewzynski has been awarded the Faculty of Catholic Theology’s Encouragement Prize

Once again this year, the Faculty of Catholic Theology awarded the prize for the best final dissertation as part of its "Albertus Magnus" patronal feast. The prize went to Pauline Cholewzynski, whose thesis examines "Heidegger’s Reception of Augustine in the 1920s". The laudatory address by her supervisor, Professor Holger Zaborowski, which was read out by Franz-Josef Schlichting, Chair of the Faculty’s Friends’ Association, highlighted the prize-winner’s outstanding achievement. She had not only highlighted the influence that Augustine’s work had on Martin Heidegger’s Philosophy, but had also provided a nuanced analysis of “how philosophical thought develops through dialogue with earlier thinkers”. She had accomplished this task with scholarly rigour, philosophical insight and great competence and confidence. The award, sponsored by the Friends of the Faculty of Catholic Theology, is worth 500 euros.

Pauline Cholewzynski was awarded this year’s Encouragement Prize by the Faculty of Catholic Theology.

The patron saint’s day, which was celebrated on 12 November this year, began with a festive service in Erfurt Cathedral. This was followed by an academic ceremony at the Coelicum, featuring a commemorative lecture, the presentation of the scholarship award and a welcome for the new students. Both in the sermon by Bishop Dr Gerhard Feige and in the commemorative lecture by the church historian Professor Jörg Seiler, being a Christian in the diaspora and the relationship between the Church and society played a major role. The lecture, entitled ‘Mobilisation and “Maturity”. Being Catholic and Political in the GDR in 1968’ spanned the period from the Catholic diaspora of the 1960s right up to the present day and concluded with some inspiring reflections on what it means, in today’s reality, to be a mature Christian. 

As well as welcoming 24 new students, there was another particularly moving moment – when the faculty’s student council presented Bishop Feige with a bouquet of flowers as a belated birthday gift in gratitude for his commitment, which is recognised far beyond the borders of the Diocese of Magdeburg.

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