Black Lives Matter
Black lives matter to the Collegeville Institute and we join in condemning the brutal killing of George Floyd by police. Read more in our latest newsletter.
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We Had Hoped: An Easter Faith in a Time of Lament
By Rhonda MiskaRhonda Miska reflects on the Biblical account of the Road to Emmaus for those who feel grief and discouragement on the road to racial justice. →
Call to Prayer
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's poem contemplates: "Light / sung loud as loons, the Abbey bells rung bright / as Christ’s gold leaf icon shining in its niche." →
Flannery O’Connor’s Double Mind
By Susan Sink"As a person socialized as white in a racist culture, O’Connor does not intuitively grasp the psychic damage done by slavery ... and this lack of understanding and experience shows up in the stories as well as in the letters." →
Getting Curious About Difference
A Jewish-Catholic Conversation
How do we teach toward curiosity in our religious institutions? How do we build interfaith relationships so when crisis happens we can support each other? →
Leading Lives That Matter, Second Edition
In a revision of their book, "Leading Lives that Matter," Dorothy Bass and Mark Schwehn provide new perspectives as they ask: What should we do and who should we be? →
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Unlikely Conversations Podcast
Getting Curious About Difference
How do we teach toward curiosity in our religious institutions? How do we build interfaith relationships so when crisis happens we can support each other?Poetry
Call to Prayer
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's poem contemplates: "Light / sung loud as loons, the Abbey bells rung bright / as Christ’s gold leaf icon shining in its niche."Resources for Congregations
Called to Life
A free 6-week program for small groups to explore God’s call in their lives.Called to Work
A free 6-week program for small groups to explore profession and vocation.Lives Explored videos
A video series with real-life stories of calling.Books
Publications from the Seminars.Resources for Faith & Writing
Edit Yourself
A good day of deleting feels like a successful day of purging your closet, cleaning your kitchen, or weeding your garden.
Please Don’t Hate Me
When editor Charnell Peters sent out her first rejections to writers, she added a desperate whisper: “Please don’t hate me!”
Finding the Needles
What is it like reading through submissions at a literary journal? Finding the proverbial needle in the haystack calls for ruthless efficiency.
An Editor’s Envy
In our new series on editing, acquisitions editor Valerie Weaver-Zercher describes the "holy jealousy" that sometimes occurs when working with writers.Subscribe
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