Collegeville Institute - exploring faith, igniting imagination, renewing community

Residency Programs
- - Scholars, clergy, church leaders, thinkers, artists, and writers who are seeking to discern and communicate the meaning of Christian identity and unity in a religiously and culturally diverse world are invited to apply for our residency programs.
  - Get Practical Information »
  - Apply for a Fellowship »
  - View 2020 Scholars »
- - Resident Scholars Program
    
    for those looking to stay a semester or a full academic year
  - Program Details
  - Work and Scholarship
  - Housing and Facilities
  - Application Process
  - Former Resident Scholars
  - Apply Now »
- - Short term Residencies
    
    for those looking to stay for a shorter period of time
  - Program Details
  - Living and Working
  - Application Process
  - Former Short Term Scholars
  - Apply Now »
- Close
Writing Workshops
- - Each summer, the Collegeville Institute opens its doors to pastors, ministers, lay leaders, and other thinkers and writers for week-long, intensive writing workshops geared toward various levels of writing skill, genre and interest.
    
    Each fall, the Collegeville Institute partners with other institutes, seminaries, or churches to coordinate regional off-site workshops.
  - Get Practical Information »
  - View 2020 Workshops »
  - Explore Past Workshops »
  - Read Participant Stories »
- Close
Vocation Projects
- - The Communities of Calling Initiative invites congregations into a 5-year project on vocation.
    
    The Collegeville Institute Seminars offer resources to explore calling in your community.
  - Vocation Projects Overview »
- Resources on Vocation:
- - Called to Life – a free program for small groups
  - Called to Work – a free program for small groups
- - Lives Explored – a video storytelling project
  - Books – publications on vocation
- Close
Fellows Program
- Bringing together an ecumenical group of gifted Minnesota faith leaders, the Collegeville Institute Fellows Program focuses on leadership development with the goal of strengthening religious leaders’ sense of themselves as civic leaders.
- Fellows Program Overview
- Twin Cities Fellows Program
- Rural Minnesota Fellows Program
- Multi-Religious Fellows Program
- Close
Faith and Writing
- Good writing is essential to powerful theological education within congregations. In this section we highlight book reviews, provide resources for good writing, feature the writing of our program participants, and more.
- Resources for Faith and Writing
- Participant Publications
- Bearings magazine
- Submit Your Publication »
- Close

Receiving a Kind of Grace

By Catherine Hervey

Catherine Hervey writes of her encounter with a Ugandan family: "They were offering belonging, a rootedness in this new place I hadn’t imagined possible." →
Moving to the Family Farm: Can I Work for Racial Justice When I Live on a Dirt Road?

By Duncan Hilton

As Duncan Hilton and his fiancee move to a rural family farm in Vermont, he considers how to maintain a practice of racial justice. →
Make Honey While the Sun Shines: Beekeeping in God’s Time

By Lea Schweitz

The bees taught me a new way to be in time. I knew how to march in time, but the honeybees showed me how to dance to the rhythms of nature in the city. →
Seen While Walking

By L. Roger Owens

I walked fast, but didn’t miss it, not all of it, / as the meditation teacher told us / we might in our perpetual hurry. →
The Myth of the American Dream

Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power

By D.L. Mayfield

D.L. Mayfield considers what liberty means to those with privilege. How do people resist having their desires restrained by the needs of others? →

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.

Bearings Online

Resident Scholars Program

Short term Residencies

At Collegeville:

Regional:

Receiving a Kind of Grace

Moving to the Family Farm: Can I Work for Racial Justice When I Live on a Dirt Road?

Make Honey While the Sun Shines: Beekeeping in God’s Time

Seen While Walking

The Myth of the American Dream

Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power

News

Multi-Religious Fellows Collaborate on Peace Prayer

Unlikely Conversations Podcast

Complicated Women in Scripture

Poetry

Seen While Walking

Resources for Congregations

Called to Life

Called to Work

Lives Explored videos

Books

Resources for Faith & Writing