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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.
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- - 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
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- - Short term Residencies
    
    for those looking to stay for a shorter period of time
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  - Living and Working
  - Application Process
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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.
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- - Fall Workshops:
  - We will be posting Fall 2021 writing workshop offerings in May. Check back later.
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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.
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- 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
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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
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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
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Register Now for Collegeville Connections Events

By Collegeville Institute

In March, join us on Wednesdays from 12-1 PM, CST to talk about refugee stories, Benedictine monasticism, The Saint John's Bible, and Christian publishing. →
Digging Local Clay

By Richard Bresnahan

In the Rule of Saint Benedict, it says that you should treat your everyday tools as instruments of the altar. I translate that as saying every tool or material that you use, if it has been shaped by a human hand and cared for, is a sacred object. →
Undoing Oppressions

A Conversation with Nekeisha Alayna Alexis

By Collegeville Institute

In this episode, Nekeisha Alayna Alexis describes how her conviction to nonviolence evolved into her interest in co-liberation with animals. →
For the Love of God and Family

How I Learned to Stop Living in Fear and Embraced the Gun

By J. Jioni Palmer

Being the Black father of Black boys in America today means more than giving "the talk." The threat of gun violence from many sources brought this father to a heartbreaking decision. →
Come as You Are

By Karen Guzman

Working with an injured horse feels to Karen Guzman like prayer. God receives us, with our traumas and weaknesses and wariness, and gently guides us to realize our full potential. →