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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
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  - Work and Scholarship
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- - Short term Residencies
    
    for those looking to stay for a shorter period of time
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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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- - Open Applications:
  - Our Own Deep Wells: Writing on Vocation across Race and Culture
  - Emerging Writers Mentorship Program
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- - Closed Applications:
  - Please note: We are not accepting applications for many of our summer 2021 workshops because we rescheduled several from summer 2020 due to Covid-19. We will return to a full roster of our summer writing workshops in 2022.
  - Apart, and Yet a Part: A Workshop with Writing Coach Michael N. McGregor
  - Exploring Identity and (Dis)belonging through the Personal Essay
  - In the Thick of It: Explorations of Advanced Topics in Prose Writing
  - Breaking the Academic Mold: Liberating the Powerful, Personal Voice Inside You
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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.
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- 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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Safe

By Andrew Taylor-Troutman

Andrew Taylor-Troutman's new sonnet explores grief and the comfort received from what remains. →
Book Notes, January 2021

By Collegeville Institute

In this series, we highlight books we think our readers may enjoy, written by authors affiliated with the Collegeville Institute. →
What Does Faith Have to Do with Justice?

By Benjamin Tapper

Do Christians stand for justice? In what ways has the message of white supremacy worked its way into Christian churches? →
Consider the Birds

A Conversation on Community Organizing with Nicholas Tangen

By Collegeville Institute

Community organizing is often hard and contentious work. How can people stay committed when the world becomes overwhelming? →
12 Tiny Things

An Interview with Ellie Roscher

By Ellie Roscher

Ellie Roscher's book "12 Tiny Things" offers small spiritual micro practices that bring our attention to the work of justice and help prevent overwhelm. →