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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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- - 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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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.
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- Participant Publications
- Bearings magazine
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Tele-prayers: The Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Pandemic

A Covid Year

By Mersha Mengistie

When the government offered televised worship for different religious communities, they devolved quickly into polemical attacks and had to be shut down. →
Apartment Renovation Project Underway

By Collegeville Institute

In January 2021, the Board voted unanimously to begin renovations on our 50-year-old facilities. The first phase is currently underway. →
The Scent of Grief

By Andrea Roske-Metcalfe

A pastor reflects on air fresheners and the National Guard at a protest in Brooklyn Center after Daunte Wright was killed by police. →
Flashes of Grace

An Interview with Patrick Henry

By Cameron Bellm

"Flashes of Grace," the new book by Patrick Henry, explores moving to expand one's understanding of God and God's purpose through sacred encounters. →
Bony Labyrinth

By Julie L. Moore

Julie L. Moore's poem explores the dizzying experience of walking into teaching as a white professor in an Historically Black University. →

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