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      • Each year, the Collegeville Institute opens its doors to writers of faith for intensive writing workshops. In addition, the Collegeville Institute partners with other institutes, seminaries, or churches to coordinate regional off-site workshops.
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      • The Release:  How Writing in an Economy of Gifts Liberates Writers, September 29, 2025
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      • The Communities of Calling Initiative invites congregations into a 5-year project on vocation.
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    • 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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  • Dr. Aizaiah Yong appointed as new Executive Director of Collegeville Institute 

    By Collegeville Institute

    The Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Aizaiah G. Yong, PhD (he/him) as its new Executive Director, effective April 30, 2025. Dr. Yong was selected after a thorough and highly competitive … Read more >

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  • Collegeville Institute welcomes Andrew McNeil as its new Director of Communications.

    By Collegeville Institute

    The Collegeville Institute (CI) is pleased to
announce Andrew McNeil as the new Director of Communications for CI.


    McNeil brings over eight years of experience in digital marketing, public affairs, and
strategic communication, which helps reinforce CI’s commitment to bringing … Read more >

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  • Meet a Resident Scholar

    By Collegeville Institute

    As part of our Meet a Resident Scholar series, today we’d like to introduce you to Rev. Danae Ashley. Danae is a Priest and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist from the Episcopal Church in Everett, WA. While in-residence, she is … Read more >

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  • Meet a Resident Scholar

    By Collegeville Institute

    As part of our Meet a Resident Scholar series, today we’d like to introduce you to Alicia Forde. Alicia is a Director at the International Office, UAA in Boulder, CO. While in-residence, she is working on Violence, Mercy, and Building … Read more >

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  • Waiting for Words Advent workshop wraps-up

    By Collegeville Institute

    “Choose two of the lines you’ve just written,” Lauren said. “These are now lines 2 and 4 of a quatrain. Write lines 1 and 3.” Or: In the next ten minutes, write the beginning to the novel you’ve always wanted … Read more >

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Featured Content

Essays by CI Emerging Writers

Processing Our National Grief

On this Memorial Day, Ellen Spero considers how the Vietnam War Memorial provides an example of the ongoing process of grief in community that might also guide us in the wake of Covid-19.

Relieving Anxiety through Yoga

Lauren L. Murphy has found a way to move from anxiety to rest and peace. In the practice of yoga, she grounds her body, stills her mind, and connects to her Benedictine spirituality.
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Dr. Aizaiah Yong appointed as new Executive Director of Collegeville Institute 

April 14, 2025

The Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Aizaiah G. Yong, PhD (he/him) as its new Executive Director, effective April 30, 2025. Dr. Yong was selected after a thorough and highly competitive … Read more >

Collegeville Institute welcomes Andrew McNeil as its new Director of Communications.

March 11, 2025

The Collegeville Institute (CI) is pleased to
announce Andrew McNeil as the new Director of Communications for CI.


McNeil brings over eight years of experience in digital marketing, public affairs, and
strategic communication, which helps reinforce CI’s commitment to bringing … Read more >

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Poetry

God speaks to me from hollow trees

God is filling your lungs / and you are in the middle of the story.

Standing in Awe

What prayers do the trees offer to God, and will my prayers / be heard if my prayer shawl is folded away in a drawer?
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Dr. Aizaiah Yong appointed as new Executive Director of Collegeville Institute 

April 14, 2025

Collegeville Institute welcomes Andrew McNeil as its new Director of Communications.

March 11, 2025

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March 11, 2025

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