Latest Posts
Honoring the Body
by Christine Valters Paintner
How does one respond when one's vocation is challenged by chronic illness?
Óscar Romero’s Final Summit
by Chris Herlinger
How do we understand martyrdom? Chris Herlinger's poem unites the moment of Oscar Romero's death with his deeply held and practiced faith.
Essential Workers, Insufficient Funds
by Natarsha Prince Sanders
Those working in retail, the food industry, childcare, and eldercare are essential workers and deserve a living wage for the essential service and hard work they provide.
Why “Brainwashed” Is a Lazy Accusation
by Sarah Ngu
Rather than dismissing someone as "brainwashed," what might we learn by approaching others with curiosity?
Articles & Essays
Honoring the Body
by Christine Valters Paintner
How does one respond when one's vocation is challenged by chronic illness?
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Why “Brainwashed” Is a Lazy Accusation
by Sarah Ngu
Rather than dismissing someone as "brainwashed," what might we learn by approaching others with curiosity? -
Called to the Radical Welcome of Godby Liz Miller
My defiant search for a church finally led me to places that expect Pride Sunday every Sunday. -
Bornby Cassidhe Hart
"My nephew’s arrival gave birth to something new in my brother. . . and I am born again each moment I witness the coming of God."
Interviews
How to Have an Enemy
by Susan Sink
"Choosing Black liberation is to choose a different life, one that collects, little by little, habits, economics, community, and politics that are for the mutual thriving of our world."
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Ethical Social Media Engagement: Meeting God Online and IRLby Rhonda Miska
"When I think about righteous social media use, I return to core beliefs: truth, Trinity, incarnation." -
Flashes of Graceby 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. -
Bound in the Bond of Lifeby Susan Sink
Everyone experiences the trauma of gun violence differently. No one should be told they will get over it.
Books
Book Notes, November 2021
by Collegeville Institute
In this month's book notes we highlight two works of fiction and a nonfiction reflection on the body.
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Benedictine Options: Learning to Live from the Sons and Daughters of Saints Benedict and Scholasticaby Patrick Henry
What can we learn from today's Benedictines about how to live? -
Book Notes, September 2021by Collegeville Institute
Discover three books by Collegeville Institute alumni you might want to put on your fall reading list. -
Book Notes, August 2021by Collegeville Institute
Check out these new books by Collegeville Institute alumni Stephanie Williams O'Brien, Dustin Benac, and Jamie Howison.
Poetry
Óscar Romero’s Final Summit
by Chris Herlinger
How do we understand martyrdom? Chris Herlinger's poem unites the moment of Oscar Romero's death with his deeply held and practiced faith.
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Gifts at My Back Doorby Karen Luke Jackson
Three boys leaving the best bits they find in the natural world bless and reveal God's presence on earth. -
Christ Sighting: Adventby Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
In these last days of Advent, the presence of Christ comes nearer and nearer. Angela Alaimo O'Donnell imagines him, hungry, walking the streets of her village. -
Tarshishby Matthew J. Andrews
Tarshish, home of Jonah, founded by a great-grandson of Noah, can be a metaphor for a place far across the sea from God's home, Jerusalem.
