"I can see now that my writing life has not been about success, but about fruitfulness. If it was about success, I would have given up already."

"I've realized after more than a half century of fandom that what I really love about spring and baseball is the constancy of it all."

What might Lent without religion look like? Can people of faith find solidarity with fellow humans without being overcome by religious differences?

In this interview, short-term Resident Scholar Beth Kissileff describes her project on grieving and finding comfort after a traumatic event.

In this interview, Resident Scholar Gretchen Van Dyke discusses her sabbatical project on vocation in the Jesuit tradition.

Susan Sink interviewed Resident Scholar Kris Kvam about her project "Wonders and Woes: The Psalms in Communal and Personal Voicings."

I was not paying metaphorical money to prune my trees. The cash was cold and hard, and I could think of a dozen more “spiritual” ways it might be used.

If Lent is a time for us to imitate Jesus’ forty days in the desert, it should be less about suffering and more about growing in wonder and vulnerability.

Our February Book Notes features new releases from Collegeville Institute alumni, including Michael Mather, William C. Mills, Cara Meredith, and Lynn Otto.

"Making low the linen valleys, / the rough places plain / between buttons, under collars. / Turning rumpled cotton / into silk."

"Melangell strokes the hare’s ears,
soothes his clanging heart,
whispers “you are safe now”
as howls recede on the wind
and the valley becomes sanctuary."

"On the First Sunday of Lent / someone broke into our church / through an unlocked window."