Prayers and Hymns of Calling and Vocation
As part of the Collegeville Institute Seminars, we’ve created worship resources on vocation. Read the lyrics to the original song: "A Hymn of Calling."
Bearings
The Improvising Pastor
How might religious leaders encourage congregations and other seekers to see faith not as a series of unchanging propositions or truth claims, but a creative and improvisational act?
A Feast of Ideas
Exploring Vocation Together
Feedback from congregations in our Exploring Vocation in Community program reveals the transformative possibilities for communities who engage questions of calling with their members.
In the News for May 21st
Students of Multiple Faiths Restore Bronx Synagogue Housed Inside Mosque
“Christian, Jewish and Muslim volunteers came together Sunday to refurbish the “Shul in the Mosque,” a synagogue that happens to be situated inside of a mosque in the Bronx.”
“Christian, Jewish and Muslim volunteers came together Sunday to refurbish the “Shul in the Mosque,” a synagogue that happens to be situated inside of a mosque in the Bronx.”
Alcoholics Anonymous and the Common Good
With honesty and humility we can, as a nation, find some consensus on what the common good is—something that can root us in the way sobriety roots those in AA. And recovery shows us that we have a good reason to hope that this is possible, but we have a long journey ahead of us.
Being A Novice
What is the seminary’s role in forming and educating pastoral leaders? The Seminar on Integration in Theological Education and Ministry grapples with the ways in which seminaries form and educate pastoral leaders who integrate expert knowledge, competent skill, personal identity and vocation into wise practice in the communities they serve.
In the News for May 14th
Superheroes and Spirituality: The Religion of the Comic Book
“Superman turns 75 this year, and in the latest cinematic retelling of his story, Man of Steel, Clark Kent is looking as youthful as ever. In fact, the coming Superman movie is one of a number of new superhero and sci-fi epics that demonstrate again our appetite for action flicks – and religious themes.”
“Superman turns 75 this year, and in the latest cinematic retelling of his story, Man of Steel, Clark Kent is looking as youthful as ever. In fact, the coming Superman movie is one of a number of new superhero and sci-fi epics that demonstrate again our appetite for action flicks – and religious themes.”
Soul Matters for Soul Mates
A Second Look at Interfaith Marriage
Riley’s encouragement for religious leaders, communities, and interfaith couples to talk openly about the challenges and blessings of interfaith marriage is an important word. Interfaith marriage is a complex and wide-reaching phenomenon, and Riley should be applauded for winsomely uncovering so many of its dimensions.
Vocation + Profession
Exploring the Equation
What would happen if more professionals understood their work as a calling? The Seminar on Faith, Vocation and the Professions is exploring the relationship between vocation and profession to retrieve a sense of calling and the common good that could promote greater well-being among professionals, their institutions, and the culture at large.
In the News for May 7th
What is Interfaith Cooperation For?
by Eboo Patel
“I do not believe that interfaith cooperation should contribute to widening these divisions. Instead, I think interfaith work is about building positive relationships between people whose diverse religious convictions shape their dramatically different politics. I believe that is both an end in itself, and a means to another useful end—expanding civic space, strengthening social cohesion and increasing social capital. How else do you have a thriving diverse democracy unless people who have deep disagreements on some issues are able to work together on other issues?”
by Eboo Patel
“I do not believe that interfaith cooperation should contribute to widening these divisions. Instead, I think interfaith work is about building positive relationships between people whose diverse religious convictions shape their dramatically different politics. I believe that is both an end in itself, and a means to another useful end—expanding civic space, strengthening social cohesion and increasing social capital. How else do you have a thriving diverse democracy unless people who have deep disagreements on some issues are able to work together on other issues?”
