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Fr. Killian McDonnell

The beloved founder of the Collegeville Institute, Fr. Kilian McDonnell, OSB, passed away September 8, 2025

September 10, 2025 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

KILIAN McDONNELL, OSB

Dear Friend of the Collegeville Institute,

It is with deep sadness that the Board of Directors of the Collegeville Institute announces the death of Fr. Kilian McDonnell, OSB, our beloved founder and president. We give thanks for … Read more >

Denise Lajimodiere appointed ND Poet Laureate

May 16, 2023 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

Last month, Denise Lajimodiere, who was a spring semester short-term resident writer at the Collegeville Institute, was selected to be the Poet Laureate of North Dakota. She is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band in Belcourt, North Dakota, and is an accomplished poet, writer, and academic.

Collegeville Institute alumni featured in Church Anew event

May 5, 2023 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

On April 23 and 24, the Collegeville Institute joined Church Anew in in co-sponsoring “An Evening with Kate Bowler” and "Renew". The Collegeville Institute was well represented at this two-day event by program alums Dr. Deanna Thompson, Rev. Angela Khabeb, Rev. Andrea Roske-Metcalfe, and Dr. Kate Bowler.

Former Collegeville Institute resident earns SJU Alumni Award

May 2, 2023 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

Congratulations to Dr. Micah Kiel, former CI Resident Scholar who recently received a Saint John’s University (SJU) Alumni Achievement Award.

Multi-Religious Fellows Collaborate on Peace Prayer

July 15, 2020 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

In June, the Hindu Society of Minnesota collaborated with many alumni from the Multi-Religious Fellows program on a joint peace prayer.

A Great Plenty

May 8, 2020 By Tom Montgomery Fate Leave a Comment

Tom Montgomery Fate, former Resident Scholar and writing workshop participant, wrote and recorded a tribute to his mother who passed away last month.
Michael Dennis Browne

To Be Certain of the Dawn Concert

October 28, 2019 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

The University of Minnesota Choirs will hold a performance of a Holocaust Memorial Oratorio written by Stephen Paulus in collaboration with former Collegeville Institute writing workshop facilitator Michael Dennis Browne.

July 2019 Newsletter

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Collegeville Institute receives $3.88 million Lilly Endowment grant to fund four years of the Ecclesial Literature Project: Words for the Church and the World.

October 28, 2025

The beloved founder of the Collegeville Institute, Fr. Kilian McDonnell, OSB, passed away September 8, 2025

September 10, 2025

Beloved Fr. Michael passed away July 15, 2025

July 17, 2025

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