Meet a Resident Scholar February 11, 2025 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment As part of our Meet a Resident Scholar series, today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Camilla Russell. Dr. Russell is a Publications Editor at the Roman Jesuit Archive (ARSI) at the University of Newcastle in Australia. While in-residence,… Read more >
Meet a Resident Scholar February 3, 2025 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment As part of our Meet a Resident Scholar series, today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Jane Dawson. Jane is a writer, educator, and spiritual director from Comox, BC, Canada. While in-residence, she is working on “The Last Speech … Read more >
Waiting for Words Advent workshop wraps-up December 18, 2024 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment “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 >
Beloved Br. Wilfred dies at 95 December 4, 2024 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment Fr. Wilfred Robert Theisen OSB Monk of Saint John’s Abbey Collegeville, Minnesota Born: September 5, 1929 Professed: July 11, 1953 Ordained: 1956 Died: December 3, 2024 Robert John Theisen was the sixth of nine children born to John Franklin and … Read more >
An Update on the Ecclesial Literature Project and Its Leadership October 22, 2024 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment Since 2006, a centerpiece of the Collegeville Institute has been the Ecclesial Literature Project (ELP). We’ve hosted over 140 writing workshops, in which participants have written sonnets and revised memoirs. They’ve pressed paragraphs into the service of activism. They’ve written … Read more >
Hiring for an Executive Director at Collegeville Institute September 19, 2024 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment Collegeville Institute is excited to announce that we are seeking an Executive Director. kpCompanies is leading the search for the next Executive Director for Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research. This is an excellent opportunity for a theological leader … Read more >
Collegeville Institute receives two-year, almost $1.2 million grant from the Lilly Endowment August 30, 2024 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment The Collegeville Institute is pleased to announce the award of a two-year, almost $1.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to continue the comprehensive program Words Making Worlds: The Ecclesial Literature Project.
Writing for Mystic Activists meets at Collegeville Institute August 1, 2024 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment From July 10-16, the Collegeville Institute hosted Writing for Mystic Activists, a workshop facilitated by Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
Apart, and Yet Apart workshop wraps up June 28, 2024 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment From June 5-14, the Collegeville Institute hosted ten writers of various genres in Apart, and Yet Apart.
“Writing Toward God” workshop series wraps up March 20, 2024 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment For six weeks this winter, ten writers met over Zoom each Tuesday evening to explore different approaches to writing toward God and the Sacred.