At the Institute

Collegeville Institute Executive Director, Dr. Jacqueline Bussie, co-edited a recently released book with Peter Slade and Shea Tuttle, entitled People Get Ready: Twelve Jesus-Haunted Misfits, Malcontents, and Dreamers in Pursuit of Justice. The book covers twelve activists whose faith … Read more >

The Collegeville Institute conducted two workshops in October to complete its Ecclesial Literature Project programming for the 2022 year. The first was Writing Grief as Restorative Justice. This workshop took place online from October 10^th through October 14… Read more >

Every October, the Collegeville Institute and the graduate Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary (SOT) celebrate an annual tradition that is familiar to the German Catholic roots of the wider Saint John’s/Saint Ben’s community. This is of course, an … Read more >

Every Friday night, resident scholars and Collegeville Institute staff gather for a longstanding tradition of community bonding, the Friday Night Gathering. Often, our resident scholars focus on their work, writing, and research throughout the week, while also enjoying the place … Read more >

The Collegeville Institute’s Emerging Writers Mentorship Program launched on Monday, September 19 with a four-day writing workshop experience. Graciously hosted by the Saint John’s Abbey Guesthouse, the group enjoyed group instruction and discussion, one-on-one meetings between participants and their assigned … Read more >

On Friday, September 16, Fr. Kilian McDonnell, the founder and president of the Collegeville Institute, celebrated his 101^st birthday. Fr. Kilian is a member of Saint John’s Abbey and the Order of Saint Benedict (OSB) who is a widely … Read more >

Over the month of July, the Collegeville Institute hosted two distinct writing workshops, following the recommencement of in-person workshopping at the Collegeville Institute in June.

The first of these was Women Writing led by Lauren Winner, which took place from … Read more >