Residency Programs
- - Scholars, clergy, church leaders, thinkers, artists, and writers who are seeking to discern and communicate the meaning of Christian identity and unity in a religiously and culturally diverse world are invited to apply for our residency programs.
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- - Resident Scholars Program
    
    for those looking to stay a semester or a full academic year
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- - Short term Residencies
    
    for those looking to stay for a shorter period of time
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Writing Workshops
- - Each summer, the Collegeville Institute opens its doors to pastors, ministers, lay leaders, and other thinkers and writers for week-long, intensive writing workshops geared toward various levels of writing skill, genre and interest.
    
    Each fall, the Collegeville Institute partners with other institutes, seminaries, or churches to coordinate regional off-site workshops.
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- - Fall Workshops:
  - Writing for Mystic Activists with Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
  - Writing Spirit, Writing Faith: A Week with Mary Potter
  - In early May, we will be posting one additional Fall 2021 writing workshop hosted in Massachusetts. Check back soon.
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Vocation Projects
- - The Communities of Calling Initiative invites congregations into a 5-year project on vocation.
    
    The Collegeville Institute Seminars offer resources to explore calling in your community.
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- Resources on Vocation:
- - Called to Life – a free program for small groups
  - Called to Work – a free program for small groups
- - Lives Explored – a video storytelling project
  - Books – publications on vocation
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Fellows Program
- Bringing together an ecumenical group of gifted Minnesota faith leaders, the Collegeville Institute Fellows Program focuses on leadership development with the goal of strengthening religious leaders’ sense of themselves as civic leaders.
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- Twin Cities Fellows Program
- Rural Minnesota Fellows Program
- Multi-Religious Fellows Program
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Faith and Writing
- Good writing is essential to powerful theological education within congregations. In this section we highlight book reviews, provide resources for good writing, feature the writing of our program participants, and more.
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Nathan the Wise

Oct 19th, 2017

Venue: Benedicta Arts Center
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Celebrating 50 Years, Panel Discussion
Tags: CI50, Nathan the Wise, play, theater

Nathan the Wise, a historic play about religious toleration, will be staged at the College of Saint Benedict, Benedicta Arts Center. Tickets are now available for purchase.

The Artist’s Table: Lonely Cedars

Sep 19th, 2017 | 12:30 pm

Venue: Collegeville Institute
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Scholar Presentation
Tags: Artist-in-Residence, Milan Spak

On Sept. 17, Artist-in-Residence Milan Spak will speak about three "lonely cedar" artists from whom he has drawn inspiration.

From The Heart As It Is

Apr 6th, 2017 | 8:00 pm

Venue: Wisdom Ways, Carondolet Center
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Author Reading
Tags: Michael Dennis Browne, music, poems, poetry, Sharon Chmielarz, songs

An evening of poetry and song with Collegeville Institute-affiliated authors Michael Dennis Browne and Sharon Chmielarz hosted by Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality in Saint Paul, MN.

“Rematerializing” the Photographic Image

Feb 9th, 2017 | 7:00 pm

Venue: Pellegrene Auditorium, SJU Science Center
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Lecture
Tags: art, lecture, photography

Artist Patricia Ramaer, artist-in-residence at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, will give a public lecture on February 9, 2017.

Art Inter/National… here and abroad

Jan 19th, 2016

Venue: BoxHeart Gallery
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Gallery Opening
Tags: Artist-in-Residence, Barbara Matz, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh

Former Collegeville Institute artist-in-residence, Barb Matz (Fall 2013), has several pieces in the exhibition, “Art Inter/National... here and abroad,” at the Boxheart Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA (January 19-March 4, 2016).

Discovering an Australian Spirituality through Aboriginal-Christian Dialogue: A “White” Woman’s Dreaming

Dec 4th, 2015 | 6:30 pm

Venue: Collegeville Institute
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Lecture, Scholar Presentation
Tags: Aboriginal, art, Australia

Through ritual, song, images, and art, Margaret Broadbent presented her story of a white woman’s dreaming as it relates to a new consciousness materializing in the universe.

Astonishment and Joy

Nov 5th, 2015 | 7:30 pm

Venue: Sacred Heart Chapel, Saint Benedict’s Monastery
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Scholar Presentation
Tags: dramatic monologue, Elizabeth

All are invited to a dramatic monologue that examines the events of Luke chapter one, retelling them from the viewpoint of Elizabeth.

Engaging Art and Liberation Theology for Justice in Latin America

Nov 4th, 2015 | 4:00 pm

Venue: Haehn Museum
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Lecture, Scholar Presentation
Tags: art, Latin America, Liberation theology, Peru

Dr. Rebecca Berru Davis and Dr. Laura Taylor share perspectives on their project working with Peruvian women artists.

Consonantia et Claritas

Oct 18th, 2015 | 1:00 pm

Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Gallery Opening, Scholar Presentation
Tags: gallery exhibit, Milan Spak, painting

Collegeville Institute artist in residence Milan Spak presents Consonantia et Claritas, and exhibition opening on Sunday, October 18th at the School of Theology and Seminary.

Sixth Annual Pankake Poetry Series, featuring Michael Dennis Browne

Apr 16th, 2015 | 4:00 pm

Venue: Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120
Categories: Art, Drama & Music
Tags: poetry

Join the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries for an evening with Michael Dennis Browne, reading from his new book, The Voices.

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