Event Category Archives: Lecture

Vocation and the Liberal Arts: A Quest for Purpose

Sep 28th, 2017 | 7:00 pm

• Venue: Quadrangle Building 264
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: Education, higher education, liberal arts, vocation

William Sullivan, scholar-in-residence at the Collegeville Institute, will present a lecture on vocation and liberal arts higher education.

Protestant Reformation: 500th Anniversary

Sep 8th, 2017

• Venue: Basilica of Saint Mary, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University
• Categories: Celebrating 50 Years, CI50, Lecture, Panel Discussion
• Tags: Catholicism, CI50, ecumenism, Lutheran, Reformation

In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the Collegeville Institute is co-sponsoring three panel discussions on Lutheran Catholic dialogue.

Women in the Church, a Biblical Perspective

Apr 8th, 2017 | 7:00 pm

• Venue: Christ Church Newman Center
• Categories: Lecture
• Tags: Biblical scholar, lecture, resident scholars, women in ministry, women in the church

Sandra Schneiders, IHM and former Resident Scholar at the Collegeville Institute, will give a lecture titled "Women in the Church, a Biblical Perspective" on April 8, 2017 in Saint Cloud, MN.

Is Depression a Sin?

Apr 5th, 2017 | 7:00 pm

• Venue: Quadrangle Building 264
• Categories: Lecture
• Tags: Christianity, church, depression, mental health, mental illness, salvation, sin

Is mental illness a sin? In her lecture, Resident Scholar Jessica Coblentz will explore Christian interpretations of depression.

Play and Wisdom: Liturgy and the Liberal Arts

Feb 22nd, 2017 | 7:30 pm

• Venue: Quadrangle Building 264
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: Benedictine Spirituality, Brendan McInerny, higher education, lecture, liberal arts, liturgy, play, resident scholars, theology

Resident Scholar Brendan McInerny will present an alternative view of liberal arts as rooted in a theological account of play on February 22, 2017.

“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.

Prayer in Schools (English-style)

Nov 10th, 2016 | 12:15 pm

• Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: England, prayer, Public Schools, worship

The provision of a daily act of collective worship is a legal requirement in all state-funded schools in England. Sarah Lane Cawte, Collegeville Institute Resident Scholar and Education Officer for Free Churches Group and Churches Together in England, will present

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Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery

Oct 29th, 2016 | 5:30 pm

• Venue: Faith Mennonite Church
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: decolonization, doctrine of discovery, Mennonites, resident scholars

Resident Scholar Anita Amstutz will share her writing project, “My Heart is Indigenous: Of Mennonites, Bees and Land," on October 29, 2016 in Minneapolis.

Re-membering the Body

Apr 4th, 2016 | 7:45 pm

• Venue: Abbey Chapter House
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation

This lecture will explore the significance of the Joint Ecumenical Commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, and the celebratory points of 50 years of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue.

Why Should Ecumenists Care about Syriac Christianity along the Ancient Silk Road?

Mar 17th, 2016 | 3:30 pm

• Venue: HMML Reading Room
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: Eastern Orthodox, Middle East, Syriac, Todd Godwin

Christianity has been a global religion virtually from its inception. Yet this is not well known among the general public.