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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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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Paul, the Apostle

17 February 2014 8:00 pm

Venue: Abbey Chapter House
Categories: Lecture
Tags: apostle, mystic, Paul, theologian

Fr. Michael Patella and Fr. František will offer two perspectives on Saint Paul in this presentation: Paul as mystic and Paul as practical theologian.

Bar Jonah

22 October 2014 3:30 pm

Venue: Abbey Chapter House
Categories: Lecture
Tags: Catholic, ecumenism, vatican II

Come explore the basics of Unitatis Redintergratio, one of the five key documents of the Vatican Council II.

Just War or Just Peace?

15 April 2015 7:45 pm

Venue: Abbey Chapter House
Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
Tags: Iraq, peace, war

Weldon Nisly will propose Just Peace as a more faithful and effective way to transform conflict in our world than the tragedy of just war.

Toward a Noncompetitive Theology of the Church

16 November 2015 7:45 pm

Venue: Abbey Chapter House
Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
Tags: theology, vatican II

In this evening’s event, Rick Gaillardetz will propose a noncompetitive theology of the church that can resolve enduring problems concerning the relationship between the pope and bishops, laity and clergy, church and the world.

Re-membering the Body

04 April 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.

A Writer’s Journey: Benedictine Values as Muse with Kathleen Norris

21 October 2018 7:00 pm

Venue: Abbey Chapter House
Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
Tags: Kathleen Norris, Saint John's Abbey, spiritual practice, Sunday at the Abbey, writing

Kathleen Norris, acclaimed author and Fall 2018 Resident Scholar at the Collegeville Institute, will present "A Writer's Journey: Benedictine Values as Muse."

Words and the Word: The Writer as Seeker and Servant with Dorothy Bass

11 November 2018 7:00 pm

Venue: Abbey Chapter House
Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
Tags: Dorothy Bass, spiritual practice, Sunday at the Abbey, writing

Dorothy Bass will present on Sunday, November 11 as part of Saint John Abbey’s “Sunday at the Abbey” series on Writing as a Spiritual Practice.

Writing to Reveal the Holy in Brokenness with Susan Sink

17 February 2019 7:00 pm

Venue: Abbey Chapter House
Categories: Lecture
Tags: Saint John's Abbey, spiritual practice, Sunday at the Abbey, Susan Sink, writing

Susan Sink, former Resident Scholar and current Communications Associate at the Collegeville Institute, will present in the "Sunday at the Abbey" series on Writing as a Spiritual Practice.

Vessel of Voices: The Call of a Spiritual Writer with Jessie Bazan

07 April 2019 7:00 pm

Venue: Abbey Chapter House
Categories: Lecture
Tags: Jessie Bazan, spiritual writing, Sunday at the Abbey, writing

Jessie Bazan will present "Vessel of Voices: The Call of a Spiritual Writer" as part of the Sunday at the Abbey series on Writing as a Spiritual Practice.

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Paul, the Apostle

Bar Jonah

Just War or Just Peace?

Toward a Noncompetitive Theology of the Church

Re-membering the Body

A Writer’s Journey: Benedictine Values as Muse with Kathleen Norris

Words and the Word: The Writer as Seeker and Servant with Dorothy Bass

Writing to Reveal the Holy in Brokenness with Susan Sink

Vessel of Voices: The Call of a Spiritual Writer with Jessie Bazan

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