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      • Grounded by Place/Growing through Time, a workshop with Camille T. Dungy, August 5-11, 2026
      • Autumn Rhythms, Rituals, & Writing: Nourishment for Creative Souls with Charlotte Donlon (a 3-part virtual workshop series), September 14, October 12, November 9, 2026
      • Waiting for Words: An Advent Writing Workshop with Lauren Winner, December 8-11, 2026
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      • Creative Convergence: A Gathering of Words with Patrice Gopo, February 11-16, 2027
      • Apart, and Yet a Part, A Workshop with Michael McGregor, March 2-11, 2027
      • About Me, About You: A Writing Workshop by and for Women of Color, with Roohi Choudhry, March 15-21, 2027
      • How to Love this World: Writing About Life, Loss, and Earth, with Mallory McDuff, May 17-21, 2027
      • Poetry is (Not) Like a Prayer, with Pádraig Ó Tuama, May 24-29, 2027
      • Ink and Insurgence: Writing as Social Activism with Tom Fate and Karen Gonzalez, June 7-13, 2027
      • Pastoral Writing: For the Church, the World, and the Pastor
with Amy Peterson and Isaac Villegas, June 21-26, 2027
      • The Sacrament of the Moment: A Spiritual Writing Workshop with Stephanie Paulsell, July 8-14, 2027
      • Crafting a Doctrine of Creation: rethinking the doctrine of creation in ways that take seriously our relationships with an animate and communicative world without divinizing nature or inviting its worship, led by Willie James Jennings, August 2-7, 2027
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Events at: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room

Mary Frances CoadyMarried Saints? Come to know Georges and Pauline Vanier

03 October 2013 4:00 pm
  • Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: Georges and Pauline Vanier, Jean Vanier, marriage, saints
Mary Frances Coady introduces us to this remarkable couple— Georges and Pauline Vanier—who have had a profound impact on Canadian institutions, history, politics, and culture.

Susan VanZantenMending a Tattered Faith

19 November 2014 11:30 am
  • Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: devotional life, Emily Dickinson, poetry
This talk will briefly discuss the history of the relationship of poetry and devotion, consider strategies for reading poetry devotionally, and introduce some poetic resources for devotional times.

Gregory Myers and Anna LevyBetween Constantinople and Jerusalem: Music and Sacred Ritual in Medieval Slavia Orthodoxa

03 December 2015 4:00 pm
  • Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: Anna Levy, Constantine, Gregory Myers, Jerusalem, music
This lecture by Gregory Myers and Anna Levy explores the music and sacred ritual in Medieval Slavia Orthodoxa.

SarahLaneCawtePrayer in Schools (English-style)

10 November 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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From Occupation to Colonization: Israel and the Palestinians

22 March 2017 11:30 am
  • Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room
  • Categories: Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: Brown-bag Lunch and Learn, colonization, Israel, occupation, Palestine, resident scholars
Join Resident Scholar Arland Jacobson at this Lunch and Learn presentation about the Palestinian Israeli conflict. Registration required.

The Migrant’s Double Vision

22 March 2018 7:45 pm
  • Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: Jaisy A. Joseph, migrants, Pope Francis
Resident Scholar Jaisy A. Joseph will deliver a lecture on Pope Francis' notion of "culture of encounter," exploring how double vision of migrants in particular is an important catalyst for theological reflection.

Kathleen NorrisKathleen Norris at the Benedictine Institute

09 November 2018 11:30 am
  • Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room
  • Categories: Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: Kathleen Norris, Lunch and Learn
Come hear Resident Scholar Kathleen Norris speak about how Benedictine values can change difficult situations into grace-filled encounters.

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A New Season for the Resident Scholars Program

September 4, 2026

Fr. Anselm Adodo, OSB, joins the Collegeville Institute as Senior Research Fellow and Special Advisor

September 4, 2026

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