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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Words that Sing II: Advanced Writing with Mary Nilsen

06 October 2014

Venue: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA
Categories: Writing Workshop
Tags: MA, Mary Nilsen, pastors, Warren Conference Center in Ashland, writing

Challenging pastor-writers to broaden and deepen their writing practice

Writing for the Pastoral Life: Strange Gift, Long Journey, Bright Star with Maren C. Tirabassi

02 November 2015

Venue: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA
Categories: Writing Workshop
Tags: clergy, Maren C. Tirabassi, pastors, writing

For those involved with congregational ministry.
The application deadline for this workshop has passed.

Awakening Theological Imagination: A Spiritual Practice of Writing with Karen Hering

24 October 2016

Venue: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: Karen Hering, off-site, religious imagination, theological imagination, writing workshops

Helping religious leaders cultivate personal attentiveness and invigorate theological conversation in their congregations and among those they serve
The application deadline for this workshop has passed.

Writing to Change the World

13 November 2017

Venue: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, offsite, social change, writing workshops

for those interested in writing for social change.
The application deadline for this workshop has now passed.

Dancing on the Head of a Pen: A Writing Workshop for Clergy

12 November 2018

Venue: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: MA, off-site, Robert Benson, Warren Conference Center in Ashland, writing pastor, writing workshops

For clergy who hear a call to write.
The application deadline for this workshop has now passed.

The Art of the Personal Essay: Make A Point. Change the World.

11 November 2019

Venue: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: 2019 writing workshops, clergy, John Hudson, MA, regional workshop, Warren Conference Center in Ashland

A workshop for clergy who write.
The application deadline for this workshop has now passed.

Writing for Mystic Activists

09 November 2020

Venue: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop

For faith-rooted activists and clergy who want to engage writing as a contemplative practice.
The application deadline has now passed.

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Events at: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA

Words that Sing II: Advanced Writing with Mary Nilsen

Writing for the Pastoral Life: Strange Gift, Long Journey, Bright Star with Maren C. Tirabassi

Awakening Theological Imagination: A Spiritual Practice of Writing with Karen Hering

Dancing on the Head of a Pen: A Writing Workshop for Clergy

The Art of the Personal Essay: Make A Point. Change the World.

Writing for Mystic Activists

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