News from the Collegeville Institute Read all about what’s happening at the Collegeville Institute. In this section of the website we share opportunities of interest, news about what’s going on at the Collegeville Institute, alumni news, and updates on our artists in residence. A New Season for the Resident Scholars Program September 4, 2026Collegeville InstituteThe Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research (CI) announces the 2027–2028 application process for its Resident Scholars Program, with a focus on global and intercultural spiritualities, collective healing, and ecological transformation. Nearly sixty years ago, Father Kilian McDonnell, OSB, founded CI to gather diverse Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox scholars into one residential community of ...Read more »Fr. Anselm Adodo, OSB, joins the Collegeville Institute as Senior Research Fellow and Special Advisor September 4, 2026Collegeville InstituteFr. Anselm Adodo, OSB, is a Benedictine monk whose work over three decades has followed a continuous thread from healing to community to economic life. He founded Paxherbal, an African center for phytomedicine research and education. There, questions of healing led him to consider how communities sustain themselves. That line of inquiry became Communitalism, a ...Read more »Remembering Sister Dolores Schuh, CHM September 4, 2026Collegeville InstituteThe Collegeville Institute (CI) mourns the death of Sister Dolores Schuh, CHM, a beloved colleague, gifted administrator, and generous friend whose service helped shape CI for more than three decades. Sister Dolores died July 27, 2026, at Kahl Home in Davenport, Iowa. She was 93. Sister Dolores first joined the CI community during ...Read more »Collegeville Institute receives $3.88 million Lilly Endowment grant to fund four years of the Ecclesial Literature Project: Words for the Church and the World. October 28, 2025Collegeville Institute The Collegeville Institute has received a $3.88 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support and expand the next four years of its Ecclesial Literature Project (ELP): Words for the Church and the World. Launched in 2006, ELP fosters vibrant cultures of religious and theological literacy in congregations, academic settings, and across the ...Read more »The beloved founder of the Collegeville Institute, Fr. Kilian McDonnell, OSB, passed away September 8, 2025 September 10, 2025Collegeville InstituteKILIAN McDONNELL, OSB Dear Friend of the Collegeville Institute, It is with deep sadness that the Board of Directors of the Collegeville Institute announces the death of Fr. Kilian McDonnell, OSB, our beloved founder and president. We give thanks for Fr. Kilian’s ecumenical vision, and we grieve with ...Read more »Beloved Fr. Michael passed away July 15, 2025 July 17, 2025Collegeville Institute Father Michael Francis Patella, OSB Monk of Saint John's AbbeyCollegeville, Minnesota Born: December 28, 1954 Professed: March 31, 1984 Ordained: June 8, 1990 Died: July 15, 2025 Michael Francis Patella was born on ...Read more »Dr. Aizaiah Yong appointed as new Executive Director of Collegeville Institute April 14, 2025Collegeville Institute The Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Aizaiah G. Yong, PhD (he/him) as its new Executive Director, effective April 30, 2025. Dr. Yong was selected after a thorough and highly competitive search process that included several distinguished candidates. His appointment marks an exciting new ...Read more »Collegeville Institute welcomes Andrew McNeil as its new Director of Communications. March 11, 2025Collegeville Institute The Collegeville Institute (CI) is pleased to announce Andrew McNeil as the new Director of Communications for CI. McNeil brings over eight years of experience in digital marketing, public affairs, and strategic communication, which helps reinforce CI’s commitment to bringing people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives together and fostering healing through the power of religious ideas, insights, and ...Read more »Meet a Resident Scholar March 11, 2025Collegeville Institute As part of our Meet a Resident Scholar series, today we'd like to introduce you to Rev. Danae Ashley. Danae is a Priest and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist from the Episcopal Church in Everett, WA. While in-residence, she is working on "The Ministry of Presence: Holistic Healing in Mental Health through the ...Read more »Meet a Resident Scholar March 4, 2025Collegeville Institute As part of our Meet a Resident Scholar series, today we'd like to introduce you to Alicia Forde. Alicia is a Director at the International Office, UAA in Boulder, CO. While in-residence, she is working on Violence, Mercy, and Building the Kin-dom. For more information about all our program participants, please visit https://collegevilleinstitute.org/.../upcoming-scholars News Categories At the Collegeville Institute Alumni News Opportunities Artists in Residence Collegeville Institute Tour Check out our virtual 360-degree tour experience and see our beautiful campus with its many amenities! CI 360 Tour
