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.

Father Kilian’s Platinum Jubilee
September 30, 2016Collegeville Institute
Father Kilian McDonnell, founder of the Collegeville Institute, celebrated 70 years of monastic commitment at Saint John's Abbey.
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Urns for Healing
September 28, 2016Collegeville Institute
Carolyn Mount, artist-in-residence at the Collegeville Institute, presented Urns for Healing, a mixed media sculpture series on September 27, 2016.
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Very Married Book Tour
September 21, 2016Collegeville Institute
Collegeville-affiliated author Katherine Willis Pershey will be visiting Minnesota in October to promote her new book on marriage.
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Hamline University to feature Zach Czia’s poetry
September 16, 2016Collegeville Institute
Collegeville writing workshop alum Zach Czia will read from his poetry thesis at Hamline University's colloquium on September 30, 2016.
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Unfinished Worlds: Jürgen Moltmann at 90
September 14, 2016Collegeville Institute
Emory will host Jürgen Moltmann for a conference on contemporary theology, featuring a panel on climate change by 2016 resident scholar Hilda P. Koster.
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August 2016 Newsletter
August 30, 2016Collegeville Institute
If you missed our August 2016 newsletter in your inbox, we invite you to check it out online.
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The Wounded Healer Leadership Workshop
August 29, 2016Collegeville Institute
The Henri Nouwen Society and Tyndale University College & Seminary will host a leadership workshop featuring John Ortberg, October 15, 2016.
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The Transformative Power of Metaphor
August 25, 2016Collegeville Institute
Metaphor is the key to conveying abstract concepts, such as sin or grace, or the ultimate abstraction—God. Last week, a group of pastors, chaplains, and others met at the Collegeville Institute to explore metaphor in a summer writing workshop with Mary Nilsen.
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Summer 2016 Writing Workshops: At a Glance
August 23, 2016Collegeville Institute
We had 83 participants in writing workshops this summer; these visualizations tell you what regions these participants came from, their religious denominations, age, ethnicity, and gender.
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Awakening Theological Imagination
August 11, 2016Collegeville Institute
In the writing workshop Awakening Theological Imagination in the Congregation, participants experienced a spiritual practice of writing that can awaken theological imagination and enrich theological conversation within congregations.
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