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Welcome to the Unlikely Conversations Podcast

We often inhabit spaces in person and online where we only interact with folks who primarily look and think and act and practice faith like we do. Unlikely Conversations is a podcast hosted by Collegeville Institute board member Ellie Roscher that features unique and dynamic interviews with writers, thinkers, scholars, and artists affiliated with Collegeville Institute programs.

Season Three:

In season three of Unlikely Conversations, we are asking big questions about meaning, purpose, and the theology of Christian vocation. Beginning on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 tune in twice a month to hear conversations with theologians, church leaders, and clergy in the Collegeville Institute’s Communities of Calling Initiative.

  • Bringing Calling Back to Life

    August 3, 2021Collegeville InstituteBringing Calling Back to Life
    The Unlikely Conversations podcast is back! Dr. Kathleen Cahalan speaks about how a healthy theology of vocation can help churches experience God's calling in more expansive ways.
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Season Two:

In its second season, each episode of the podcast centered on the subject of writing, faith, and justice with alumni guests from our writing workshops.

    Season One:

    In its first season, each episode of the podcast featured two participants in the Multi-Religious Fellows program at the Collegeville Institute.

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