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- - 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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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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  - Our Own Deep Wells: Writing on Vocation across Race and Culture
  - Emerging Writers Mentorship Program
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- - Closed Applications:
  - Please note: We are not accepting applications for many of our summer 2021 workshops because we rescheduled several from summer 2020 due to Covid-19. We will return to a full roster of our summer writing workshops in 2022.
  - Apart, and Yet a Part: A Workshop with Writing Coach Michael N. McGregor
  - Exploring Identity and (Dis)belonging through the Personal Essay
  - In the Thick of It: Explorations of Advanced Topics in Prose Writing
  - Breaking the Academic Mold: Liberating the Powerful, Personal Voice Inside You
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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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- Bearings magazine
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Kathleen Norris Speaks at 50th Anniversary Dinner

May 1, 2017 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

On Thursday, April 27th, 2017, the Collegeville Institute celebrated its 50th Anniversary by hosting an evening with author Kathleen Norris.

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