Writing to Change the World
Last week we hosted Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and a group of thoughtful participants in Writing to Change the World, our sixth writing workshop of the summer. Like Jonathan, many of the participants...
View ArticleConfronting the Challenges of the Criminal Justice System
The Collegeville Institute Fellows gathered on July 28-29 at the Minnesota Humanities Center in St. Paul. This fifth meeting (out of eight meetings that will take place over a 22-month period) focused...
View ArticleAugust 2014 Newsletter
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View ArticlePoetry, Prose and Prayer
Last week at the Collegeville Institute, Michael Dennis Browne facilitated a workshop called Poetry, Prose & Prayer. One of the points of discovery for this group of poets, novelists, and prose...
View ArticleThe Bells of St. John’s
Angela Alaimo O’Donnell participated in the 2014 summer writing workshop, Apart, and yet A Part. She shared the following reflection about her experience: It’s 7 a.m., and I miss the bells. I’ve just...
View ArticlePosts, Tweets, Blogs, and Faith: Writing for the Digital Public Square
This week at the Collegeville Institute we said goodbye to our last writing workshop participants, who joined us for Posts, Tweets, Blogs, and Faith: Writing for the Digital Public Square, facilitated...
View ArticleSeptember 2014 Newsletter
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View ArticleResident Scholars Settle into Fall
We have a full house of resident scholars at the Collegeville Institute this fall. From accomplished scholars near the end of their formal careers to post-doctoral fellows beginning their professional...
View ArticleFellows Discuss Health Care Challenges
Fellows have become a tightly knit group of pastors. The Collegeville Institute Fellows recently concluded their sixth cohort meeting in the two-year program, which is designed to cultivate pastors’...
View ArticleKaren Hering Brings Contemplative Writing to Congregations
This fall, we are partnering with Karen Hering, a literary minister and author of Writing to Wake the Soul, to offer a contemplative writing program for lay people in six congregations in the Twin...
View ArticleOctober 2014 Newsletter
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View ArticleInside the Institute
Check out Volume 8, Issue III of Inside the Institute (pdf), featuring the newly-renovated plaza outside the Butler Center, new books by Michael Vertin, Kathleen Cahalan and Gordon Mikoski, and Laura...
View ArticleNovember 2014 Newsletter
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View ArticleEnjoy the Gift of Poetry—Give now!
Fr. Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B. As many of you know, at the age of 75, after a career as a theologian and ecumenist, Fr. Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B. decided to turn his hand to poetry. And in the following...
View ArticleJanuary 2015 Newsletter
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View ArticleHeidi Neumark shares at Fellows Capstone Meeting
Heidi Neumark, pastor, author, and 2011 summer writing workshop participant, spoke at the capstone meeting of the Collegeville Institute Fellows program, May 4-5, 2015. Neumark, author of Breathing...
View ArticleReplacement of Apartment Patios in Process
Apartment patio in the process of being replaced This month, the apartment patios at the Collegeville Institute are getting a make-over. Through the rain and sleet, the landscapers have forged ahead in...
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