Where we are located
The Institute is part of the 2450-acre Saint John's community in Collegeville, Minnesota. It includes Saint John's Abbey, University and Preparatory School, the Liturgical Press, the Hill Monastic 
Manuscript Library, the Jay Phillips Center for Jewish-Christian Learning, and the Episcopal House of Prayer. Woods, lakes, a wildlife refuge, an arboretum, a bird sanctuary, and a wetlands restoration area make the complex a beautiful natural retreat. Just five miles away, in Saint Joseph, are Saint Benedict's Monastery and the College of Saint Benedict, with programs fully coordinated with those of Saint John's University.
A ninety-minute drive on Interstate Highway 94 takes you to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. With more theater seats per capita than any other metropolitan area in the nation, as well as museums, ethnic arts groups and diverse religious congregations, the Twin Cities offer the Institute community important connections to a variety of social, cultural, and spiritual activities.
Everybody wonders about winter. Thermometers do go down and snow does pile up. 
But four-and-a-half-million people live in the state, and most of them like it, even in December and January. Minnesotans know how to cope: good heating, warm clothes, a sense of humor. Highway crews plow a foot of snow faster than their counterparts in places farther south move an inch of it, and seldom are schools closed or roads blocked. You will remember the deer leaping across the frozen lake long after you forget that your nose got numb. (With proper gear, even your nose will stay warm.)
How to get to the Institute
Driving Directions: From I-94, take the Saint John's University Exit (#156). At the top of the ramp, turn south, into Saint John's. Follow 1.2 miles on County Road 159. Just after the bus stop on the right-hand side, turn right on Fruit Farm Road. Go 200 yards. You'll see the Collegeville Institute logo sign on the left. Turn into the driveway and park along it. The Institute office is in the building marked Butler Center.
If you are flying: The closest airport is the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. It is a large, international airport about 90 minutes from the Institute.
From Minneapolis, there are a couple options to get to the Institute, both of which require 1½ - 2 hours driving time, depending on traffic.
- You may make reservations in advance for a shuttle with Executive Express http://www.executiveexpress.biz/. Be sure to tell the shuttle driver that you want to be dropped off and picked up at the Collegeville Institute (on the campus of St. John's University).
- You may reserve a car at the Airport. http://www.mspairport.com/msp/
If you have any questions about travel, please contact us at 320-363-3366.