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Building Inclusive Communities, One Generation at a Time

Posted January 27, 2025 in Articles
Author: Sue Angell

On a cold day in January, a shuttlebus full of nine Oberlin College students braved Ohio’s snowy weather to visit with the sisters at Merici Crossings. The students were part of a Winter Term project organized by Cindy Frantz, chair of the Psychology Department at Oberlin College. Their goal: to learn more about how the sisters have built an intentional community and how they navigate the challenges of living together in that community. Frantz created the intensive course to help students better understand the very human need to belong and how intentional communities can satisfy this need. “The need to belong is... read more