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CMSM is the national organization representing leaders of Catholic religious institutes for men, monasteries, and societies of apostolic life in the United States. CMSM is both a common voice for male religious and an advocate for their individual charisms.
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Items of Note: May 2022
From the Executive Director During this part of the Easter season, we find the community of disciples in the Upper Room and elsewhere experiencing appearances of the Risen Christ. They are coming closer to being
NACPA Leadership Award 2022
On Tuesday, May 3, in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the 51st Annual National Association of Church Personnel Administrators (NACPA) Convocation, Executive Director, Fr. Frank Donio, SAC received the 2022 Leadership Award. This award was given
Items of Note: Justice & Peace Edition April 2022
Click here for the JP Alert from April 28, 2022, with the latest updates from justice, peace, and integrity of creation.
Member Spotlight
Meet some of the diverse religious men and communities whose leaders belong to CMSM
“I was looking for something more”: A Diocesan Priest’s Journey to Religious Life
Fr. David Driesch, O.Praem’s journey to Daylesford Abbey and life as a Norbertine priest took a while. For 30 years, he was a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, a city five hours west of the suburban Philadelphia, Pa., Abbey he
Meet the Comboni Missionaries
Founded in Africa in 1867 by St. Daniel Comboni, a native of Italy, the Comboni Missionaries are an international Catholic organization dedicated to ministering to the world’s poorest and most abandoned people, often working in unstable political climate, in the midst
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