Who We Are
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.
Latest News
Missionaries of the Precious Blood Assembly Keynote Address
On Monday, June 13, 2022 CMSM Executive Director, Fr. Frank Donio, SAC, gave the opening keynote address at the Missionaries of the Precious Blood Provincial Assembly. This Provincial Assembly marks the newly created United States
Items of Note: June 2022
From the Executive Director With so many tragic events in our nation and world, it can be difficult to live in hope. Yet, that is exactly what we are called to do, especially in these
Items of Note: Justice & Peace Edition May 2022
Click here for the JP Alert from May 26, 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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