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.
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2023 Winter Leadership Gathering
Earlier this week, CMSM hosted its annual Winter Leadership Gathering in Houston, TX. This was our first in-person Gathering since 2019, and it was a joy to be together for prayer, reflection, discussion, and fellowship.
Rome Congress 2022
Last week, CMSM Executive Director, Fr. Frank Donio, SAC, and President, Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, CPPS, were in Rome to meet with religious conferences from around the world at the request of the Dicastery for Institutes
Items of Note: Justice & Peace Edition December 2022
Click here for Items of Note: Justice & Peace Edition from December 16, 2022, with the latest updates on 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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