Advent offers us an opportunity to practice patience. It is a virtue that is becoming quite rare. Leadership often requires patience. Sometimes, it is patience in letting things develop instead of acting rashly or patiently listening to a brother in community who is hurting, in need, or telling the same

What are you grateful for? It is the time of year when we focus on such things. Amid many challenges and difficulties facing the world, the nations in which we serve, the Church, and our religious communities, it might be easier to name what we are concerned about, rather than

What does your communal life of prayer, fraternity, and ministry look like? How often does the leadership team reflect on it in its meetings or the community as a whole? Many other items of concern fill our meeting agendas, but experience shows that good reflection and action on the overall

The annual CMSM Safeguarding Ministry Conference next month offers our members and their safeguarding teams the opportunity to learn from experts and resource one another. Safeguarding ministry has evolved over the last two decades. There are many policies and procedures in place regarding the safeguarding of minors, especially through the

Our time together in Baltimore at the 2025 National Assembly was a blessed one! Our Past President, Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, CPPS, reviewed in his excellent Presidential Address our work during the days together: “Our theme this year is Rejoice in Hope: Solidarity and Fraternity. Over the next few days we