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
JP Alert: July 21, 2021
Click here for the JP Alert from July 21, 2021, with the latest updates from justice, peace, and integrity of creation. This issue includes the recent DACA ruling, Hyde Amendment, and the latest on the
Eldercare Summit featured in NCR
CMSM's upcoming Eldercare Summit and the challenges in caring for aging male religious in light of the isolation of the pandemic, are the focus of a new National Catholic reporter article. The Summit, being held
JP Alert: June 23, 2021
Click here for the JP Alert from June 23, 2021, 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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