CMSM works in collaboration with other religious groups as well as social justice organizations. Below are links to a number of them and to other resources which can be valuable to our members and the general public.
Special Interest for
Religious
Religious Commissions, Conferences, and Confederations
- Canadian Religious Conference (CRC)
- Commission on Religious Life and Ministry (creates guidelines for NRRO)
- Confederation of Religious of Latin America and the Caribbean (CLAR)
- Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL)
Sequela Christi (periodical)
Studium: program of studies - Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR)
- International Union of Superiors General (women; UISG/USG)
- Institute on Religious Life (IRL)
- Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)
- National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO)
- National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC)
- Religious Brothers Conference (RBC)
- Religious Formation Conference (RFC)
- Union of Superiors General (men; USG)
- Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM)
Helpful Resources
- Canon Law Society of America (CLSA)
- Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)
- Catholic Volunteer Network
- Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)
- Center for the Study of Consecrated Life (at Catholic Theological Union)
- Holy See
- The Leadership Forge (tips for leaders)
- Leadership Roundtable
- National Association of Church Personnel Administrators
- National Organization for the Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy
- Centro Studi Italiani (Italian language study in Italy and online)
- Post-Nominal Initials of Male Religious
- Praesidium
- Review for Religious Digital Archive, 1942-2012 (note: the NEW Review for Religious will start publishing in 2020)
- Resource Center for Religious Institutes (RCRI)
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
- United States Conference of Secular Institutes (USCSI)
- VISION: Discernment guide (National Religious Vocation Network)
- Year of Consecrated Life + Religious Brothers Day (CMSM website for YCL (2016) and RBD (annually on May 1)
News and Blogs
Justice and Peace Organizations
Religious
- Columban Fathers: Justice & Peace Office
- Franciscan Action Network (FAN)
- Jesuit Conference
- Jesuit Refugee Service
- Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Institutional
- Africa Faith & Justice Network
- Bread for the World
- Catholic Charities USA
- Catholic Climate Covenant
- Catholic Mobilizing Network
- Catholic Peacebuilding Network
- Catholic Relief Services
- Catholic Rural Life
- Catholics Confront Global Poverty (CRS and USCCB)
- Center of Concern
- Churches for Middle East Peace
- Consistent Life (Voices for Peace and Life)
- Education for Justice
- Eighth Day Center
- Friends in Solidarity [South Sudan]
- Guatemala Human Rights Commission / USA
- Institute for Peace and Justice
- Jubilee USA
- JustFaith Ministries
- Justice for Immigrants (Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform)
- Latin America Working Group
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
- National Religious Campaign against Torture
- Network: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
- Pax Christi USA
- Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
- Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International
- U.S. Catholic Mission Association
- USCCB Cultural Diversity in the Church
- USCCB Justice, Peace and Human Development
- USCCB Migration and Refugee Services
- Washington Office on Latin America
Ecumenical
- Episcopal Church: Advocacy Peace and Justice
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Publicly Engaged Church
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
- Mennonite Central Committee – Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ
- National Council of Churches USA: Joint Action and Advocacy for Justice and Peace
- Presbyterian Church USA: Compassion, Peace, and JusticeReformed Church in America
- Unitarian Universalist Association: Social Justice
- United Church of Christ: Advocate for Justice
- United Methodist General Board of Church and Society: Faith in Action
Disclaimer for External Links
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