The North American Center for Marianist Studies provides resources to people interested in the Marianist Family—including brothers, sisters, priests, and laypeople—and to Marianist ministries. Through programs, publications, research, and a special library collection, NACMS strives to link the vision of the Marianist Founders—William Joseph Chaminade, Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon, and Marie Thérèse de Lamourous—to the contemporary Church and world. NACMS is sponsored by the Society of Mary, a Catholic religious order.
Our People
Gabrielle Bibeau, Research and Program Assistant. Gabby helps produce Sharing Our Marianist Stories, our NACMS podcast; teaches sections of the Marianist History Course for novices; provides support to the MSP 2.0 program; and researches and writes on projects related to the Marianist charism.
Lauren Boyd, Office Coordinator. Lauren is responsible for bookkeeping, distribution of our resources, processing orders for NACMS electronic and hard copy publications, and managing the databases related to this work.
Mallory Fowler, Program and Technology Assistant. Mallory provides research, logistical, and technological support to the NACMS staff. Working especially with the Office and Program Coordinators, she serves the staff by preparing meeting minutes, scheduling appointments, managing office tech hardware, and organizing records, both in print and online.
Daniel Jordan, Publications Coordinator. Dan is the managing editor for our website and chief editor for print publications intended for wide audiences and for scholarship. He coordinates our activity with our web page designer.
Andrew Kosmowski, SM, Lead Librarian. Brother Andrew arrived after five years at the Marian Library. Major responsibilities include reference research and cataloging items NACMS owns to provide an accurate catalog. He is active in theological and Catholic librarianship, presenting at conferences for Atla and the Catholic Library Association. He also collaborates with librarians at other institutions for mutual benefit, such as ensuring Marianists are identified correctly in appropriate library databases.
George Lisjak, Director. George ensures that the complex of efforts around research, programs, publications, library development, resourcing, and links to the worldwide Marianist Family are funded and operating well. He conducts some programs and oversees the NACMS Working Groups, which are designed to promote quality and innovation in the areas listed above.
Timothy Phillips, SM, Resident Scholar. Brother Tim is the Scholar-in-Residence at NACMS. He spends part of the year in Dayton assisting NACMS with special projects, and spends the other part of the year assisting the Marianists of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.
Thomas Redmond, SM, Program Assistant. Brother Tom coordinates the training of retreat directors for the Spirit of Saragossa Retreat and has served as a retreat director for this same retreat. Brother Tom also assists in teaching some sections of the Marianist history class to Marianist novices, helps with MSP 2.0, and has a small practice in spiritual direction.
Teresa Trimboli, Library Assistant. Teresa serves as an administrator of the NACMS Library. Along with library organization, she is responsible for acquisitions, cataloging, and providing reference services to the staff and those NACMS serves. Teresa also maintains a collaborative relationship with other Centers of Marianist Studies and with the Marianist Archives of both the Society of Mary and the Daughters of Mary.
Our Location
The NACMS office is housed in the Chaminade Center at Mount St. John, the same property on which Bergamo Center for Lifelong Learning is located. As Mount St. John is a large campus and shares a common address for all ministries, please consult the attachment (Mount St. John Interior Campus) for our precise location.
NACMS Mailing Address
4435 E. Patterson Road
Dayton, OH
45430-1083
