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What is DIMMID?
Brother Gregory Perron OSB, Former President of the North American Commission, at a meeting of "Monks in the West."
Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique / Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIMMID) is an international monastic organization that promotes and supports dialogue, especially dialogue at the level of religious experience and practice, between Christian monastic men and women and followers of other religions. DIMMID is a commission of the Benedictine Confederation with formal links to both branches of the Cistercian order. It acts in liaison with the Holy See’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and welcomes collaboration with other organizations that foster interreligious dialogue. DIMMID is civilly incorporated in the state of Minnesota (USA) as a nonprofit, tax-exempt institution operating exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. While the natural dialogue partners of Christian monastics are monastics of other religious traditions, DIMMID also engages in spiritual dialogue with adherents of religions that do not have an institutionalized form of monasticism, for example—and in particular—with Muslims. The activities of DIMMID are coordinated by a General Secretariat, whose members are the Secretary General, the coordinators of the six existing continental/regional commissions, the President of the Alliance for International Monasticism (AIM) and elected members: DIMMID BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2024 Ex-officio (coordinators of regional/linguistic commissions, President of A.I.M., and Secretary General)
At-large [Elected] (five-year term; eligible for a second five-year term)
The European Commission presently comprises nine regional sub-commissions, each with a coordinator: France Some commissions and subcommissions also have their own website where one can find more information about the mission of DIMMID as well as information about local activities. |
