2020 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life

2020 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life

2020 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life

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NRVC overview: 2020 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life

NRVC overview: 2020 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life

By Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M.

Religious life reflects the endless story of call and response amid changing demographics. Read more...

Executive overview and major findings

Executive overview and major findings

By Mary L. Gautier, Ph.D. and Sr. Thu T. Do, L.H.C., Ph.D.

Recent Vocations to Religious Life: A Report for the National Religious Vocation Conference prepared by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate Read more...

Infographic: 2020 Study on Recent Vocations

Infographic: 2020 Study on Recent Vocations

Download the 2020 Study infographic. Read more...

Brochure: Religious Life Today

Brochure: Religious Life Today

16-page resource highlighting 2020 study results

God calls. Men and Women Respond. Religious life continues. Read more...

Press Release: 2020 Study on U.S. Catholic Religious Vocations reveals steady entrance since 2003

Press Release: 2020 Study on U.S. Catholic Religious Vocations reveals steady entrance since 2003

New entrants are ethnically diverse, embrace intercultural and intergenerational living, desire prayer, communal living, and solidarity with the poor, and express abundant hope. Read more...

Sampling of newer entrants to religious life: Men

Sampling of newer entrants to religious life: Men

Photos and contact information for a sampling of newer entrants. Photo credit: Courtesy of [Religious Institute]. Read more...

Sampling of newer entrants to religious life: Women

Sampling of newer entrants to religious life: Women

Photos and contact information for a sampling of newer entrants (more to come). Photo credit: Courtesy of [Religious Institute]. Read more...

GHR Foundation awards NRVC grant for follow-up vocation study

GHR Foundation awards NRVC grant for follow-up vocation study

New Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life to be published in Spring 2020

The primary objective of this follow-up study to our groundbreaking 2009 Study on Recent Vocations is to provide an accurate picture of the current realities of religious life and outline best practices. We encourage NRVC members to participate in this new research. Read more...

Survey of Newer Members, Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life

Survey of Newer Members, Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life

Focus groups gathering in August

We already recognize the consistent uptick in perpetual professions from a variety of religious institutes. With your support, NRVC is confident this study will expand the body of knowledge on religious life, not only for the sake of consistent social science but for the purpose of providing clarity on the changing trends of the demographics and characteristics of newer entrants to religious life. Read more...

NRVC collaborators show support for 2020 study

NRVC collaborators show support for 2020 study

Representatives gathered at a convening in Buffalo prior to the start of the NRVC Convocation

Several collaborating national organizations were invited to provide professional insights and recommend questions for the new NRVC/CARA Study of Recent Trends in Newer Vocations to Religious Life. Read more...

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