2012 Study on Vocations and Educational Debt

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2012 Study on Vocations and Educational Debt

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Educational Debt Study Executive Overview

Educational Debt Study Executive Overview

NRVC/CARA Study

By Br. Paul Bednarczyk C.S.C.

Our national educational debt problem is definitely impeding young women and men from pursuing life as a religious priest, sister, or brother. When one out of three people applying to religious life has student loans of almost $21,000, this inevitably becomes a financial strain on some religious institutes. Read more...

2012 Study on Education Debt and Vocations Executive Summary

2012 Study on Education Debt and Vocations Executive Summary

By NRVC/CARA

Summary of the major findings of Educational Debt and its impact on religious life. Read more...

NRVC/CARA Educational Debt Study - pdf

NRVC/CARA Educational Debt Study - pdf

By NRVC/CARA

Download a pdf of the Educational Debt Study. Read more...

Debt Study Press Release

Debt Study Press Release

A new study on Catholic vocations reveals that educational debt is derailing the dreams of young people to become religious sisters, brothers, or priests. And the problem is likely to get worse. Read more...

Hilton Grant Press Release

Hilton Grant Press Release

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to the Chicago-based National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) to study educational debt and its impact on religious vocations. Read more...

Handbook on Educational Debt and Vocations to Religious Life

Handbook on Educational Debt and Vocations to Religious Life

A project of the NRVC made possible by the generosity of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

By Kathleen A. Mahoney, editor

Written for major superiors, vocation directors, and congregational treasurers, this handbook is intended to offer an overview of the NRVC/CARA Study on Educational Debt and Vocations, as well as practical guidelines and direction regarding the financial, canonical, and spiritual implications of dealing with newer members who enter a congregation with educational debt. Read more...

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