RECEPTION AWARDS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE APOSTOLATE 4 5 50T A nniversary RECEPTION & AWARDS The Jesuit Community of Georgetown University Congratulates CARA & Oblate School of

Advancing the Church’s Mission for 50 YearsCARA

RECEPTION& AWARDS

Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School

October 27, 2014

Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE APOSTOLATE

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50TH Anniversary RECEPTION & AWARDS

5:00 p.m. Mass — Visitation Chapel

6:00 p.m. Reception in Heritage Room

6:30 p.m. Welcome — Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, Board Chair, and Fr. Tom Gaunt, S.J., Director

6:50 p.m. CARA Presentation

— International Priests Study

— Impact of Catholic Schools

— Questions & Answers

7:30 p.m. Award Presentation of the Cardinal Cushing Medal — Oblate School of Theology

7:50 p.m. Closing Remarks

The Richard Cardinal Cushing Medal for the Advancement

of Church Research Presented to

Named for one of CARA’s founders, this medal of honor is awarded annually to a person or organization that has advanced Church research through their active support

Oblate School of Theology

ProgramRECEPTION & AWARDS

2014


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Congratulations to CARA on years of service!50


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The Jesuit Community of Georgetown University Congratulates CARA & Oblate School of Theology

Congratulations, CARA, on your 50th Anniversary!

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Thank you for your service to the Catholic Church in

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CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 YEARS!

The Jesuit Conference of the United States

Congratulates CARA for 50 Years

of Service to the Church


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CONGRATULATES CARA

ON 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CHURCH

Since 1968, the National Federation of Priests’ Councils has been a unique and vital advocate for the needs and concerns of Catholic priests in the United States. The NFPC supports the communion, brotherhood and solidarity of bishops, presbyterates and priests.

Since 1968, the National Federation

of Priests’ Councils has been a

unique and vital advocate for the

needs and concerns of Catholic

priests in the United States. The

NFPC supports the communion,

brotherhood and solidarity of bish-

ops, presbyterates and priests.

The Association of Catholic

Colleges and Universities Congratulates CARA

for 50 Years of Service to the Church


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Georgetown University Salutes CARA &

Oblate School of Theology

Congratulations

CARA PUBLICATIONS Bridging the Gap — The Opportunities and Challenges of Interna-

tional Priests Ministering in the United States, by Mary L. Gautier, Melissa

A. Cidade, Paul M. Perl, Mark M. Gray; published June 2014 by Our Sun-

day Visitor Press. International priests bring their unique enthusiasm, tal-

ents and pastoral care to parishioners all over the United States. They are

essential to the pastoral ministry of the Church and

they find great joy in their work. But these joys come

with challenges, ranging from language barriers to

homesickness to cultural misunderstandings, and

more. This one-of-a-kind book will help everyone —

bishops, priests, Church leaders and all laity — to

understand and appreciate the ministry of these

men and learn how to work together.


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1964 — The award-winning CARA blog has gathered a wide read-

ership as it interprets data for the reader and provides statistics

that are relevant to faith. To follow the CARA

Blog, 1964, please visit: http://nineteensixty-

four.blogspot.com

The Catholic Ministry Formation Directory 2015 — A comprehensive listing of

more than 550 priesthood, diaconate, and lay ec-

clesial ministry formation programs. The directory

is also available online as a searchable database

of Catholic ministry formation programs. To pur-

chase, please visit: http://cara.georgetown.edu/

Publications/mfd.html

Special Report — Nurturing Vocations to Religious Life and Priest-

hood. The research on volunteer alumni suggests that volunteering for a

year of service in a faith-based volunteer service organization may be an

important step in a young adult’s discernment process. This is evidenced

by the majority of the men volunteer alumni and one-third of the women

volunteer alumni who have considered a religious

vocation. Current and former volunteers may well

be the most likely and identifiable group of poten-

tial vocations to priesthood and religious life. To

read more about this and other CARA Special Re-

ports, please visit: http://cara.georgetown.edu/

Publications/specialrep.html

NEW GENERATIONS

OF CATHOLIC SISTERS

The Challenge of Diversity

Mary Johnson SNDdeNPatricia Wittberg SC

Mary L. Gautier

New Generations of Catholic Sisters —

The Challenge of Diversity, by Mary Johnson,

S.N.D.de N., Patricia Wittberg, S.C., Mary L.

Gautier; published May 2014 by Oxford Universi-

ty Press. This book offers a comprehensive exam-

ination of contemporary religious life among women

who have entered religious institutes in the United

States since the end of the Second Vatican Council. It provides up-

to-date demographics for women’s religious institutes, a summary of

canon law locating religious life within the various forms of life in the

Church, a sociological analysis of the Church’s theology of religious life

at the Second Vatican Council and later, and quantitative and qualitative

data on what attracts women to religious life today.

The CARA Research Archives — An online database of 50 years

of CARA research reports that are publicly available as pdf copies at a

cost of $5.00 each to cover processing expenses. To explore, please visit:

http://cara.georgetown.edu/Publications/Publications.html

The CARA Report — Celebrates 20 years of continuous publica-

tion and winner of multiple awards from the Catholic Press Association.

This quarterly publication provides subscrib-

ers with readable summaries of research on

American Catholics and the Catholic Church,

including CARA research and research about

Catholics from academia. To subscribe, please

visit: http://cara.georgetown.edu/Publications/

Publications.html

Advancing the Church’s Mission for 50 YearsCARA

Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate2300 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20007

202-687-8080, fax 202-687-8083

Email: [email protected]

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