Editor: Mary L. Gautier, Ph.D.
Contributing Editor: Gerald H. Early, M.A., M.M.A.S.
CARA Executive Director: Sr. Mary E. Bendyna, RSM, Ph.D.
Articles
Young Adult Catholics Interested in Church Ministry
Sustaining and Promoting Brotherhood
Most Young Adult Catholics Likely to Marry
CARA Reflections on the Pew Religious Landscape Survey
Annual Profile of Newly Ordained Priests
Hispanics Will Soon Comprise More than Half of U.S. Catholic Teens
Most Catholics Have Mostly Catholic Close Friends
More than a Quarter of Young Adult Catholics in the U.S. Self-Identify as Hispanic
Special Section on Academic Research
College and Graduate-Level Seminary Students Up Slightly
Lay Ecclesial Minstry Formation Programs Down Slightly
Permanent Deacon Candidates Down 8 Percent
CARA Briefs
Music Ministers and Parishioners Rate Parish Singing
Circulation Up in Diocesan Publications
Lenten Practices
Number of U.S. Catholic Retreat Houses Up 41 Percent since 1981
Mass Times for Travelers
Ongoing Research
Inventory of Catholic Housing Initiatives
Study of Religious Vocations in the United States
Sacramental Beliefs and Practices
CARA Catholic Ministry Formation Directory and 2007-2008 Statistical Overview
Annual Index to The CARA Report