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Bishop Friend Succeeds Bishop Gerry as CARA Board Chair-Vol. 3, No. 2-Fall ‘97 Bishop Malone Dies-Vol 5, No 4-Spring ‘00 CARA Announces Research Advisors-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 CARA Board Appoints Executive Director-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 CARA Board Update-Vol. 4, No. 3-Winter ‘99 CARA Fortieth Anniversary Celebration Honors Dr. Ruth Wallace and Cushwa Center-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 CARA’s Founding Executive Director Dies-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 CARA Honored With Lumen Gentium Award-Vol 9, No 4-Winter ‘04 The CARA Report Receives CPA Award-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 CARA Research Awards-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 CARA Studies Trends in Catholic Elementary School Enrollments-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Catholic Charities Served More Than 12 Million in 2004-Vol 11, No 3-‘Winter ‘05 Changes in CARA Staff-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 CPA Cites The CARA Report for General Excellence-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Former CARA Executive Director Dies-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 Global Catholicism Receives CPA Award-Vol 10, No 1-Summer -04 Hoge, Murnion Receive CARA Awards-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 New Board Chair at CARA-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 New CARA Executive Director Appointed-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 New Faces at CARA-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 Sisters Katarina Schuth and Mary Peter Traviss Honored With CARA Research Awards-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Ten-Year Index to The CARA Report Now Available Online-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Two Join, Two Leave CARA Board-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 Two New CARA Board Members-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Visit CARA on the World Wide Web-Vol. 2, No. 3-Winter ‘97 ATTITUDES, BEHAVIORS, AND BELIEFS - POLITICAL ISSUES Americans’ Opinions of Muslims Have Improved Since the Attacks-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02Americans Support Religious History in Public Schools-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 At the Intersection of Religion and Politics-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Attitudes Mixed on Church/State Funding-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Attitudes on Public Policy Issues Differ By Religion-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Attitudes Toward Role of Religion-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 CARA Research Finds Catholics Split on Presidential Election-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Catholic College Education Influences Public Policy Attitudes-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Catholic Composition of 109th Congress-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Catholic Congressional Voting, 1980-1994-Vol 1, No 1-Spring ‘95 Catholics Consider Torture Justified in Some Circumstances-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Catholic Institutional Investors Mindful of Moral Concerns-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Catholic Republican Activists and the Christian Right-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Catholic Vote in 2004 Election at 63 Percent-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Catholic Voters: A Crucial But Changing Pattern-Vol 1, No 5-Spring ‘96 Catholic Votes by Party-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Catholics and Evangelicals Emerge in U.S. Intellectual Life-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Catholics Divided in Political Views-Vol 1, No 3-Fall ‘95 Catholics Draw on Faith for Political Choices-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 Catholics Increasingly Favor Protecting the Environment-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Catholics Support Leadership, Disagree with Some Policies-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Catholics’ Religious, Political Identities Connected-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Catholics’ Support for Capital Punishment Waning-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Catholic Voters Reflect Concerns about Terrorism-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Chances of Divorce May Be Lower Than You Think-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Church Should Speak Out On Issues But Not Back Candidates-Vol 1, No 3-Fall ‘95 Churches Help Achieve Community Goals-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 College Students’ Religiosity Affects Values, Political Beliefs-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Contemporary Catholic Trends-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Generations Key to Understanding American Catholic Laity-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 High School Seniors Address ‘Hot Button Issues’-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Increasing Percentage of Catholics in Congress-Vol 5, No 3-Winter ‘00 Jesuit Volunteer Corps Has Lifelong Effects-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 JVC Service Affects Attitudes toward Issues of Poverty and Welfare-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘05 Latino Catholics Willing To Vote For Pro-Choice Candidates-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Latino Voice Emerging in U.S. Political and Civic Life-Vol 9, No 4-Winter ‘04 Mass Attendance Affects Views on Immigration Policy-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Meet “Generation Next”-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Media Coverage of Religion Increases-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 Most University Faculty Look Down on Evangelical Christians and Mormons-Vol 13, No 1- Summer ‘07 New Book Highlights American Catholicism Today-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Pastors’ Influence on Attitudes About Capital Punishment-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Perceptions of Anti-Catholic Bias-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Perceptions of Clergy as Public Figures-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Political and Religious Attitudes of U.S. Priests-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Report Finds Poverty in America on the Increase-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Religion Has Little Influence on Attitudes Toward War in Iraq-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Religion May Have Significant Effect in 2008 Election-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 State Catholic Conferences in a Secular World-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 State Catholic Conferences Promote Church’s Role in the Public Life-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Trends in Attitudes and Beliefs of Lay Catholics-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 U.S. Catholics Express a Distinctive Political Voice-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Weekly Mass Attenders Support Church Positions on Abortion and Capital Punishment-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 ATTITUDES, BEHAVIORS,
AND BELIEFS - RELIGIOUS ISSUES ‘Active’ Catholics More Satisfied with Bishops’ Response to Scandal-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 American Catholics Not Swayed by The Da Vinci Code-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Americans Look to Religion-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Americans No More Religious Since September 11-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Anti-Catholic Attitudes in American Life-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 At the Intersection of Religion and Politics-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Attend Mass Weekly by Marital Status-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Attitude toward Catholic Religion Less Favorable among Non-Catholics-Vol 13, No 1- Summer ‘07 Attitudes About Celibacy and Homosexuality Vary Among Priests-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Attitudes Concerning Marriage Annulment-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Baby Boomers Give Less to Religious and Secular Philanthropy-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Bishops’ Approval Rating Rises-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 CARA Catholic Poll Reveals Generational Differences-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 CARA Releases New Poll Results-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 CARA Summarizes Reactions to Reports of Clergy Sex Abuse-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Catholic Attitudes toward Sacramental Marriage-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Catholic Faculty Concentration Influences Catholic Identity-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Catholic Identity Maintained--Is the ‘Sacred Canopy’ Wide Enough for All Catholics?-Vol 5, No 4-Spring ‘00 Catholic Institutional Investors Mindful of Moral Concerns-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Catholic Laity Similar to Mainline Protestants in Religious Views-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Catholic Pluralism Study Finds Generational Differences-Vol 2, No 2-Fall ‘96 Catholic Schooling Boosts Weekly Mass Attendance Across Generations-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Catholic Support for Bishops Declining, Pope Holding Strong-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Catholic Values Promote Wealth-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Catholic Young Adults Less Likely to Switch Loyalty-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Catholic Young Adults Support Pope’s Continued Service-Vol 8, No 1-Fall ‘02 Catholic Youth Lag Behind Other Christian Teenagers on Some Measures of Religion and Spirituality-Vol 11, No 2-Fall 2005 Catholics Becoming Mainstream America-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Catholics Call for Openness, Better Communication, Accountability-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Catholics More Satisfied with Spiritual Lives-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Catholics Online for Religious Inquiry, Research-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Catholics Support Leadership, Disagree with Some Policies-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Catholics Support Pope But Hold Independent Views-Vol 1, No 3-Fall ‘95 Catholics Want Churches To Do More for Poor-Vol 1, No 3-Fall ‘95 Catholics’ Contributions Influenced by Personal Financial Concerns-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Catholics’ Mass Attendance Continues Decline-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Church Attendance an International Concern-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Church Financial Accountability Still Important-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Church Rebounds from 2003 Problems-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 College Students Have Differing Conceptions of Moral Issues-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 College Students’ Religiosity Affects Values, Political Beliefs-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Contrasting Latino Communities in the United States-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Culture of Bible Belt Catholics-Vol 2, No 4-Spring ‘97 Differing Perceptions of God-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Disaffected Catholics Stay Committed to Church-Vol l, No 2-Summer ‘95 Divorce, Remarriage Affect Catholics’ Identity, Participation-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Experiences of Catholic, Orthodox Clergy Compared-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Exploring the Catholic Identity of Catholic Schools-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Faculty, Administrators Speak on Catholic Identity, Tradition-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Fewer Catholics Participating in Reconciliation-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Friendship Between Catholics and Evangelicals-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Gender, Generation, Commitment Differentiate Laity-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Generational Differences and Childhood Religiosity Most Significant in Developing Catholic Religious Attitudes-Vol 3, No 2-Fall ‘97 Generations and Catholic Culture-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Generations Key to Understanding American Catholic Laity-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Giving to Churches Increased in 2003-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Greeley Book Describes Effects of Vatican II-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 High School Seniors Address ‘Hot Button Issues’-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Hispanic Catholics and Protestants Similar in Traditional Social Attitudes-Vol 7, No 4-Spring‘02 Hispanic Catholics in U.S. Satisfied with Parish Life-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Hispanics Transforming U.S. Religion-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 How Essential to the Catholic Faith?-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 How Progressive Positions Prevailed at Vatican Council II- Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Importance of Religion Stronger in U.S. Than among Western Europeans-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Increasingly, Americans Claim No Religious Identity-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Irish Still Catholic on Their Own Terms-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 IVC Service Affects Faith, Spirituality, and Attitudes Toward Social Justice-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Jesuit Volunteer Corps Has Lifelong Effects-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 JVC Service Affects Attitudes toward Issues of Poverty and Welfare-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘05 Keeping Catholic Higher Education “Catholic”-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Laity Assesses Challenges Facing Church-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Lenten Practices-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Link Between Faith and Everyday Life-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Link Found Between Hispanic/Latino Religious Affiliation and Abortion Attitudes-Vol 5, No 3-Winter ‘00 Many College Freshmen Engaged and Involved in Religion-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Mass Attendance Affects Views on Immigration Policy-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Mass Attendance: It Depends How You Ask the Question-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Mass-Attending Catholics Seek Greater Accountability-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Meet “Generation Next”-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Mixed Marriages More Common in South, West-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 More Than Half Say Catholic Faith ‘Very Important’-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 More Than 150,000 New Catholics Entered at Easter-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Most Catholics Believe in Some Form of Evolution-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Most Catholics Have Mostly Catholic Close Friends-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Most Catholics Lie Between ‘Traditional’ and ‘Progressive’-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Most Catholics Think Patients Should Decide End-of-Life Issues-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Most Catholics Unaware of Church Actions to Prevent Abuse of Minors-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Most Teens Not Alienated from Organized Religion-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Most University Faculty Look Down on Evangelical Christians and Mormons-Vol 13, No1-Summer ‘07 Most U.S. Adults Believe in Sin-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Most U.S. Catholics Support Choice of New Pope-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 National Culture Shapes Individual Opinions of Moral Issues-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 National Polls Track Clergy Scandal-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 New Research on Catholic Attitudes-Vol 4, No 4-Spring ‘99 News About Readers of Diocesan Newspapers-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Number of U.S. Catholic Retreat Houses Up 41 Percent since 1981-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 One-Quarter of Adult Catholics Read Diocesan Newspapers-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Opinions on Pope Benedict, Islam, and Mormonism-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Parish Councils Evaluate Parish Restructuring-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Parish Shopping and Hopping Among U.S. Catholics-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Parishes Must Point the Way to Social Justice-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Parishioners Less Likely than Leaders to Support Larger Parishes-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Parishioners Prefer Familiar Songs That Are Easy to Sing-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Parishioners Want More Openness in Church Financial Reporting-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Perceptions of Anti-Catholic Bias-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Perceptions of Church Functions Differ-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Political and Religious Attitudes of U.S. Priests-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Poll Finds U.S. Catholics Trust Church Leaders-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ’06 Priests Satisfied With Ministry But Worry About Morale- Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Priests’ Satisfaction, Generational Differences Increasing-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Priests’ Spirituality Key to Pastoral Excellence-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Pro-Life Position Backed-Vol 1, No 4-Winter ‘96 Public Reaction to Allegations of Clergy Sexual Abuse-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Religion and Spirituality through the Life Course-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Religion Poorly Represented on Prime-Time Television-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Religiosity and Spirituality Differentiated-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Religious Identity of College Catholics-Vol 2, No 2-Fall ‘96 Religious Practices of Former Religious-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Religiously Active Also Civically Engaged-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 'Renewalist' Christians in Catholic Countries-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Seeking the Outlines of the Church of Tomorrow-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Seminarians Desire Assignment to Parishes with Catholic Schools-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Seniors Prefer Intergenerational Activities-Vol 4, No 2-Fall ‘98 Shifts in Catholic Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice Attitudes-Vol 3, No 4-Spring ‘98 Spirituality Among College Students-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Spirituality Central to Success in Today’s Priesthood-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Study Reveals Catholics Trail Evangelicals in Belief, Behavior-Vol 5, No 2-Fall ‘99 Study Reveals Significant Differences Between “Orthodox” and “Progressive” Catholics in Today’s Society-Vol 3, No 1-Summer ‘97 Substance Abuse Much Lower Among Believers-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Top Four Catholics of 20th Century-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Trends in Attitudes and Beliefs of Lay Catholics-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 U.S. Catholics Less Likely Than Evangelicals to Reject Evolution-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 U.S. Leads Canada and Great Britain in Religious Importance and Worship Attendance-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 ‘Voice of the Faithful’ as a Social Movement-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Web Surfers Looking for Religion-Vol 10, No 1-Spring ‘04 Weekly Catholic Mass Attendance Estimated at 26.7 Percent-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 What Makes Catholics Feel and Act ‘Catholic’?- Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Whatever Happened to Saints’ Names-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Young Adult Catholics Interested in Church Ministry-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Young Adults Give Little, but Most Goes to Church-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Youth Want Church Involvement in HIV/AIDS Education-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Campus Ministry Has Positive, Lifelong Effect on Faith-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 CARA Study Finds Campus Ministry Financial Problems-Vol. 1, No. 3-Fall ‘95 Catholic Campus Ministry Examined-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Diocesan Directors of Campus Ministry Wear Many Hats-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Pilot Study Develops Tools for Evaluating Campus Ministries-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Study Assesses Campus Ministry's Effectiveness in Faith Formation-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 CARA ADMINISTRATION CARA Awards Recognize Excellence in Catholic Research-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 CARA Awards Recognize Two Major Figures in Catholic Research-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Glenmary Research Center and Father Virgilio Elizondo Honored with CARA Research Awards-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 The CARA Report Rated First by CPA-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Study Profiles the
Nation's Cathedrals-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 Catholic Charities USA Helps Over 10.6 Million People-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 Catholic Charities' Services Increase in 1994-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 Coleman Examines CCUSA’s Catholic Identity, Structure-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 About Their Futures-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 CHURCH ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION Americans Go Online for Religion-Vol. 7, No. 1-Summer 2001Catholics Online for Religious Inquiry, Research-Vol. 7, No. 1-Summer 2001 78 Percent of Permanent Deacons Active in Ministry-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Annual Profile of Newly Ordained Priests-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Annual Summary Reveals Bright Spots, Areas for Concern-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Aspirants on Increase in Diaconate Formation Programs-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 CARA Reflections on Pew Religious Landscape Survey-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Catholic and Jewish Population Shift to the Midwest and West-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Catholic Charities Clients Increase Seven Percent in 2006-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Catholic Church in U.S. is First in Size But Third in Growth-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Catholic Population by State-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 Catholic Population Growth, 1971 to 2000-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Catholic Population in the U.S., 2000-2005-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Catholic Population Moves, Leaving Parishes Behind-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Catholic School Enrollment Down, but Waiting Lists Persist-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Catholics Are Largest Religious Group Among New Immigrants-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Catholics in Congress Exceed Proportion in U.S. Population-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Changing Face of U.S. Missioners-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Characteristics of Active U.S. Bishops-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 College and Graduate-Level Seminary Students Up Slightly-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Congregations and Membership Study-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Contrasting Latino Communities in the United States-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Deacons and Candidates Continue Growth-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Declining Percent of U.S. Hispanics Say They are Catholic-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 Demographic Changes to Impact Church in Europe and USA-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Diocesan Structure and Catholic Population Totals-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 Dioceses with Most Priestly Ordinations During Four Years 2000-2003-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Directory Shows More U.S. Catholics, But Fewer Priests, Sisters, and Brothers-Vol. 3, No. 1- Summer ‘97 Enrollment in Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Programs Tops 35,000-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Exploring Differences in Diocesan Ordination Rates-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Facts About Hispanics/Latinos in the United States-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Fewer Parishes Being Entrusted to Someone Other Than a Priest-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol. 2, No. 1-Summer ‘96 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Frequently Requested Church Statistics-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Glenmary Highlights Southern Mission Need-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Graduate-Level Seminary Enrollments Highest Since 1992-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Hispanics Raised Catholic More Likely to Keep Their Faith-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Hispanics Transforming U.S. Religion-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Hispanics Will Soon Comprise More Than Half of U.S. Catholic Teens-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Identifying U.S. Hispanic Catholics-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Increases in Ordinations, Catholic Population During Past Year-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 International Priests and the Priest Shortage in the United States-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Latino Christian Faith Communities Growing in Number and Diversity-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Programs Down Slightly-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Lay Ministry Formation Continues Strong-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Little Evidence of Switching Among Hispanic Catholics-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 More Than 10,000 Lay Missioners Serving in U.S. and Overseas-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 More Than 20,000 in Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 More Than 150,000 New Catholics Entered at Easter-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 More Than a Quarter of Young Adult Catholics in the U.S. Self-Identify As Hispanic-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 More Than Three in Four Permanent Deacons in Active Ministry-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 More Than Three-Quarters of Americans are Christian, Almost One-Fourth Are Catholic-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Nationality and Language Are Important Elements of Latino Identity-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 NCC Yearbook Reports Catholic Increase-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Nearly 6,000 International Priests Serving in U.S. since 1985-Vol 11, No 1-Summer -05 Newly Ordained Priests Average 35 Years Old-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 New Priests Older, Better Educated, More Foreign Born-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 New Priests Reflect Greater Diversity-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 New Priests Are Older, More Diverse, Better Educated-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 New U.S. Priests Older and More Foreign-Born-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Number of Active U.S. Diocesan Priests Expected to Decline 12 Percent by 2010-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Number of U.S. Permanent Deacons Continues to Increase-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Numbers of Catholics and Deacons Up, Priests and Religious Down-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 One-Third of Californians Will Be Catholic by 2025-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Ordinations to the Diocesan Priesthood Compared-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Orthodox Priesthood Includes Former Catholics-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ’08 Percent Catholic in Each State-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 Percent of Hispanics Who Identify as Catholic-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Permanent Deacon Candidates Down 8 Percent-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Permanent Deacon Totals Continue to Grow-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Proportion of Foreign-Born Priests in U.S. Continues to Increase-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Race and Ethnicity of the U.S. Catholic Church-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Religious Identification of U.S. Adult Hispanics-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Retirement Needs of U.S. Religious Continue-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Rural Dioceses in the United States-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Salvadorans an Increasing Presence in Six Dioceses-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Six in Ten U.S. Hispanics Self-Identify As Catholics-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Some Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Programs Reorganizing-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Theologate Enrollments Dip Slightly During Year of Turmoil-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Theologate Enrollments Down Slightly; College Seminary Enrollments Increase-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Theologate-Level Seminary Enrollments Down 4 Percent-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Unchurched in the United States-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 U.S. Catholic Population Rises, Sacramental Marriages Decline-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 U.S. Mission Efforts Worldwide-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 U.S. Missioners Serve in U.S. and Foreign Countries-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Voice of the Faithful Leaders Studied-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Which State Has the Most Catholics?-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Women in the U.S. Church-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Worldwide Catholic Population Increased 1.5 Percent-Vol 13, No 1-Summer >07 CHURCH DEMOGRAPHICS (WORLDWIDE) CARA Book Describes Regional Catholic Trends Throughout the World-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03Catholic Growth Rate Just Under Worldwide Population Growth-Vol 12, No 1-Summer >06 Catholic Population Exceeds One Billion-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 Catholic Population Growth in Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Demographic Changes to Impact Church in Europe and USA-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Excerpts from Global Catholicism: Portrait of a World Church-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Growth in World’s Catholic Population in Reign of Pope John Paul II-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Increases in Catholic Population and Priests, Especially in Africa, but Priest-to-Parishioner Ratio Declines-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Increases in Catholic Population and Seminarians, Particularly in Africa- Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 International Priests and the Priest Shortage in the United States-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 John Paul II Bishops Older, Less Geographically Diverse-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Latin America Underrepresented in College of Cardinals-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 More Than 10,000 Lay Missioners Serving in U.S. and Overseas-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Nearly 6,000 International Priests Serving in U.S. since 1985-Vol 11, No 1-Summer -05 Non-Priests Lead 3,000 Parishes Worldwide-Vol. 1, No. 3-Fall ‘95 Priest Demographics in Italy Similar to U.S.-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Religious Change in Brazil-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Religious Sisters Gaining in Eastern Europe, Struggling in China-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 ‘Renewalist’ Christians in Catholic Countries-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Worldwide Catholic Church Membership-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Worldwide Catholic Population Increased 1.5 Percent-Vol 13, No 1-Summer >07 Worldwide Catholic Total Approaches One Billion-Vol. 3, No. 2 -Fall ‘97 Worldwide Catholic Total Increases-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Worldwide Parishes Without Resident Pastors-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97 Worldwide Priest and Bishop Totals-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97 U.S. Leads Canada and Great Britain in Religious Importance and Worship Attendance-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 U.S. Mission Efforts Worldwide-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Vatican Yearbook Reports Worldwide Church Statistics-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Vatican Yearbook Reports Worldwide Church Statistics-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS (CLERGY ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR) Catholic
and Protestant Clergy Compared-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS(ATTITUDES,BEHAVIORS,BELIEFS) African Americans Tend to Stay Catholic-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01Americans Go Online for Religion-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Americans Look to Religion-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Americans No More Religious Since September 11-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Americans Oppose Embryo Research-Vol. 1, No. 2-Summer ‘95 Americans Split on Lethal Prescriptions-Vol. 1, No. 2 -Summer ‘95 Americans Support Religious History in Public Schools-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Attitude toward Catholic Religion Less Favorable among Non-Catholics-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Attitudes Mixed on Church/State Funding-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Attitudes on Public Policy Issues Differ By Religion-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Can Catholic Leaders Learn from Protestant Megachurches?-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Catholic Faculty Concentration Influences Catholic Identity-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Catholic Laity Similar to Mainline Protestants in Religious Views-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Catholic Values Promote Wealth-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Catholic Young Adults Less Likely to Switch Loyalty-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Catholics and Evangelicals Emerge in U.S. Intellectual Life-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Catholics Becoming Mainstream America-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Catholics Consider Torture Justified in Some Circumstances-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Catholics Less Likely than Protestants to Divorce-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Catholics More Satisfied with Spiritual Lives” Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Catholics’ Support for Capital Punishment Waning-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Church Attendance an International Concern-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Church Contributors Lead In Support To Private Charities-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Church Rebounds from 2003 Problems-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Churches Help Achieve Community Goals-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Churchgoing Teens Less Likely to Use Drugs, Alcohol-Vol 4, No 2-Fall ‘98 Congregational Engagement-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Contrasting Latino Communities in the United States-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Despite Declines in Participation, Religious Organizations Serve Wider Public-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Differing Perceptions of God-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Do-It-Yourself Religion Among Young Adults-Vol 5, No 3-Winter ‘00 Ecumenical Study of Clergy ‘Breach of Trust’-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Few Americans Have Negative View of Catholics-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Fewer Americans Think Islam Inspires Violence-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Friendship Between Catholics and Evangelicals-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Giving to Churches Increased in 2003-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Government Should Support Poor-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 Heritage Foundation Study Links Religion, Social Stability-Vol. 1, No. 5-Spring ‘96 Hispanic Catholics and Protestants Similar in Traditional Social Attitudes-Vol 7, No 4-Spring‘02 Hispanic/Latino Faith Strong, Diverse-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Hispanics Transforming U.S. Religion-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Importance of Religion Stronger in U.S. Than among Western Europeans-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Influences on Financial Decisions-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 International Study Finds Religious Influence High-Vol. 1, No. 5 -Spring ‘95 Latino Catholics and Protestants Compared-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Link Between Faith and Everyday Life-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Meet “Generation Next”-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Members’ Commitment Higher in Strict Churches-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 More Americans Believe in Miracles-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘98 More Seek Religious Info Online-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Most Catholics Have Mostly Catholic Close Friends-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Most U.S. Adults Believe in Sin-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 National Culture Shapes Individual Opinions of Moral Issues-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 National Religious Attitudes Survey-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97 Nationality and Language Are Important Elements of Latino Identity-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Opinions on Pope Benedict, Islam, and Mormonism-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Parishes Compared to Other U.S. Religious Congregations-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Passing the Faith in the Family-Vol. 2, No. 2-Fall ‘96 Pastors’ Influence on Attitudes About Capital Punishment-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Public Confidence in Organized Religion-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 Regular Churchgoers Live Longer-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 Religion Has Little Influence on Attitudes Toward War in Iraq-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Religion in Canada: Most Believe, Few Attend-Vol. 1, No. 5-Spring ‘96 Religion Matters in Giving to the Needy-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 Religious Beliefs Spur Civic Involvement-Vol. 2, No. 1-Summer ‘96 Religious Giving Steady During 2001-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Religious Life of Today’s Immigrants-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Social Ministry in Affluent Churches-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97 Substance Abuse Much Lower Among Believers-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Trustees Have Less Influence in Catholic Seminaries-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 U.S. Catholics Less Likely Than Evangelicals to Reject Evolution-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ’07 U.S. Embrace of Religion Exceptional Among Developed Nations-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 U.S. Religious Attitudes Unchanged-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 Views on Heaven, Hell-Vol. 1, No. 1-Spring ‘95 Weekly Catholic Mass Attendance Estimated at 26.7 Percent-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 COMPARATIVE
RELIGIONS (DEMOGRAPHICS) CARA Reflections on Pew Religious Landscape Survey-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Catholic and Jewish Population Shift to the Midwest and West-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Catholic Church in U.S. is First in Size But Third in Growth-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Catholic Church is Only Principal U.S. Religious Body With Declining Number Of Clergy-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Catholic Composition of 109th Congress-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Catholic Population Shift Anticipated-Vol 8, No 4 Spring ‘03 Catholics Are Largest Religious Group Among New Immigrants-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Catholics in Congress Exceed Proportion in U.S. Population-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Characteristics of Latino Lay Ministers-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Christianity Experiencing a Shift Toward the South-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Christianity Remains World’s Largest Religion-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Congregations and Membership Study-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Contrasting Latino Communities in the United States-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Hispanics Transforming U.S. Religion-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Identifying U.S. Hispanic Catholics-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Increase in ‘No Religion’ Seen As Primarily Political-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Increasingly, Americans Claim No Religious Identity-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Islam Has Displaced Catholicism as World’s Largest Religion-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Latest Religious Preferences for the United States-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Latino Christian Faith Communities Growing in Number and Diversity-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Latino Voice Emerging in U.S. Political and Civic Life-Vol 9, No 4-Winter ‘04 Little Evidence of Switching Among Hispanic Catholics-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Majority of U.S. Arabs Are Christian-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Mixed Marriages More Common in South, West-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 More Than Three-Quarters of Americans are Christian, Almost One-Fourth Are Catholic-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 NCC Yearbook Reports Catholic Increase-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 New U.S. Church Membership Comparisons-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘97 New U.S. Membership Data for Catholic Church and Other Religious Bodies-Vol. 1, No. 5 Spring ‘96 One-Third of World Population Is Christian-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Orthodox Priesthood Includes Former Catholics-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Protestant Percentage of U.S. Population Dropping” Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Religious Change in Brazil-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Religious Identification of U.S. Adult Hispanics-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Religious Preferences for the U.S.-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Top Fifteen U.S. Religious Bodies-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘98 Unchurched in the United States-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 U.S. Church Membership-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 U.S. Embrace of Religion Exceptional Among Developed Nations-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 United States May No Longer Be a Majority-Protestant Nation-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘05 U.S. Religious Makeup Shifting With Immigrant Tide-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 U.S. Population Increasingly Diverse Since 1990-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Worldwide Catholic Population Increased 1.5 Percent-Vol 13, No 1-Summer >07 DEACON FORMATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS 78 Percent of Permanent Deacons Active in Ministry-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06Aspirants On Increase in Diaconate Formation Programs-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Deacon Candidates Increase-Vol. 5, No. 4-Spring ‘00 Deacon Formation Continues to Grow-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 Deacon Formation Continues to Grow-Vol 6, No 4 -Spring ‘01 Deacons and Candidates Continue Growth-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Deacon Candidates Decrease, Aspirants Increase-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Growth in Diaconate Formation Programs, Candidates-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘98 More Than 2,100 Prepare for Permanent Diaconate-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97 Number of Permanent Deacons and Candidates Continues to Grow-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Number of U.S. Permanent Deacons Continues to Increase-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Numbers of Catholics and Deacons Up, Priests and Religious Down-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 Permanent Deacon Candidates Down 8 Percent-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Permanent Deacon Totals Continue to Grow-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 The Permanent Diaconate Thrives-Vol. 3, No. 2 -Fall ‘97 Deacons, Church Leaders, Rate Diaconate a Success-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 Despite Successes, Questions Exist About Role, Utility of Diaconate-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Ministry and Satisfaction of Permanent Deacons Examined-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 More Than Three in Four Permanent Deacons in Active Ministry-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 New Book Explores Parishes Entrusted to Married Men-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 New Reality: Wives of Men Administering Catholic Parishes-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Survey of African American Deacons Reveals High Comfort Level with Both Ministry and Themselves-Vol. 2, No. 3-Winter ‘97 DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Annual Diocesan Salary Survey Reveals Regional Differences-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99CARA Priest Projections: Trend Line Down, But Some Dioceses to Increase by 2020- Vol. 1, No. 5-Spring ‘96 Diocesan Level Stewardship Surveys Released by Council-Vol. 2, No. 2-Fall ‘96 Dioceses Require HIV Test-Vol. 1, No. 1-Spring ‘95 Growth in Number, Effectiveness of Diocesan Pastoral Councils-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 New Roles for Women in the Church-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Number of Active Diocesan Priests in U.S. Declines-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Ordinations to the Diocesan Priesthood Compared-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Survey Finds Diocesan Hiring Policies in Flux-Vol. 1, No. 5-Spring ‘96 Wide Variance in Diocesan Policies on Pastor Assignment-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98 Women in Diocesan Leadership Positions-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Women Nearly Half of U.S. Diocesan Professionals-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 DIOCESAN ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Archdiocesan Study Evaluates Cardinal’s Ministry and Priorities-Vol 10, No 1-Summer -04Average Diocesan Annual Appeal Collection Rebounds-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Best Practices in Parish Stewardship-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Bishops’ Approval Rating Rises-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Can Catholic Leaders Learn from Protestant Megachurches-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Careers of Active U.S. Bishops-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 CARA Summarizes Reactions to Reports of Clergy Sex Abuse-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Catholic Population Moves, Leaving Parishes Behind-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Characteristics of Clergy Sex Abusers-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Circulation Up in Diocesan Publications-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Decline in Clergy Sex Abuse Is Real-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Detroit Archdiocese Examines Priests’Attitudes Toward Change-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Diocesan Experiences in Parish Restructuring-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Diocesan Offertory Collections Increase 9 Percent-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Diocesan Planning for Parish Reorganization-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Diocesan Reorganization Raises New Questions-Vol. 1, No 4-Winter ‘96 Diocesan Salaries Compared-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Diocesan Structure and Catholic Population Totals-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 Diocesan Study Provides Widely-Applicable Insights-Vol. 3, No. 4 -Spring ‘98 Dioceses and Parishes Making More Use of Pastoral Councils-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Dioceses with Most Priestly Ordinations During Four Years 2000-2003-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Directors Encourage ‘Time, Talent, Treasure’-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 Easing the Impact of Parish Reorganization-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Exploring Differences in Diocesan Ordination Rates-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Fewer Parishes Being Entrusted to Someone Other Than a Priest-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Financial Management in Dioceses and Parishes-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Forty Years of Change in Diocesan Organization-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘98 Fourteen Percent of U.S. Parishes Reorganized between 1995 and 2000-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Glenmary Highlights Southern Mission Need-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Home Missions Dioceses May be Model for Church-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 International Priests and the Priest Shortage in the United States-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 John Paul II Bishops Older, Less Geographically Diverse-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Mass-Attending Catholics Seek Greater Accountability-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Models of Organizational Leadership in a Diocese- Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 More Women in Diocesan Leadership Positions-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 More Women Serve as Diocesan Chancellors-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Most Catholics Unaware of Church Actions to Prevent Abuse of Minors-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 NACPA Reports Salaries of Diocesan Workers-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Nearly 6,000 International Priests Serving in U.S. since 1985-Vol 11, No 1-Summer - Offertory Rose in 2002, As Diocesan Annual Appeal Declined-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Overall Priests’ Compensation Increased since 2002-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Parish Councils Evaluate Parish Restructuring-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Parishes Without a Resident Priest Pastor Increase-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Parishioners Less Likely than Leaders to Support Larger Parishes-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Parishioners Want More Openness in Church Financial Reporting-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Planning Process Identifies Parishioner Concerns-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Regular Mass Attenders Rate Church’s Financial Accountability-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Salvadorans an Increasing Presence in Six Dioceses-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 State Catholic Conferences in a Secular World-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 State Catholic Conferences Promote Church’s Role in the Public Life-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Ten Most Catholic Dioceses in the United States-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Two-Thirds of Diocesan School Superintendents Now Lay-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Two-Thirds of U.S. Parishes Have Paid Lay Ministers-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Archdiocesan Study Evaluates Cardinal’s Ministry and
Priorities-Vol 10, No 1-Summer -04 LAY MINISTRY FORMATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS Changing Face of U.S. Missioners-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06Characteristics of Latino Lay Ministers-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 EPS Formation Empowers Graduates to Serve-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘02 Enrollment in Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Programs Tops 35,000-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Enrollments in Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Programs Decrease-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Experiences of Former Religious Inform Today’s Lay Ministry-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Formation Enrollments Reflect the Latino Population-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Funding for Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 IVC Service Affects Faith, Spirituality, and Attitudes Toward Social Justice-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Lay Ecclesial Ministry Enrollments Increase by 3 Percent-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Programs Down Slightly-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Lay Ministers’ Spiritual Preparation for Pastoral Work-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Lay Ministry Continues to Expand-Vol. 5, No. 4-Spring ‘00 Lay Ministry Formation Expands-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 Lay Ministry Formation Numbers Show Another Increase-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘98 Lay Ministry Formation Trends Continue-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Lay Ministry Formation Up by 14 Percent-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Lay Ministry Programs Continue to Gro-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97 Lay Parish Ministers are Increasing-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 More Than 10,000 Lay Missioners Serving in U.S. and Overseas-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 More Than 20,000 in Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Number of Lay Ministry Students Doubles in Decade-Vol. 1, No. 2-Summer ‘95 Parish Life Coordinators and the Parishes they Serve-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Some Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Programs Reorganizing-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 The Spiritual Formation of Lay Ecclesial Ministers-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Theology of the Priesthood of the Baptized-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Two-Thirds of Diocesan School Superintendents Now Lay-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Two-Thirds of U.S. Parishes Have Paid Lay Ministers-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 6,000 Studying in Lay Ministry Programs-Vol. 1, No. 1-Spring ‘95 LAY MINISTRY STATUS AND ACTIVITIES Anointing of the Sick Increasingly Unavailable-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01Bishops' Project Leads to Recommendations on Lay Ecclesial Ministry-Vol. 5, No. 3- Winter ‘00 Diocesan Salaries Compared-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Experiences of Former Religious Inform Today’s Lay Ministry-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Fewer Parishes Being Entrusted to Someone Other Than a Priest-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Generation X Open to Serving-Vol 5, No 4-Spring ‘00 Home Missions Dioceses May be Model for Church-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Jesuit Volunteer Corps Celebrates 50th Anniversary” Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Lay Catholics Leading Parishes-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Lay Leaders of Catholic Colleges and Universities-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Lay Ministers Involved in Leading Prayer-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Lay Ministers Urge Cooperation, Respect-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 The Ministry and Experience of Parish Life Coordinators-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 More Laity are Parish Business Administrators-Vol. 1, No. 5-Spring ‘96 More Than 10,000 Lay Missioners Serving in U.S. and Overseas-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 More Women Serve as Diocesan Chancellors-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Music Ministers and Parishioners Rate Parish Singing-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 New Book Explores Parishes Entrusted to Married Men-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 New Reality: Wives of Men Administering Catholic Parishes-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 New Roles for Women in the Church-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Parish Life Coordinators and the Parishes they Serve-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Parishes Without a Resident Priest Pastor Increase-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Parishioners, Pastors Support Lay Preaching-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Pastoral Lay Ministry Increasing in Numbers, Institutionalization, Says Recent Study-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 Profile of Ecclesial Lay Ministers-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98 Skills Required for Success in Parish Ministry-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Survey Finds Diocesan Hiring Policies in Flux-Vol. 1, No. 5-Spring ‘96 Surveys Begin Project Funded by Lilly Endowment-Vol. 2, No. 3 -Winter ‘97 Two-Thirds of Diocesan School Superintendents Now Lay-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Two-Thirds of U.S. Parishes Have Paid Lay Ministers-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Women in Diocesan Leadership Positions-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Youth Ministry As a Profession-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Youth Ministry Programs in Rural Midwest Compared-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 LITURGICAL AND SACRAMENTAL MATTERS Anointing of the Sick Increasingly Unavailable-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01Annulments Sought, Granted More in U.S. Than Elsewhere-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Attend Mass Weekly by Marital Status-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Catholic Attitudes toward Sacramental Marriage-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Effects of RCIA in a Southern Mission Diocese-Vol. 2, No. 3-Winter ‘97 Lay Ministers Involved in Leading Prayer-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Lenten Practices-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Mass Times for Travellers-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Mixed Marriages More Common in South, West-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Parishioners, Pastors Support Lay Preaching-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 RCIA Has Potential to Renew Church in the United States-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Religious Identity Affects Views on Marriage and Family-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 RENEW 2000 Builds Communities for 21st Century-Vol. 5, No. 1-Summer ‘99 Strong Feelings About Tabernacle Placement-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Study Calls for High Quality, Scripture-Based Preaching-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98 Study: 26.7 Percent of Catholics Attend Mass Each Week-Vol. 1, No. 1-Spring ‘95 Surveys Uncover Widespread Confusion About Communion-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 U.S. Catholic Population Rises, Sacramental Marriages Decline-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 What They're Singing-Vol. 1, No. 5-Spring ‘96 Annual Report of Trends in Marriage and Family-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Attitudes Concerning Marriage Annulment-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Background Characteristics Related to Risk of Divorce-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Benefits for Teens in Religiously Involved Families-Vol 9, No 1-Spring ‘03 Catholic Attitudes toward Sacramental Marriage-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Catholic Church Encourages Support for Lifelong Marriage” Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Catholic Engaged Encounter Benefits Couples in First Year-Vol. 4, No. 3-Winter ‘99 Catholic Engaged Encounter Renewal Study Finds Strengths, Challenges-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekend a Positive Experience for Engaged Couples-Vol. 5, No. 2 -Fall ‘99 Catholics Less Likely than Protestants to Divorce-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Couples Find Marriage Preparation Programs Valuable-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 Divorce, Remarriage Affect Catholics’ Identity, Participation-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Family Religiosity Important to Latino School Success-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Family Religious Involvement Improves Parental Relationships-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Fewer Americans Consider Children “Very Important”-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Finding Balance a Problem for Newly-Married Couples-Vol 6, No 4-Spring -01 Interchurch Couples Need More Church Attention-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 Interfaith Marriage Related to Catholic Percentage-Vol. 4, No. 2 -Fall ‘98 Marriage Important to College Women, Undermined by Campus Lifestyle-Vol 7, No 4-Spring‘02 Mixed Marriages More Common in North America and Oceania-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 More Catholics Marrying Outside the Church-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 Most Young Adult Catholics Likely to Marry-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Study Finds Catholic Family Differences Disappearing-Vol. 1, No. 2-Summer ‘95 Whatever Happened to Saints’ Names?-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Attend Mass Weekly by Marital Status-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Catholic Schooling Boosts Weekly Mass Attendance Across Generations-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Divorce, Remarriage Affect Catholics’ Identity, Participation-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Finding Balance a Problem for Newly-Married Couples-Vol 6, No 4-Spring -01 Is Mass Attendance Declining?-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 Mass Attendance Steady Over Last Five Years-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Mass Attenders in U.S. and Australia Compared-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 New Perspectives on Weekly Mass Attendance-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 Study: 26.7 Percent of Catholics Attend Mass Each Week-Vol. 1, No. 1-Spring ‘95 What Percent of U.S. Catholics Attend Mass?-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 MINISTERS FROM PARTICULAR ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS Asian Catholics Seek Recognition and Leadership-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06Black Catholic Ministry Today-Vol 11, No 1-Summer’05 Candidates for Religious Life Reflect New Diversity-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 Characteristics of Latino Lay Ministers-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Encouraging Hispanic Vocations-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Formation Enrollments Reflect the Latino Population-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Hispanic Catholic Leadership Development-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 International Priests and the Priest Shortage in the United States-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Irish-Born Priests Struggle with Culture, Identity-Vol. 4, No. 3-Winter ‘99 Nearly 6,000 International Priests Serving in U.S. since 1985-Vol 11, No 1-Summer - Need Cited for Hispanic Ministers in U.S. Church-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 New Priests More Foreign Born, Better Educated, Slightly Older-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 New U.S. Priests More Diverse-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Survey of African American Deacons Reveals High Comfort Level with Both Ministry and Themselves-Vol. 2, No. 3-Winter ‘97 Survey Profiles African American Priests and Seminarians-Vol. 2, No. 3-Winter ‘97 Study of African American Sisters Explores Anxiety and Depression.-Vol. 2, No. 3-Winter ‘97 Survey Profiles Diocesan Directors of Hispanic Ministry-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Youth Ministers and Programs for Hispanic Youth-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 MINISTRY TO PARTICULAR ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS About Their Futures-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01African Americans Tend to Stay Catholic-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Asian Catholics Seek Recognition and Leadership-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Black Catholics Favor Traditional Devotions-Vol. 4, No. 3-Winter ‘99 Black Catholics Reject Separatism-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 Black Catholic Ministry Today-Vol 11, No 1-Summer’05 Black Parishes Lead in Social Services and Social Action-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Catholic Parishes Diverse, Maintain Social Distance-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Catholics Are Largest Religious Group Among New Immigrants-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Churches Help Integrate Mexican Immigrants-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Contrasting Latino Communities in the United States-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Declining Percent of U.S. Hispanics Say They are Catholic-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 Demographic Changes to Impact Church in Europe and USA-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Diocesan Leadership in Hispanic Ministry-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Ecumenical Conference on Latino Ministry Urges Collaboration-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Facts About Hispanics/Latinos in the United States-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Family Religiosity Important to Latino School Success-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Good News: Minority and Low-Income Children in Catholic Schools Are . . . More Hopeful Good News: Minority and Low-Income Children in Catholic Schools Are . . . Served Better at Half the Cost of Public Schools-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Greater Ethnic Mix of Those Choosing Consecrated Life-Vol 3, No 4-Spring ‘98 Hispanics Transforming U.S. Religion-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Hispanics Will Soon Comprise More Than Half of U.S. Catholic Teens-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Increased Diversity of Black Catholics Presents Challenges-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Hispanic Catholic Leadership Development-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Hispanic Catholics an Important Presence in Los Angeles-Vol. 4, No. 3-Winter ‘99 Hispanic Catholics and Protestants Similar in Traditional Social Attitudes-Vol 7, No 4-Spring’02 Hispanic Catholics in U.S. Satisfied with Parish Life-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Hispanics Create New Demands, Opportunities for U.S. Church-Vol. 4, No. 3 -Winter ‘99 Hispanic/Latino Faith Strong, Diverse-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Hispanic Parish Ministry with a Heart-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Hispanic Ministry Progress Noted.-Vol. 5, No. 2 -Fall ‘99 Hispanic Voice in Religious and Public Life-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Hispanic Young People Have Unique Needs-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Hispanics Raised Catholic More Likely to Keep Their Faith-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Identifying U.S. Hispanic Catholics-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Latino Catholics and Protestants Compared-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Latino Catholics Willing To Vote For Pro-Choice Candidates-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Latino Christian Faith Communities Growing in Number and Diversity-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Link Found Between U.S. Hispanic/Latino Religious Affiliation and Abortion Attitudes-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Little Evidence of Switching Among Hispanic Catholics-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Ministry to Native Americans-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 More Than a Quarter of Young Adult Catholics in the U.S. Self-Identify As Hispanic-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 More Than Half of More Women But Fewer Hispanics in Catholic Colleges-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Nationality and Language Are Important Elements of Latino Identity-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Need Cited for Hispanic Ministers in U.S. Church-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 One-Third of Californians Will Be Catholic by 2025-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Percent of Hispanics Who Identify as Catholic-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Racial Mix in Catholic Schools Criticized-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Religious Identification of U.S. Adult Hispanics-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Religious Life of Today’s Immigrants-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Salvadorans an Increasing Presence in Six Dioceses-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Six in Ten U.S. Hispanics Self-Identify As Catholics-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Survey Studies Pastoral Challenge of the New Immigrants-Vol. 3, No. 2 -Fall ‘97 U.S. Hispanic Births Outpace Gains Through Immigration-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 U.S. Religious Makeup Shifting With Immigrant Tide-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 U.S. Missioners Serve in U.S. and Foreign Countries-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Youth Ministers and Programs for Hispanic Youth-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Black Parishes Lead in Social Services and Social Action-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Catholic Parishes Diverse, Maintain Social Distance-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Diocese of Rockford Measuring Parish Characteristics.-Vol. 5, No. 3-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 Fourteen Percent of U.S. Parishes Reorganized between 1995 and 2000-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 National Parish Inventory: Characteristics of Parishes by Size-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 National Parish Inventory Describes Parish Life Today-Vol 5, No 2-Fall ‘99 NPI Shows Parishes Average 855 Families-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Parish Information Available By Calling 1-800 Mass Times-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 Parishioner Characteristics Affect Household Giving-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Planning Process Identifies Parishioner Concerns-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Administration of Parishes without a Resident Pastor-Vol. 4, No. 3-Winter ‘99 Adult Faith Formation Popular in Most U.S. Parishes-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Attend Mass Weekly by Marital Status-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Best Practices in Ministry to Gay and Lesbian Catholics-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Best Practices in Parish Stewardship-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Bringing Young Adults into the Full Life of the Church-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Can Catholic Leaders Learn from Protestant Megachurches?-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Catholic Clergy Pay Low in Compensation Study-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Catholic Parishes Diverse, Maintain Social Distance-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Catholic Population Moves, Leaving Parishes Behind-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Catholic Schooling Boosts Weekly Mass Attendance Across Generations-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Catholics’ Mass Attendance Continues Decline-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Church Attendance an International Concern-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Congregational Engagement-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Creating Effective Parish Councils-Vol. 7, No. 4-Spring ‘02 Despite Declines in Participation, Religious Organizations Serve Wider Public-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Diocesan Experiences in Parish Restructuring-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Diocesan Planning for Parish Reorganization-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Dioceses and Parishes Making More Use of Pastoral Councils-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 During Past 20 Years One-Fifth of Parishes Produced Three or More Priestly Vocations, While Two-Fifths Produced None-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 Experiences, Rewards of Pastors in Clustered Parishes-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Fewer Catholics Participating in Reconciliation-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Fewer Parishes Being Entrusted to Someone Other Than a Priest-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Financial Benefit to Larger Catholic Parishes-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Financial Management in Dioceses and Parishes-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Focus on Pastoral Management-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Four Keys To Successful Parish Management-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Glenmary Highlights Southern Mission Need-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Hispanic Catholics in U.S. Satisfied with Parish Life-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Hispanic Parish Ministry with a Heart-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Home Missions Dioceses May be Model for Church-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 How Pastors Shape Excellent Congregations-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Laity Assesses Challenges Facing Church-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Latino Christian Faith Communities Growing in Number and Diversity-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Lay Catholics Leading Parishes-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Lay Ministers Involved in Leading Prayer-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Mass Attendance: It Depends How You Ask the Question-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Mass Attenders in U.S. and Australia Compared-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Mass-Attending Catholics Seek Greater Accountability-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 The Ministry and Experience of Parish Life Coordinators-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 More on Pastors’ Ratings-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 More Than 150,000 New Catholics Entered at Easter-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Most Catholics Unaware of Church Actions to Prevent Abuse of Minors-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Music Ministers and Parishioners Rate Parish Singing-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 New Book Explores Parishes Entrusted to Married Men-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 New Reality: Wives of Men Administering Catholic Parishes-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Offertory Rose in 2002, As Diocesan Annual Appeal Declined-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 ‘On Eagle’s Wings’ on Top in Catholic Music Survey-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Parish Administration Tips-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Parish Councils Evaluate Parish Restructuring-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Parish Finances Not in Crisis, But Schools Are an Issue-Vol. 2, No. 2-Fall ‘96 Parish Life Coordinators and the Parishes they Serve-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Parish Life Today Compared with Early 1980s-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Parish Planning Book Wins Catholic Press Association Award-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Parish Reorganizations Affect Mass Attendance, Giving-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Parish Satisfaction in Urban Congregations-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 Parish Shopping and Hopping Among U.S. Catholics-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Parish Social Ministry Book Unites Theory and Practice-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Parish Support of Catholic Schools” Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Parishes Active in Community Service-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Parishes Compared to Other U.S. Religious Congregations-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Parishes Most Active in Service Are Also Most Spiritually Active-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘05 Parishes Without a Resident Priest Pastor Increase-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Parishes Without Resident Priest Pastors Contribute to Priest Burnout-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 and Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Parishioners Less Likely than Leaders to Support Larger Parishes-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Parishioners, Pastors Support Lay Preaching-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Parishioners Prefer Familiar Songs That Are Easy to Sing-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Parishioners’ Views on Pastoral Excellence- Vol 11, No 1, Summer ‘05 Parishioners Want More Openness in Church Financial Reporting-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Passing On the Faith-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Pastors’ Influence on Attitudes About Capital Punishment-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Perceptions of Church Functions Differ-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Priests’ Spirituality Key to Pastoral Excellence-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Priorities, Recruitment Issues in Parish-Based Women's Groups-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98 Recently Ordained Priests Becoming Pastors Sooner-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Shared Values Key to Successful Parish-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Skills Required for Success in Parish Ministry-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Social Ministry in Affluent Churches-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97 Stewardship Message Works Across Generations-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Two-Thirds of U.S. Parishes Have Paid Lay Ministers-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 U.S.-Australian Comparison of Parish Life-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 U.S. Parishes Partner With Parishes in Latin America-Vol 9, No 4- Spring ‘04 Volunteers: Key to Making Parish Ends Meet-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 What Do People Expect from a Cathedral?-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Wide Variance in Diocesan Policies on Pastor Assignment-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98 Young Adult Catholics Interested in Church Ministry- Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Youth and Young Adult Ministry Has Lasting Effect for Adults-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Annual Profile of Newly Ordained Priests-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Careers of Active U.S. Bishops-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Catholic Church is Only Principal U.S. Religious Body With Declining Number Of Clergy-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Characteristics of Active U.S. Bishops-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 College and Graduate-Level Seminary Students Up Slightly-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Comparative Rates of Ordinations Revealed in Study-Vol. 2, No. 3-Winter ‘97 Dioceses with Most Priestly Ordinations During Four Years 2000-2003-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Directory Shows More Catholics, Fewer Priests, Sisters, and Brothers-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 Experiences, Rewards of Pastors in Clustered Parishes-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Exploring Differences in Diocesan Ordination Rates-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Increases in Ordinations, Catholic Population During Past Year-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 International Priests and the Priest Shortage in the United States-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 John Paul II Bishops Older, Less Geographically Diverse-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Nearly 6,000 International Priests Serving in U.S. since 1985-Vol 11, No 1-Summer -05 New Priests Older, Better Educated, More Foreign-Born-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 New Priests More Foreign Born, Better Educated, Slightly Older-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 New Priests Reflect Greater Diversity-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 New Priests Are Older, More Diverse, Better Educated-Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 New U.S. Priests More Diverse-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 New U.S. Priests Older and More Foreign-Born-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Newly Ordained Priests Average 35 Years Old-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Newly-Ordained Priests Explain Why Some Leave-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Number of Active Diocesan Priests in U.S. Declines-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Number of Active U.S. Diocesan Priests Expected to Decline 12 Percent by 2010-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Numbers of Catholics and Deacons Up, Priests and Religious Down-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 Numbers of U.S. Priests Between 1960 and 1996-Vol. 3, No. 2-Fall ‘97 Ordinations to the Diocesan Priesthood Compared-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Ordinations to the Diocesan Priesthood Compared-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Orthodox Priesthood Includes Former Catholics-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Priest Projections: Trend Line Down, But Some Dioceses to Increase by 2020-.Vol. 1, No. 5-Spring ‘96 1998 Priestly Ordinations-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 Proportion of Foreign-Born Priests in U.S. Continues to Increase-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Young Adult U.S. Catholics See Few Priests Their Age-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Young Clergy Rare in Many Denominations-Vol 6, No 4-Spring ‘01 Annual Profile of Newly Ordained Priests-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Bishops Influence Priestly Vocations-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 College and Graduate-Level Seminary Students Up Slightly-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Encouraging Hispanic Vocations-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Formation is a Life-Long Priority, Priests Say-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 High Percent of Assistant Pastors Were Altar Servers-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 New Seminarians Bring Graces and Challenges-Vol. 5, No. 4-Spring 00 New Priests More Foreign Born, Better Educated, Slightly Older-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 New Priests Reflect Increasing Diversity-Vol. 5, No. 1-Vol. 5, No. 4-Spring ‘00 Newly Ordained Priests Average 35 Years Old-Vol 13, No 1-Summer ‘07 Seminary Enrollments Remain Steady-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Seminary Expert Evaluates Pre-Theology Programs-Vol 12, No 1-Summer ‘06 Servant-Leader Model Less Appealing to Younger Priests-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Shifting Attitudes Toward Women Clergy-Vol 8, No 1-Summer ‘02 Spirituality Central to Success in Today’s Priesthood” Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Theologate Enrollments Dip Slightly During Year of Turmoil-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Theologate Enrollments Down Slightly; College Seminary Enrollments Increase -Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Theologate-Level Seminary Enrollments Down 4 Percent-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Theological Students Compared Across Denominations-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Theology of the Priesthood of the Baptized-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 U.S. Priests’ Morale Remains High-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 ‘Active’ Catholics More Satisfied with Bishops’ Response to Scandal-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Attitudes About Celibacy and Homosexuality Vary Among Priests-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Bishops Discuss Challenges of Fewer Priests-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 CARA Priest Poll 2001 Reveals Priests’ Lives and Issues-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Catholic and Protestant Clergy Compared-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Catholic and Protestant Clergy Salary Gap Rooted in Underlying Philosophies-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Changing Face of U.S. Missioners-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Characteristics of Clergy Sex Abusers-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Chicago Priests Overworked, Dedicated-Vol 6, No 1-Summer ‘00 Comparative Salaries of Senior Pastors-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Compared to Others, Clergy Are Most Satisfied with Work and Happiest in Life-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Comparing Catholic and Protestant Clergy--Results of a Time Use Survey-Vol 5, No 4-Spring ‘00 Decline in Clergy Sex Abuse Is Real-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Despite Increased Workload, Priests Still Satisfied With Lives-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Detroit Archdiocese Examines Priests’ Attitudes Toward Change-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Differences Between Priests Who Stay and Those Who Resign-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Ecumenical Study of Clergy ‘Breach of Trust’-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Experiences of Catholic, Orthodox Clergy Compared-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Experiences, Rewards of Pastors in Clustered Parishes-Vol 12, No 4-Spring 2007 Faith, People, Give Life to Effective Priests-Vol. 1, No. 2-Summer ‘95 Favorite Authors of Catholic Priests-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Formation is a Life-Long Priority, Priests Say-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Irish-Born Priests Struggle with Culture, Identity-Vol. 4, No. 3-Winter ‘99 Jesuits Maintain Consistent Commitment to Education-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Ministry: Source of Stress and Satisfaction Among Clergy-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 More on Pastors’ Ratings-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 Newly Ordained Priests Explain Why Some Leave-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Newly Ordained Priests Feel Mixture of Stress and Satisfaction-Vol 5, No 2-Fall ‘99 Overall Priests’ Compensation Increased since 2002-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Parishes Without a Resident Priest Pastor Increase-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Parishes Without Resident Priest Pastors Contribute to Priest Burnout-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 and Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Parishioners’ Views on Pastoral Excellence- Vol 11, No 1, Summer ‘05 Perceptions of Clergy as Public Figures-Vol 10, No 3-Winter ‘05 Political and Religious Attitudes of U.S. Priests-Vol 7, No 3-Winter ‘02 Priesthood Today and into the Future” Vol. 11, No 1, Summer ‘05 Priests Satisfied With Ministry But Worry About Morale-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Priests Satisfied With Priestly Life, Concerned About Future-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Priests' Compensation Shows Moderate But Steady Increase-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 Priests’ Satisfaction, Generational Differences Increasing-Vol 7, No 4-Spring ‘02 Priests’ Spirituality Key to Pastoral Excellence-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Recently Ordained Priests Becoming Pastors Sooner-Vol 12, No 3-Winter ‘06 Schoenherr Argues for More Inclusive Clergy-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Servant-Leader Model Less Appealing to Younger Priests-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Skills Required for Success in Parish Ministry-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Spirituality Central to Success in Today’s Priesthood” Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Study Examines Concerns of Older Priests-Vol. 3, No. 2-Fall ‘97 Survey Profiles African American Priests and Seminarians-Vol. 2, No. 3-Winter ‘97 U.S. Diocesan Priest Compensation-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 U.S. Priests’ Morale Remains High-Vol 11, No 3-Winter ‘06 Wide Variance in Diocesan Policies on Pastor Assignment-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98 RELIGIOUS COMPETITION AND PLURALISM Effects of Religious Competition in a Western European Setting-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98Effects of Religious Pluralism in Canada-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98 Religious Competition Improves Commitment and Innovation in the U.S. Catholic Church-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘98 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (CATECHETICAL MINISTRY) Adult Faith Formation Popular in Most U.S. Parishes-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04Campus Ministry Has Positive, Lifelong Effect on Faith-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Catholic Faculty Concentration Influences Catholic Identity-Vol 10, No 2-Fall ‘04 Catholic Faith Formation Through Lay Faculty-Vol. 2, No. 2 -Fall ‘96 Catholic Youth Lag Behind Other Christian Teenagers on Some Measures of Religion and Spirituality-Vol 11, No 2-Fall 2005 Diocesan Directors Assess Catechetical Ministry-Vol. 5, No. 2-Fall ‘99 Enrollments in Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Programs Decrease-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Exploring the Catholic Identity of Catholic Schools-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Knowledge and Practice of Religious Education Students Studied-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 More Than 150,000 New Catholics Entered at Easter-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Passing On the Faith-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Profiles of Catechetical Leaders at Parish and Diocesan Levels-Vol. 4, No. 2-Fall ‘98 Religious Development Begins At Home-Vol 9, No 2-Fall ‘03 Study Profiles Religion Teachers-Vol. 3, No. 3-Winter ‘98 Then and Now: Enrollment Trends in Catholic Schools and Parish-Based Religious Education- Vol 5. No. 2-Fall ‘99 Training and Formation Crucial for Excellence in Catechesis-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 RELIGIOUS GIVING AND STEWARDSHIP Attitudes are Key in Church Giving and Receiving-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97Average Diocesan Annual Appeal Collection Rebounds-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Baby Boomers Give Less to Religious and Secular Philanthropy-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Best Practices in Parish Stewardship-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Catholic Charities Clients Increase Seven Percent in 2006-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Catholic Charities Third Largest U.S. Nonprofit-Vol 10, No 2-Winter ‘05 Catholic Giving and Volunteering Down in 1993-Vol. 1, No. 1-Spring ‘95 Catholic Institutional Investors Mindful of Moral Concerns-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Catholics Call for Openness, Better Communication, Accountability-Vol 9,No 3-Winter ‘04 Catholics Pay the Bills-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 Catholics’ Contributions Influenced by Personal Financial Concerns-Vol 9, No 1-Summer ‘03 Church Contributors Lead In Support To Private Charities-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Church Financial Accountability Still Important-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Church Giving Affected by Parish Size-Vol. 3, No. 2-Fall 1997 Despite Declines in Participation, Religious Organizations Serve Wider Public-Vol 8, No 4-Spring ‘03 Diocesan Level Stewardship Surveys Released by National Council-Vol. 2, No. 2-Fall ‘96 Diocesan Offertory Collections Increase 9 Percent-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Diocesan Stewardship and Development Offices Profiled-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Directors Encourage ‘Time, Talent, Treasure’-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 Facts on Volunteering from Some Recent CARA Studies-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 Finance and Governance in Catholic High Schools-Vol 13, No 2-Fall ‘07 Financial Aspects of Catholic High Schools-Vol 11, No 2-Fall ‘05 Financial Benefit to Larger Catholic Parishes-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 Financial Management in Dioceses and Parishes-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Giving to Churches Increased in 2003-Vol 10, No 1-Summer ‘04 Increases in Catholic Population and Seminarians, Particularly in Africa- Vol 11, No 1-Summer ‘05 Increasing the Financial Stability of Catholic High Schools-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Independent Sector Study for 1996 Shows Catholics Give Less-Vol. 2, No. 2-Fall ‘96 Mass-Attending Catholics Seek Greater Accountability-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 Money Matters--Why Catholics Don’t Give and Ways to Address the Problem-Vol 5, No 4-Spring ‘00 Offertory Rose in 2002, As Diocesan Annual Appeal Declined-Vol 9, No 4-Spring ‘04 Parish Characteristics Examined for Effect on Giving-Vol. 5, No. 3-Winter ‘00 Parish Finances Not in Crisis, But Schools Are an Issue-Vol. 2, No. 2-Fall ‘96 Parish Reorganizations Affect Mass Attendance, Giving-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Parishioner Characteristics Affect Household Giving-Vol 7, No 2-Fall ‘01 Parishioners Want More Openness in Church Financial Reporting-Vol 8, No 3-Winter ‘03 Regular Mass Attenders Rate Church’s Financial Accountability-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Religion Matters in Giving to the Needy-Vol. 4, No. 4-Spring ‘99 Religious Giving Steady During 2001-Vol 8, No. 1-Summer ‘02 Report Finds Poverty in America on the Increase-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Retirement Needs of U.S. Religious Continue-Vol 13, No 3, Winter ‘08 Seminary Enrollments Remain Steady-Vol 11, No 4-Spring ‘06 South Leads in Charitable and Religious Giving-Vol 13, No 3-Winter ‘08 Special Report: The Hoge Study on Church Giving-Vol. 1, No. 1-Spring ‘95 Stewardship Message Works Across Generations-Vol 6, No 3-Winter ‘01 Study Cites Factors in Catholic Giving.-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 Study Finds Increase in Sunday Collections-Vol. 1, No. 2-Summer ‘95 Study Sees Mixed News on Catholic Giving-Vol. 1, No. 4-Winter ‘96 Volunteering: More Likely When Asked-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 Volunteers: Key to Making Parish Ends Meet-Vol 3, No 1-Summer ‘97 What Moves Some Catholics to Give More?-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘98 Why People Give to Their Churches-Vol. 4, No. 4 -Spring ‘99 RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE FORMATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS Candidates for Religious Life Reflect New Diversity-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97College and Graduate-Level Seminary Students Up Slightly-Vol 13, No 4-Spring ‘08 Generation X Open to Serving-Vol. 5, No. 4-Spring ‘00 Directory Shows More Catholics, But Fewer Priests, Sisters, Brothers-Vol. 3, No. 1-Summer ‘97 Experiences of Former Religious Inform Today’s Lay Ministry-Vol 10, No 4-Spring ‘05 Greater Ethnic Mix Among Those Choosing Consecrated Life-Vol. 3, No. 4-Spring ‘98 Largest Religious Institutes of Men-Vol 8, No 2-Fall ‘02 New and Emerging Communities of Consecrated Life-Vol 12, No 2-Fall ‘06 Numbers of Catholics and Deacons Up, Priests and Religious Down-Vol. 4, No. 1-Summer ‘98 Online Surveys Report Interest in Religious Vocations-Vol 12, No 4-Spring ‘07 Religious Candidates With Debts-Vol. 2, No. 4-Spring ‘97 [Religious] Retirement Fund Improves-Vol 6, No 2-Fall ‘00 Religious Sisters Gaining in Eastern Europe, Struggling in China-Vol 9, No 3-Winter ‘04 Shift in Cost/Benefit Ratio Results in Declining Vocations-Vol 7, No 1-Summer ‘01 |