January – February 2025 at CARA

CARA wishes you the best as February wraps up. We are excited to share the latest updates from our office with those who continue to follow and support our research. Thank you for your continued interest!

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News and Publications

- CARA released our annual report on new professions into religious life. You can access the full report here, and some articles pulling out highlights from the findings here and here.

- Weekly Catholic Mass attendance has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to CARA’s estimates. This news comes right before Ash Wednesday, one of the most widely-attended days for Catholic services every year. Read the whole blog post, from researcher Mark Gray, here.

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Happenings at CARA

(From right) Fr. Tom Gaunt of CARA presents CARA’s Luzbetak award to Sister Molly Mathew, director of the CRRI Research Center, accompanied by Sister Jane Wakahiu and Sabrina Wong (far left) from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and Sister Maria Nirmalini (second from left) from the Conference of Women Religious India.

CARA researcher Sister Thu Do and executive director Fr. Tom Gaunt recently returned from their travels in Bengaluru, India. They participated in the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Convening of Catholic Sisters of Asia, during which they presented CARA’s Luzbetak Award for Catholic Research to the emerging CRRI research center in India. They also reunited with Sister Lavina Rodrigues and Sister Mini Joseph, two of CARA’s former visiting scholars. It was a lovely few days and CARA is grateful to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and all of the hosts in Bengaluru!

(From left) Sister Mini Joseph, Sister Thu Do, and Sister Lavina Rodrigues reunited in person.

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