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The typical religious who professed perpetual vows in 2023 is a 36-year-old cradle Catholic who has three or more siblings and who regularly prayed the Rosary and took part in Eucharistic adoration before entering religious life, according to a survey made public by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
A disproportionately high number attended Catholic schools or were home schooled.
508 of the 737 major superiors of US religious institutes responded to the survey, which was conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University. These 508 superiors provided contact information for 76 men and 68 women who professed perpetual vows in 2023. Of the 144, 48 newly-professed brothers and priests and 53 newly-professed sisters responded to the survey.
87% of the institutes reported no professions of perpetual vows, while 4% reported two or more newly-professed religious.
Among the survey’s findings:
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A disproportionately high number attended Catholic schools or were home schooled.
508 of the 737 major superiors of US religious institutes responded to the survey, which was conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University. These 508 superiors provided contact information for 76 men and 68 women who professed perpetual vows in 2023. Of the 144, 48 newly-professed brothers and priests and 53 newly-professed sisters responded to the survey.
87% of the institutes reported no professions of perpetual vows, while 4% reported two or more newly-professed religious.
Among the survey’s findings:
Continued below.
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