While the ministry and generosity of the diaconate is applauded, it is not the focus of NRVC. Our mission statement clearly indicates that our focus is on vocation awareness, invitation and discernment to life as a religious sister, brother or priest.
I understand that women religious comprise two-thirds of the NRVC's membership.
"The burden of student debt has become a serious problem for religious communities desirous of welcoming younger members," said Holy Cross Brother Paul Bednarczyk, executive director of the
NRVC.
The study, commissioned by the NRVC, found that U.S.
The Chicago-based NRVC received a $50,000 grant in April to study the impact of debt on religious vocations.
But again, as Brother Paul Bednarczyk at the NRVC says, we're comparing today's numbers to an "anomaly" in the '50s and early '60s.