Product Description: American Catholics in Transition reports on five surveys carried out at six year intervals over a period of 25 years, from 1987 to 2011. The surveys are national probability samples of American Catholics, age 18 and older, now including four generations of Catholics...read more

Product Description: Far-reaching changes continue to take place in the American priesthood. Building on insights gained from four previous surveys, Same Call, Different Men uses fresh data from a 2009 survey-jointly implemented by the National Federation of Priest's Councils and the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate-in which 900 priests shared attitudes and stories about their lives and ministry...read more

Product Description: The Catholic Church has had a tumultuous recent history, in the wake of the election of a new pope and sex abuse scandals, and the views of Catholic lay people have not stood untouched. What are the effects of these events upon Catholics' beliefs? How do beliefs of older and younger generations of Catholics differ? Using key Gallup surveys from 1987 to 2005, this book reveals a rift between Catholics born before and after Vatican II and suggests that the future will find more Catholics making decisions about their own faith and fewer who are fervently committed to church life...read more

Product Description: NCEA commissioned the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University (CARA), to conduct a national study of the status of Catholic elementary schools in the United States. More than 2,000 surveys were conducted with parents, school administrators, pastors and superintendents to ascertain where and why the demand for Catholic schools in growing and where and why it has diminished...read more

Product Description: NCEA commissioned the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University (CARA), to conduct a national study of the status of Catholic elementary schools in the United States. More than 2,000 surveys were conducted with parents, school administrators, pastors and superintendents to ascertain where and why the demand for Catholic schools in growing and where and why it has diminished...read more

Product Description: Catholics everywhere are challenged to reflect on the state of the church and its social context. This book is the only reader-friendly resource that interprets current statistics on Catholic population, institutions and personnel -- and what these numbers portend...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)