The CARF Foundation (acronym that stands for Centro Academico Romano Fundación) promotes activities of a cultural nature, aimed at the promotion and development of the humanities in all its manifestations, and, primarily, the specific formation received by seminarians, diocesan priests and religious of the Catholic Church.
We believe that it is possible to improve people's daily lives through the integral formation of young men with a vocation to serve through the priesthood. For this reason, the CARF Foundation, thanks to its benefactors, contributes financially so that seminarians, diocesan priests and religious from all over the world can receive a solid academic, theological, human and spiritual preparation.
Thanks to generous people like you, candidates can complete their academic, theological, human and spiritual formation in universities and seminaries in Rome and Pamplona.
Each year, more than 800 bishops from around the world apply for grants to help them train their students to become bishops. PUSC and in the UNAV.
Most vocations today are born in African or American countries, which lack the means.
Make a legacy o joint and several will to the CARF Foundation and you will be helping to build the Diocesan Church around the world.
131
countries send candidates to universities and training centers
134
beneficiaries ordained bishops since 1989.
2.171
beneficiaries trained in the year 2023.
11.000 €
Most of the assistance provided by the CARF Foundation is for room and board.
7.000 €
The remainder is for academic training and educational supplement.
Personal expenses
Students' personal expenses are covered by their diocese or by the student himself/herself.
