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Help support the comprehensive formation and living expenses of a seminarian, diocesan priest, or religious, and accompany him in prayer as well, so that he may live out his vocation with joy and put all he has learned at the service of others.
Your help can make a difference in someone's life.

Donors who contribute €500 or more per year—whether through a one-time or recurring donation—will be paired with a student who receives financial aid from the CARF Foundation.

Discover the best way to support the diocesan Church around the world. With your financial contribution, you help hundreds of dioceses that lack the necessary material resources to train their candidates.

The CARF Foundation supports the intellectual, human and spiritual formation of seminarians and diocesan priests and religious men and women throughout the world. Please also support them with your daily prayers.

Thank you, and thank you to the thousands of donors who make their well-rounded education possible.

Through a chain of favors and the Communion of Saints, We help them stay strong so they can spread God's smile across the Earth.

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In 2025, the financial aid reached students from 85 countries.

Since the CARF Foundation was established, the total number of countries of origin has reached 130.

When you finish your studies at Rome or Pamplona, The priest you have helped will return to his home country to share with his diocese the comprehensive training he has received.

He will return what he has received and will train others to continue fostering new vocations.

In addition, he will return with a commitment to pray throughout his life for those who made his education possible. At every Holy Mass, you and your entire family will be remembered in their prayers.

How much does a full assistance cost?
20.000€ It is the amount needed for a person to study for one year at the universities in Rome or Pamplona.

The neediest dioceses in the world ask universities to provide full support for their candidates.

The diocese always covers part of the cost that the student's education would entail in his or her home country, as a sign of its commitment to education and to making the most of the financial aid.

More than 1,100 bishops from five continents are requesting financial aid for their seminarians.

Thanks to people like you, the CARF Foundation is able to address most of the requests, but the needs are growing, and we want to all requests can be addressed.

Composition of the cost of a study grant

11.000 €
Lodging and meals
9.000 € *
Tuition and training supplement
Books and personal expenses are always at the expense of the student or the diocese or religious congregation to which the student belongs.

(*) This is the amount that each student would have to pay if tuition were to cover all academic expenses; when the student's scholarship does not cover this amount, the university must finance it each year through extraordinary fundraising.
20.000 €
Annual cost per student

Support a vocation anywhere in the world with your donation.

Seminarians, diocesan priests, and men and women religious come from 130 countries across five continents. Once they have completed their studies, they return to their home countries to carry out pastoral and social work of inestimable value. The Catholic priest does not show favoritism toward any person or belief, because he sees Jesus Christ himself in each one of us. That is why he cares for all human beings, regardless of their background.

Each year, there are about 300 seminarians between Bidasoa, in Pamplona, and Sedes Sapientiae, in Rome.

In addition, approximately 1,700 diocesan priests are formed in the PUSC and at the Ecclesiastical Faculties of the UNAV, as well as nearly a hundred people in consecrated life.

You can request more information about the work the CARF Foundation has been doing for the past 37 years on our e-mail, as well as the tax treatment of donations, for which tax deductions were improved effective January 1, 2024.
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