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Collaborates in the formation and training of support of a priestYou will be able to learn about his history and, above all, you will be able to pray every day for him to be a very holy, learned, cheerful and sporty person... 

Donations of more than €500 per year (whether one-time or recurring), we will assign them a student benefiting from the CARF Foundation grants. that we can thank you and the thousands of donors who want to take care of the formation of priests. 

Discover the best way to cooperate with the Diocesan Church around the world. Help with your financial contribution to hundreds of dioceses lacking material means.

We will form intellectually, humanely and spiritually its seminarians and priests and religious men and women from all over the world. Support them also with your prayer through the Communion of Saints.

When he finished his studies in Rome or PamplonaThe priest you have sponsored will return to his country to share with his diocese the formation he has received, and to continue to encourage new vocations. 

In addition, he returns with a commitment to praying throughout his life for the one who made your integral formation possible. At each Holy Mass, you will be present at the paten with your family.
How much does a full assistance cost?
20,000 euros is the amount necessary for a person to study for one year at the universities of Rome or Pamplona. 

The neediest dioceses in the world ask universities for a full scholarship for their candidates. 

Always, the diocese bears a very small part of the cost, that the student's training in your country would entail, as a sign of the commitment to take advantage of the aid.

More than 1,100 bishops from the five continents request study grants for their candidates. 

Thanks to people like you, the CARF Foundation meets the majority of requestsHowever, the needs are growing and we want all requests to be met.

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.
Diocesan seminarians and priests, and religious men and women, come from 131 countries from the five continents. Once they have finished their studies, they return to them to carry out pastoral and social work of incalculable value. The Catholic priest is no respecter of persons or beliefs because he sees Christ himself in each one of us. That is why he cares for all human beings regardless of their origin.

Each year some 300 seminarians are trained between Bidasoa, in Pamplona, and Sedes Sapientiae, in Rome.

And approximately 1,700 diocesan priests in the PUSC and at the Ecclesiastical Faculties of the AAVThe event was attended by almost a hundred people of consecrated life.

You can request more information about this work carried out by the CARF Foundation for the past 35 years at carf@fundacioncarf.org and on the tax treatment of donations that the law has improved as of January 1, 2024.
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