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About the CARF Foundation

We work to bring God's smile to every corner of the world through priests and by assisting in their formation.

About the CARF Foundation

What do we do at the CARF Foundation?

Thanks to our benefactors, we help in the formation of priests, spread their good name and pray for their fidelity and vocations.

We work to serve the Church so that no vocation is lost and then they can transmit in their pastoral work all the light, science and doctrine received.

Mission

To contribute financially so that diocesan priests, seminarians and religious men and women receive a solid academic, human and spiritual preparation.

Vision

We believe in religious freedom and in the contribution of excellence in education to build a just society.

Values

We defend human values, inspired by the Social Doctrine of the Church.

Our commitment

Our commitment

Academic 🎓

The bachelor's degrees, specialization programs or doctorates provide each candidate with specific training in Theology, Philosophy, Canon Law or Institutional Social Communication.

Spiritual 😇

Seminarians and priests complement their academic and human formation with spiritual formation, since they must be prepared to follow their vocation and lend their body and spirit to the Lord.

Human 🫂

Through the family environment and preparation, the development of attitudes, skills and values that impact the personal and social growth of the children is achieved.

Will you join this challenge?

The CARF Foundation This Foundation contributes financially so that priests and seminarians from all over the world receive a solid theological, human and spiritual preparation.

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Organization of the CARF Foundation

Board of Trustees

Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Fernando Martí Scharfhausen
Vice President
María Consuelo Mesa Casado
Non-employer secretary
Fernando Moreno Cea
Vowels
José Luis Elías Rodríguez
Margarita García Pinilla
David Gómez García
Pablo Paunero Quijada
Amador Sosa Lora
Andres Hernando Aboin
María Pampillón Olmedo

Management and team

Chief Executive Officer
Luis Alberto Roales
Chief Financial Officer
Juan José Ferrer-Bonsoms Millet
Director of Communications, Marketing and Fundraising
Álvaro Garrido Bermúdez
General Secretariat and Administration
Ana García Bermúdez
Administration
Tomás Martín Ruiz
Diego Garcia-Plata Ortiz-Villajos
Pedro Domínguez Benjumea
Communication and promotion
Jorge Gordo Moreno
Computing
Luis de Lucas from Madrid
Enrique de Miguel Cabrera

Delegates

Catalonia
Federico Armengol Pubill
Carlos García-Elias Cos
Castilla y León
María Dolores Cuadrado Barbero
Andalucía south
Guillermo Tejera Plasencia
East Andalusia
Juan Ignacio Tejera Plasencia
Valencia
Antonio Sánchez Serrano
Galicia
Andrés Barbé Riesc
John Paul II and Álvaro del Portillo

Opus Dei and CARF Foundation

The formation of the priests was present in the apostolic and priestly zeal of the founder of Opus DeiSt. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer. His successor, Blessed Alvaro del Portillo, fulfilled this desire by initiating in 1984 the activity of what is now the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, under the inspiration and impulse of St. John Paul II.

CARF Foundation

More than 30 years of service to the Church

The CARF Foundation is a private cultural foundation of promotion with charitable character. It is recognized by the Ministry of Culture, according to Ministerial Order of 22.5.1989, published in the BOE of 13.06.1989, registered under number 140 with CIF: G-79059218.

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