St. Expeditus is the saint of just and urgent causes. Every April 19, Christians remember his martyrdom and death. He is venerated by thousands of people who on that day, in particular, pray to Saint Expeditus.
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 UNAVMost vocations today are born in African or American countries, which lack the means.
131 countries send candidates to universities and training centers
St. Expeditus is the saint of just and urgent causes. Every April 19, Christians remember his martyrdom and death. He is venerated by thousands of people who on that day, in particular, pray to Saint Expeditus.
Rodrigo Luiz dos Santos, from Brazil, is a lay missionary of the Catholic movement Canção Nova, a Catholic charismatic community founded by Father Jonas Abib and recognized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity as a private international association. He is 40 years old and is currently director of journalism at Canção Nova de São Paulo and a presenter. He is married and father of two children.
Ángel Josué Loredo García is 31 years old and just a few weeks ago he finished his studies at the University of Navarra, where, thanks to a CARF scholarship, he studied a Bachelor's Degree in Morals and Spirituality.