Timothy, a 28-year-old Ugandan seminarian, is studying at the University of Navarra on a CARF scholarship. He was orphaned and raised by his aunt and uncle. "The extended family is vital."
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
Timothy, a 28-year-old Ugandan seminarian, is studying at the University of Navarra on a CARF scholarship. He was orphaned and raised by his aunt and uncle. "The extended family is vital."
I met Don Javier Cremades when he was chaplain of the Faculty of Journalism at the Complutense University. That was about twenty years ago.
The Plenary Assembly at the end of 2020 focused its reflection on these issues, to which the socio-economic consequences of the pandemic were added.
