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
July 16 is a special date for millions of Catholics around the world who celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This Marian invocation, known for being the patron saint of sailors, has a deep history and devotion that is expressed through feasts, processions and acts of faith.
The life of a priest is a call to serve God and the needy people around him. There are steps to follow to become a priest in Spain from the time you feel the call and vocation, until you are formed and receive the sacrament of ordination.
At the age of 7, Louange-Daniel Egbeku, a young man from Lomé, Togo, in West Africa, already knew he wanted to become a priest.
