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Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)

ASEC Partnership with Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)

Location: USA
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Start Year: 2016

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) is a national, non-profit, Georgetown University affiliated research center that conducts social scientific studies about the Catholic Church. Founded in 1964, CARA has three major dimensions to its mission: (1) to increase the Church’s self understanding, (2) to serve the applied research needs of Church decision-makers and (3) to advance scholarly research on religion, particularly Catholicism. CARA has more than 50 years of experience in quality social science research on the Catholic Church and offers a range of research and consulting services for dioceses, parishes, religious communities and institutes, and other Catholic organizations.

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