Report
A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate Study for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 2018-2019
CARA Study on Diaconate 2018-2019
This report presents findings from a national survey of the Office of the Permanent Diaconate in arch/dioceses and arch/eparchies in the United States. The study was commissioned by the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. This is the eleventh survey of Offices of the Permanent Diaconate that CARA has conducted for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The original questionnaire was designed in collaboration with the Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for the Diaconate.