Campus Ministry: High Priority, High Impact

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Campus MinistryHigh Priority,High Impact
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CARA Project Reportswww.cara.georgetown.edu202-
687-8083

• March 2002
• Exploring the Impact of
• Campus Ministry on
• Catholics in the U.S.
• February 2003
• Diocesan Level Profile
• of Campus Ministry
• September 2003
• A Report of Findings from CARAs Catholic Campus
  Ministry Inventory

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Empowered by the SpiritSix Aspects of Campus
Ministry

• Forming the Faith Community
• Appropriating the Faith
• Forming the Christian Conscience
• Educating for Justice
• Facilitating Personal Development
• Developing Leaders for the Future

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The Impactof Campus Ministry

• The findings presented come from CARAs Catholic
  Poll 2001, an annual telephone poll of randomly
  sampled, self-identified Catholic adults in the
  U.S.
• Only those who attended college are included in
  these findings (1,309 respondents)
• Respondents who attended college were asked
  whether they had participated in campus ministry
  at their college
• 15 percent had.
• They were also asked if they had ever attended a
  Catholic college or university
• 17 percent had.

Exploring the Impact of Campus Ministry on
Catholics in the United States, CARA Report,
2002
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Forming the Community
Of those who participated in campus ministry when
in college -82 percent now attend Mass at
least once a month - 44 percent now attend Mass
at least every week
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Forming the Community
Of those who participated in campus ministry -75
percent report being registered members of their
parishes -17 percent report being very involved
in parish or religious activities
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Appropriating the Faith
In the last 12 months, those who participated in
campus ministry are also more likely to

• Read a Catholic paper or magazine
  68 percent
• Read a book about Catholicism 36 percent

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Forming the Christian Conscience
92 percent of those who participated in campus
ministry report that they or other members of
their households have given money to a Catholic
parish or to another Catholic organization in the
past year.
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Educating for Justice
Some 34 percent of those who participated in
campus ministry say helping those in need is
essential to their faith.
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Facilitating Personal Development
65 percent of those who participated in campus
ministry at their Catholic colleges and
universities now say their Catholic faith
is among the most important
parts of their lives.
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Developing Leadersfor the Future
81 percent of those who participated in campus
ministry say they would encourage someone to
serve as a priest, sister, or brother.
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Developing Leadersfor the Future
27 percent of those who participated in campus
ministry have considered serving in the Church
as an ecclesial lay minister, that is, a lay
person who works in a parish or other Church
organization.
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Colleges Universities in the United States
www.ed.gov www.accunet.org

• There are approximately 4,450 colleges
  universities in the United States
• About 220 of these are Catholic colleges
  universities (about 5 percent)
• The other approximately 4,230 are
• non-Catholic colleges universities
• (about 95 percent)

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Number of Catholic College Students
www.chronicle.com

• According to the Chronicle of Higher Education,
  about 16.6
  
  
  million students
  attended a university or college in the U.S. in
  2003-4.
• About 4.6 million of these students identify
  themselves as Catholics when entering a college
  or university.

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Number of StudentsAttending Each Type ofCollege
or Universitywww.chronicle.comwww.accunet.org

• The Association of Catholic Colleges and
  Universities estimates that there are about 1/2
  million Catholic students at Catholic
  institutions.
• Just over 4 million Catholic students attend
  non-Catholic institutions.
• About 12 million other students are at
  public/private institutions.

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Catholic Ministry Presenceon Campuses in the
U.S.
Of the 4,240 colleges or universities in the US

• 28 percent, or approximately 1,200 campuses have
  a Catholic campus ministry presence.
• 72 percent, or approximately 3,000, campuses are
  without Catholic campus ministry centers.

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Sacramental Life of Catholic Campus Ministries

• Catholic campus ministry centers in the United
  States report that approximately 10 people
  receive the sacrament of baptism each year, and 5
  people come into full communion.

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Student Participation in Campus Ministry Programs

• According to the CARA survey of Catholic campus
  ministry sites, on average, every year
• 1) 9 students participate in RCIA.
• 2) 35 students participate in liturgical
  ministries.
• 3) 78 students participate in retreats.
• 4) 87 students participate in peer ministry
  programs.

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Justice Programs Provided

• Every year
• 92 students volunteer or serve the needy.
• 30 students participate in service or justice
  trips.

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Retreat and Spiritual Direction Provided

• Retreatants average 78 students a year

• Campus ministry averages 5 retreats a year.

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Religious Preference ofCollege
Studentshttp//cara.georgetown.edu

• Religious Preference of Incoming First Year
  Students for 2004
• Christian
• Roman Catholic 27.8
• Other Christian 45.2
• Other Faith Traditions
• Jewish 2.5
• Latter-Day Saints 1.6
• Buddhist 1.1
• Islamic 0.9
• Hindu 0.8
• Other Religions 2.6
• No religious preference 17.5

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Diocesan Level Profile of Campus Ministry
Reporthttp//cara.georgetown.edu

• In Fall 2002, surveys were mailed to all diocesan
  directors of campus ministry, or others where
  there are no directors
• 137 of 177 dioceses returned completed
  questionnaires
• Close-ended questions asked about the roles and
  responsibilities of diocesan directors or contact
  persons
• Open-ended questions asked about what would most
  help them be more effective and how national
  organizations could most help them

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Who Serves inDiocesan Positions?Fall 2002

• 46 percent are diocesan directors (a full- or
  part-time position, bishop-appointed, usually
  with full authority and responsibility)
• 24 percent are diocesan coordinators (usually a
  part-time position, bishop-appointed, with
  responsibility to act as coordinator of campus
  ministry)
• 15 percent are diocesan contact persons (usually
  designated by fellow campus ministers, receives
  and disseminates information)
• 8 percent are diocesan liaisons (a part-time
  position, bishop-appointed, receives and
  disseminates information)
• 7 percent responded Other, and mostly identify
  their positions as simply campus ministers

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Diocesan Budget SizesFall 2002

• Total Budget for
• Campus Ministry
• No Budget 13
• Less than 10,000 11
• 10,000 to 49,999 7
• 50,000 to 99,999 14
• 100,000 to 199,999 19
• 200,000 to 499,999 24
• 500,000 to 999,999 9
• 1,000,000 or More 3

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Proportion of Campuses in Dioceses with Assigned
Campus Ministers

• No campuses have an
• assigned minister 1
• 1 to 24 percent 13
• 25 to 49 percent 31
• 50 to 74 percent 27
• 75 to 99 percent 16
• All campuses have an
• assigned minister 12

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What Would Most Help Your Campus Ministry Program
Be More Effective?

• A full-time diocesan director and full-time
  campus ministers.
• Priests available to serve as chaplains.
• Continuity and a budget.
• Better communication from the diocesan level.
• More campus ministers paid adequately.

• More campus ministers that could be placed on
  some of the large two-year colleges.
• Better coordination between Newman campus
  ministers and the department of youth and young
  adult ministries.
• More time to spend with them.

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What Could National Groups Do to Help Your Campus
Ministry Be More Effective?

• Educate and lobby Episcopal offices as to the
  importance of ministry on campus.

• More information on working and urban commuter
  students.
• Some models of effective campus ministry in
  secular colleges/universities would be helpful.
• Look at models of ministry that work with
  limited or no funding.

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A Report of Findings from CARAs Catholic Campus
Ministry Inventory Report

• To identify Catholic campus ministry sites, CARA
  sent out questionnaires to all 177 dioceses,
  receiving 137 completed surveys that identified
  1,297 sites
• With the help of CARAs National Parish
  Inventory, an additional 54 parishes serving as
  campus ministries were identified
• 473 of the total 1,351 campus ministry sites
  responded to the survey, for a 35 percent
  response rate

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Programs Sponsored or Provided by Campus
Ministries

• Retreats 79
• Volunteering/service with
• the poor and needy 74
• Music ministry 72
• Liturgical ministries 69
• RCIA 54
• Spiritual direction 54
• Leadership/Advisory Board
• or Committee 53
• Service or justice trips 52
• Liturgy planning 49
• Marriage preparation 42
• Faith formation courses 41
• Peer ministry 30

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Liturgical Programs Provided
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Faith Formation Programs Provided
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Leadership Programs Provided
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Student Participation in Campus Ministry Programs
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The Alliance on Campus Ministry

• The Alliance consists of
• Catholic Campus Ministry Association
• National Catholic Student Coalition
• National Association of Diocesan Directors of
  Campus Ministry
• Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
  of Campus Ministry Directors
• The Alliance would like to express its thanks to
  the Bishops Subcommittee for your continued
  support and dedication in empowering Catholic
  campus ministry to move to a future bright with
  promise.

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Summary of Findingsfrom the CARA Studies

• Campus ministry participation is important
  because those who participated are now more
  likely than other Catholics to
• Attend Mass at least once a week
• Be registered members of their parishes
• Be very involved in parish or other religious
  activities
• Give money to a Catholic parish or to another
  Catholic organization in the past year
• Say they would encourage someone or personally
  consider serving as a priest, sister, brother, or
  lay minister

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A Final Thought

• What if campus ministries reached an additional
  10 percent of the nearly 5 million Catholic
  college students across the United States?
• About every four years, across the United States,
  dioceses would see about 500,000 committed
  Catholic leaders enter their parishes who
• -attend Mass more frequently,
• -are more involved in parish activities,
• -give more financially,
• -more seriously consider for themselves, as
  well as, encourage others to seek a religious
  vocation.