{"id":763,"date":"2009-04-22T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/04\/how-to-kill-a-vocation.html"},"modified":"2009-04-22T23:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T23:22:00","slug":"how-to-kill-a-vocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/04\/how-to-kill-a-vocation.html","title":{"rendered":"How to kill a vocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report<\/a> offers some surprising — and troubling — insight into why a lot of young men had second or third thoughts about the priesthood: <\/p>\n

Conversations around the kitchen table may be more responsible for the shortage of Roman Catholic priests in the U.S. than influences from American culture, a new study suggests.<\/p>\n

Almost 45% of Catholic priests planning to be ordained this year said they were discouraged from considering the priesthood, according to a survey produced by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University for the U.S. bishops.<\/p>\n

Of those, nearly 6 in 10 said a parent or family member was the source of the discouragement. Fifty-one percent said a friend or classmate had counseled them against the priesthood, and 15% said a priest or other clergy had. The percentages add up to more than 100 because respondents could select more than one category.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can visit the CARA website<\/a> for more research and findings. The full report is also at the USCCB website<\/a>. <\/p>\n

And the table below, from CNS, offers a snapshot of the study. Click on it to enlarge.<\/p>\n

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