priesthood

Listen to Executive Director of The Catholic Project, Stephen White, on the podcast Religion to Reality, speaking about an Integrated Life. An Integrated Life with Stephen White, Fr. Thomas Gaunt,… Read More

Stephen P. White reflects on the 2025 National Study of Catholic Priests: “The American presbyterate is united in its support for the family, for young people, and for evangelization. It… Read More

We wanted to draw your attention to the following scholarly articles that have been written using the data from our National Study of Catholic Priests: Homiletic & Pastoral Review Daniel… Read More

Stephen White writes in the Pillar about the invisible vocations crisis of men leaving priestly ministry. “In 2022, the National Study of Catholics priests showed that only 4% of American… Read More

Stephen P. White of Catholic University writes in The Pillar: “Do you know what does have a massive influence on priestly vocations? Family, friends, parish priests, and prayer. Eighty-nine percent… Read More

Recently, clergy and religious came together for a conference on the Jubilee of Hope, sponsored by the Office of Diocesan Engagement at the Catholic University of America. TCP’s Executive Director,… Read More

Stephen White reflects on a question that bishops ask about priests when we talk about burnout: Are the younger generation of priests really burned out or do they just not… Read More

Stephen White of Catholic University was featured on a podcast with Robert Royal of The Catholic Thing this week. PODCAST: A Catholic Project Making a Difference (with Stephen White)

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the National Study of Catholic Priests and the likeness of the younger generation of priests to the philosophy of Cardinal Francis George, OMI.… Read More

Stephen White of Catholic University writes on vocational discernment and the priestly vocation crisis. “It’s time to stop thinking about a crisis of priestly vocations as if it was separable… Read More

A question posed by both our own data and that of the Austin Institute was addressed in this piece at OSV. A snippet of the interview with Executive Director, Stephen… Read More

Many hospitals regularly engage in something called a clinical mortality review (also called morbidity & mortality rounds or “M&M” conferences). These meetings are used to try to understand if a… Read More