...graduate-level training for the priesthood increased 4 percent this academic year, according to data compiled by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. The data from 46 schools showed 3,474 seminarians, compared...

...switched to a later start time four years ago. The study, released Tuesday by the University of Minnesota's Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, also found students' grades were not affected significantly by the later start...

...baptized person who has not formally renounced his faith, according to Mary Gautier, a researcher with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. "You don't have to be a good Catholic and you don't have to...

...ministries. The Roman Catholic church faces similar pressure. Mary Gautier, a senior researcher with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, said the census confirmed that the church needs to put more resources...

...with the material. Also attending the meeting was Dave Hendrickson, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Applied Research and Technology; Rick Anderson of Iron Range Resources; Bruce Gerlach of Cleveland Cliff Mining Corp.; Capt...

...enrollment has plummeted from more than 13,000 in the late 1960s to about 1,300 today, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. The recent increase at St. John Vianney has gone mostly unnoticed...

...in 1965 to 78,094 in 2001, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University...Mary Bendyna, senior research associate for the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. "Recent studies show that...