The 2020 study serves as a follow up to the NRVC's landmark 2009 Study on Recent Vocations and includes both comparisons and new research. The survey sent to major superiors and newer entrants was designed to identify what attracted new members to religious life and to their particular religious institute or society; what they found helpful in their discernment process; what their attitudes and preferences are regarding community life, prayer, and ministry; and what sustains and challenges them in religious life.

Through an innovative technology platform, Sisters Rising Worldwide is a nonprofit making it possible for Sisters to overcome the challenges of geography, language, and separate congregations in order to effectively share ideas and strategies that solve the root causes of injustices throughout the world.

Catholic sisters provide spiritual aid. Learn more in stories from Global Sisters Report.

Learn more about Global Sisters Report in this introductory video. GSR is an independent, non-profit source of news and information about Catholic sisters and the critical issues facing the people they serve. Our network of journalists report about sisters' lives and works, and sisters write commentary from their perspective.

This introductory video explains who Catholic sisters are and how they live, work and serve others. You can also view the video in Spanish here.

CARA is a national, non-profit, Georgetown University-affiliated research center founded in 1965 that conducts social scientific studies about the Catholic Church. It has produced several studies and surveys about sisters.

This survey by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate published in February 2021 provided by insights into cultural diversity among those who had entered religious life in the U.S. in the past 15 years. Global Sisters Report wrote about the survey here.

The Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters, established in 1986 as a separate entity from the Hilton Foundation, supports the apostolic work of Roman Catholic Sisters around the world to help disadvantaged and vulnerable people.

The Hilton Foundation's Catholic Sisters Initiative suppports the ministry and spiritual witness of women religious. It invests in education for sisters, human development services and other initiatives to fortify the sisters' efforts.

Reports on outcomes of the initiative can be found here.

Asociación de Hermanas Latinas Misioneras en América (AHLMA) is a network of sisters in the United States who primarily serve migrants and other people who are poor and vulnerable. Its website is available in English and Spanish.