PASS also involves a set of presentation and consultation services based on the research, that CARA provides at an individual parish's request. While our findings over the years cannot be generalized back to all Mass-attenders due to the lack of a random sample of parishes, CARA's NPI does allow for some weighting of the results. Surveys of Priestly Life and Ministry . In some cases the total cases were quite large-the study of the priests of Chicago, for example, included some 500 priests. CARA is currently completing several more such studies and beginning plans for a possible national level telephone survey of Catholic priests.
Funding remains an issue for the national level survey.
Surveys on Specialized Issues in Congregational Ministry . Congregations depend on the work of specific ministries, whether conducted by the same person or not, whether conducted by volunteer or paid, professional staff. CARA plans to begin web surveys of parish DREs this year. CARA has also completed diocesan level studies of youth ministry and stewardship, and plans to follow those studies up with parish-levels surveys. Most Catholic parishes consist of several congregations in one.