A world where Catholic priests, sisters and brothers exist in abundant numbers to fill the world's needs; where young people called to the priesthood or religious life can freely answer that call without being held back by education debt.

The Labouré Society Mission:

Labouré is a national, Catholic, non-profit organization that rescues Catholic vocations from the impediment of education debt. Many seminaries, convents and religious communities in the U.S. cannot accept men and women into formation with outstanding debt. Labouré teaches verified vocation candidates ("aspirants") a multi-dimensional, Catholic-based fundraising model they use to accelerate the resolution of their education debt in 4-24 months rather than 10-20 years. The result: Since 2003, Laboure has delivered over 330 aspirants into seminaries and religious communities nationwide and has awarded over $15 million in debt mitigation.  

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Why Is Labouré's Program So Successful?

1. Labouré works with each aspirant to ensure that all personal means are used to mitigate their student loan amounts (consolidation, asset review, counseling, full-time employment etc.).

2. Labouré professionally trains each aspirant in Catholic-based philanthropy grounded in humility, gratitude and hope for the Church.

3. Labouré forms "classes" of aspirants who, after receiving in-person training, return to their dioceses around the country and begin fundraising not for themselves, but collectively as a class. Funds raised are never ear-marked for an individual aspirant.

4. Labouré mentors, counsels, and guides each aspirant over his/her fundraising journey. Each aspirant is assigned an individual mentor ("accountability partner") who encourages the aspirant in proper preparation and completion of personal fundraising plans. 

5. Labouré empowers each aspirant with media platforms, marketing/communication tools including videos and written materials, donor software, free laptops, and continual webinar conferencing with the aspirant individually and with the class as a whole.

6. Labouré aspirants undergo a significant human formation process during which confidence, vocational discernment/commitment, social interaction skills, public speaking skills, relationship building skills, evangelization skills and fundraising skills are strengthened. The rigor of the Labouré program tests the aspirants' commitment to their vocation. Bishops, vocations directors and superiors cite this human formation process as an invaluable dimension of the Labouré program.

7. Labouré aspirants meet with thousands of Catholics each year. During these meetings, the aspirants share the joy of their vocation story, their courageous and faithful devotion to the Church, and their desire to lay down their lives for the Lord and His people in order to build God's Kingdom. These meetings encourage Catholics nationwide and spread hope for the Church's future!

8. Labouré is the only lay organization of its kind to rescue education-debt impeded vocations by delivering better-prepared candidates into the arms of the Catholic Church.   

 For more information: visit rescuevocations.org

Fund for Vocations

The Fund for Vocations assists men and women to follow God’s call to a life of consecrated service in the Church through student debt relief grants. They realized that many young men and women are called to religious life but cannot enter formation because of student loan debt. The Fund for Vocations makes grants to young men and women who have already been accepted for religious formation and whose student loans are the last barrier to entry. 

They have designed their grant program so that men and women who seek to answer God’s call can do so immediately, without delay or distractions. They assume monthly student loan payments while an aspirant is in formation thereby enabling them to enter formation right away, free from financial worry. When a newly minted priest, sister, or brother takes final vows, Fund for Vocations pays off the loan balance within five years. If the person in formation discerns out, they simply reassume their monthly loan payments, which have been kept up to date.

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You can read about the application process, eligibility requirements and application deadline dates on their website.  For example, one thing that is required is a letter of acceptance from the religious superior or vocation director.

For more information, visit their website by clicking here!