The National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) is a professional organization of vocation ministers that presents religious life as a viable option in the Catholic Church. NRVC has a vision to set the world ablaze with the fire of God’s love through the prophetic, joyful witness of religious sisters, brothers, and priests as radical disciples of Jesus. Its mission is to serve as a catalyst for vocation discernment and the full flourishing of religious life for the ongoing transformation of the world. NRVC has an annual membership of almost 1,000 sisters, brothers, priests and lay ecclesial ministers representing over 350 religious institutes, both national and international, most of whom are vocation ministers for religious congregations. Through its four CARA studies and subsequent CARA studies, NRVC recognizes women and men are still inquiring about religious life and discerning their vocation. Matter of fact, the 2012 NRVC Educational Debt Study reported 93% of all religious institutes have had at least one serious inquirer since 2000 and 79% of all religious institutes have had at least one formal applicant since 2000.