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Vinea Research provides Catholic market research
Vinea Research is a Catholic market research firm that conducts quantitative and qualitative research to provide real data and insights to help parishes, apostolates, and ministries better understand the people they serve. A new study conducted in late 2022 from Vinea Research indicates that 69% of Mass-going Catholics believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, refuting a previous 2019 study from the Pew Research Center claiming only one-third of Mass-going Catholics in the United States believed in the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
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Catholic Belief in the Real Presence
In 2019, Pew Research Center released a study with the headline, “Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ.” Naturally, this caused much concern among Catholic leadership, sparking discussions that ultimately led to the creation of the 10th National Eucharist Congress.
The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Catholics
In a new study that analyzed the effects of the pandemic on Catholic individuals, their faith lives, parishes, and future intentions, results included both positive and negative outcomes. One of the significant negative outcomes being that Mass attendance has decreased and is not expected to be back to pre-pandemic levels by the summer of 2022. A positive outcome indicated that nearly half of Catholics surveyed stated that their overall faith in God is better, reporting increased levels of gratitude.
Latest Reports
Catholic Intentional Discipleship in the U.S.
Vinea Research collaborated with DeSales Media to conduct a survey of 3,323 self-identified Catholics across the U.S. in order to learn more about devout Catholics who have a disposition for discipleship. The ultimate goal of the survey is to better serve these people in order to help engaged Catholics live and share their faith on a deeper level. An interesting finding is that many respondents expressed a great deal of interest in developing their evangelization skills, but we saw a large need for education and resources to help with evangelization.
Meet the Founder
Hans Plate is the Founder and President of Vinea Research. With more than 25 years of experience providing professional market research to industry-leading companies such as Pfizer and Medtronic, Hans felt compelled to apply proven business-based research methods in service to the Church. Combining his market research expertise with his devout Catholic beliefs, Hans leads a team at Vinea Research to provide high-caliber, action-oriented market research to parishes, Church leadership, apostolates, and advocacy groups. Hans resides in northeast Maryland with his wife and five daughters.
Suggested Interview Questions
Vinea Research conducted a new study on belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist among Mass-going Catholics. Can you offer a summary of the findings?
How can your study findings be compared to those of the Pew Research Center in 2019 and of the CARA study in 2023?
Why were you compelled to conduct this study using language that is more consistent with language that the Catholic Church regularly uses?
Why are the results of your study significant particularly during this phase of the National Eucharistic Revival?
Where can people go to access the full report?
What’s next for Vinea Research?
Media Coverage
Catholic Belief in the Real Presence?
Covid-19 Report on Catholics
The Catholic Morning Show with Jon Leonetti (starts at 17:08)
Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo
Driving Home the Faith with Fr. Rob Jack
Notre Dame’s Church Life Today
Wake Up! with Gaby Smith, Damian Calato, and Alicia Quibodeaux (starts at 14:12)
Smart Catholics Mastermind Podcast with Dominic de Souza
Aleteia Article: Study finds too many Catholics “accustomed to not being in church”
Media Requests
Contact Carrie Kline at carriek@missionadvancementpartners.com for interview requests.
Endorsements
“Vinea Research brings a unique combination of love for the Church, an embracing of Pope John Paul II’s call to a “new evangelization,” and a strategic and action-oriented approach to market research. This combination will give us greater insights into our many stakeholders and help us achieve our mission of equipping college students to embrace Christ, become disciples, and evangelize others with greater efficacy. We are excited to see what God will continue to do for FOCUS in and through Vinea Research.”
— Craig Miller, President, Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS)
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