s you will see in the articles in this issue, the Future of Religious Orders in the United States (FORUS) study was released just over 13 years ago. The full and final publication was released 12 years ago. One of the key phrases from the study was a ten-year window for many religious institutes in the United States to reverse a trend toward decline.

We thought it would be helpful in a number of ways to return to study that came to be called the Nygren-Ukeritis report. It could help review progress over these years in applying the study to concrete issues in religious institutes. It could help to bring notoriety again to this study that likely predated the experience of many current leaders. It could breathe life into questions about the role of good applied social science in helping to further invigorate our religious institutes in the highly complex social situation and mass culture of the United States.

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