GIVEN 2020 | Discover The Gift | Online Event

Discover the Gift ONLINE EVENT JUNE 10-14, 2020

Every young woman has been entrusted with a mission: to cultivate her own unique gifts and initiate positive change in the world through the love that is exclusively hers to give.

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WELCOME

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH

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Welcome!

VISION The GIVEN Institute (“GIVEN”) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to activating the gifts of young adult women for the Church and the world. We inspire and equip the next generation of female leaders to “receive the gift that they are; realize the gifts they’ve been given; and respond with the gift that only they can give.” Through leadership training, faith formation, and dedicated mentoring, GIVEN forms women for mission and for life.

The mission of GIVEN is to help Catholic women with a heart for mission and an aptitude for leadership identify their particular gifts and find practical pathways to put them in the service of the Gospel. Throughout Discover the Gift, participants will engage these principal themes: • Receive the gift you are • Realize the gifts you’ve been given • Respond with the gift that only you can give

Receive the gift you are.

“Father, they are your gift to me.” - Jn. 17:24 Discover the beauty and truth of the feminine genius and live from your identity as a beloved daughter of God. You are a gift from the Father! God loved you into being, chose you to live at a particular moment in history, and fashioned you in His image and likeness. You reflect a specific facet of the glory, the beauty, and the mystery of God. God made you totally unique - and your fingerprints bear witness to the wonder that you are the only you that ever has been and ever will be! If He would take such care in designing the pattern of circles on the tips of your fingers, how much more the love of your heart?

Your life is God’s pure, unmerited gift to you. But receive His loving affirmation - you are also a gift to Him.

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Realize the gifts you’ve been given.

“The manifestation of the Spirit is given to each for the profit of all.” - 1 Cor. 12:7 Learn the truth of the faith as handed down by the Church and develop leadership skills to cultivate your natural gifts.

The Church bestows gifts of grace through the Sacraments. In our Baptism, we share Jesus’ intimacy with the Father as daughters of God. In Reconciliation, we are forgiven, healed, and more conformed to Christ. In Holy Communion, we receive the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus. And at Confirmation, we are sealed with the 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

There are gifts of nature too. Each woman possesses the gifts of the feminine genius - those attributes, traits, and qualities of her femininity that she shares and expresses with her love, creativity, and selfoffering. You have also been given specific gifts, particular qualities of character and virtue, as well as distinct strengths, talents, and personal charisms. Realize that what you have been given by God is for His glory, your joy, and the building up of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Respond with the gift that only you can give.

“To whom much is given, much is expected.” - Lk. 12:48

Be inspired by women who have shared their unique gifts with the world, be encouraged by other rising leaders, and become equipped to see the desire of your heart made manifest.

Since you possess the unique love of your heart and have received gifts and a mission particular to your life and vocation, you are the only one who can make a response to God’s invitation. We discover ourselves by making a gift of ourselves. When I give my talents, time, and very self, I become who I was created to be and experience the depth and fullness that God intended. If you find yourself eager to engage the pressing needs of the day, ready to take risks for the sake of that which is truly worthy, and brimming with a love to unleash - the family needs you; society needs you; the Church needs you - and awaits the gift only you can give.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!

The GIVEN Team

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W E D N E S D AY JUNE 10 sponsored by

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Wednesday, June 10 8:00pm EST

LIVE Welcome Broadcast | Saint John Paul II National Shrine | hosted by Montse Alvarado, Sister Maria Juan, RSM, and Rachel Harkins Ullmann Watch Now

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Keynote: Casting the Vision | Sister Virginia Joy, SV | Available all day | opening remarks from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York Watch Now

Discussion questions Feel free to reflect privately, or share your answers on any social platform and tag us @giveninstitute C ASTING THE VISION | SR. VIRGINIA JOY, SV 1) Do I believe myself to be a gift, or do I think of myself as a burden? Do I think that I have to earn my value, maybe by what I achieve or by how I look?

2) Have you experienced a time when focusing on loving others further increased your capacity to love?

3) How do you feel about your sensitivity as a woman? Have you ever wished to be more or less sensitive?

4) “The power of maternal love consists in leading those in our care to God.” Whether or not you have children, who in your life is in your care?

5)Sister quotes Father Joseph Tetlow: “Explore how God’s project has a living blueprint – the passionate, life shaping desires that God raises in living persons. How important to thousands and thousands of people are the desires that rise in a Mother Teresa’s heart – and we wonder whether our own authentic desires are not important too and to how many? If each of us enacted the deepest desires that God our Creator and Lord raises in our spirits, then in that moment the Reign of God would explode among us!”

Let the desires of your heart lead you to a personal “Action Plan.” How can you resolve today to share your gifts with others?

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Wednesday Speakers

MONTSE ALVARADO

Montse joined the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in 2009 and was named VP & Executive Director in February 2017. With a background in public policy and campaigns, she has led initiatives at Becket in development, communications, strategy and operations that have helped secure religious liberty victories against the contraceptive mandate, protect the rights of churches to choose their leaders, and safeguard the free speech of crisis pregnancy centers and religious groups on campus. She was recently profiled by the Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Edition with the following introduction: “A defender of all religion, on the front lines of America’s culture wars.”

Montse has a Masters from the George Washington University and a B.A. from Florida International University. She served on the Montgomery County Commission for Women in Maryland and is currently on the board of the Patients’ Rights Action Fund, the leading advocate against the legalization of assisted suicide; a lay consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Religious Liberty Committee; a member of the President’s Advisory Counsel of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students; and on the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board for the Philos Project. Although not an attorney, she “plays one on TV” advocating for Becket clients on major television and radio networks.

Born in Mexico City, she is fluent in Spanish and French and is a competitive jazz and classical vocalist.

SISTER MARIA JUAN, RSM

Sister Maria Juan Anderson, RSM, is a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Michigan.

She grew up in Boise, Idaho, and graduated from Benedictine College with a degree in Music. She served as a FOCUS Missionary for three years before entering the Religious Sisters of Mercy in 2012. Striving to be the convergence point between God’s mercy and man’s misery, the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma live a common life of prayer and service through various apostolates including education and healthcare. She is currently assigned to their convent in Washington, DC where she is completing studies toward a Licentiate in Philosophy at the Catholic University of America.

Prior to joining GIVEN, Rachel worked in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for over twelve years supporting parishes and schools with their advancement efforts. Rachel has also taught theology courses in Catholic schools and served as Campus Minister at Mount de Sales Academy under the leadership of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia. She is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she majored in Theology and Catechetics and obtained her Masters in Education Administration from Johns Hopkins University. Rachel is a harpist and has traveled to Australia, Israel, and all over Europe (favorite cities being Rome, Lourdes, and Fatima). Her greatest source of joy is her husband Tony and her children, Evangeline and Cooper.

SISTER VIRGINIA JOY, SV

Sr. Virginia Joy entered the Sisters of Life in 2009. A native of South Carolina, she currently serves in Manhattan as the Director of the Respect Life office for the Archdiocese of New York. Sister has also served in the community Visitation Mission working with vulnerable pregnant women in need and in the Vocations mission. She was greatly involved in the planning and executing of the first GIVEN forum in 2016 and is thrilled to join us!

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MASTERPIECE Inside each heart lies the desire for truth, goodness, and beauty.

At Franciscan University, tap into your heart’s desire, discover your vocation, and become the masterpiece God created you to be.

RACHEL HARKINS ULLMANN

When Rachel was 16 years old, she took a risk and signed up to serve as a Young Apostle for a Steubenville Youth Conference.

While in confession with Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, he had a vision which he shared with her.

She was hiding behind a rose bush and Christ was asking her to come out from behind the bush and become a big, bright rose on the front of the bush. This divine commission has led Rachel on a journey of discipleship and leadership in the Church for the service of others.

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Thursday, June 11 9:00am EST

Morning Prayer | with the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles Pray With Us Here

9:30am EST

Keynote: Receive the Gift That You Are | Debbie Herbeck | Available all day Watch Now

12:00pm EST

“Pray, Listen, Learn” email in your inbox with prayer resources from GIVEN ‘16 Alumnafounded Behold Visio Divina | Leadership training tips from Cynthia Psencik and Berni Neal | Music sung by GIVEN ‘19 Alumna Alyssa Wills

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LIVE Prayer at the Hour of Mercy | with Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy Pray With Us Here

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Compline and Reflection | with Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Pray With Us Here

Discussion questions Feel free to reflect privately, or share your answers on any social platform and tag us @giveninstitute RECEIVE THE GIFT THAT YOU ARE | DEBBIE HERBECK 1) “Who am I and how much have I allowed myself to be defined by my doing?” What activities in your life do you feel define you? Reflect on them. Can you see how the Lord is using them for His greater glory?

2) Debbie received a powerful affirmation from the Lord by way of 12 white roses. Have you received a similar sign from God? If so, how can you move your appreciation from the gift to the Giver of the gift?

3) Do you fall prey to allowing others to determine your value and worth? Debbie recounts a deep wound from high school she received from a group of girls commenting on her appearance. Have you experienced a similar wound? How can you receive healing?

4) Have you ever stopped and asked the Lord, “Father, what do You see in me?” If not, take a moment to reflect on that. Ask the Lord to show you the woman He sees as He gazes upon you.

5) Debbie shares a story about wanting to be like Mother Teresa and the Lord asking her instead to be the bestrate version of herself. Do you compare yourself to other Catholic female leaders? How do you remove that comparison and instead strive to receive the gift that YOU are?

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THE CARMELITE SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF LOS ANGELES

Being at the service of the family for life… This philosophy is at the heart of the mission of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, a vibrant, thriving community of women dedicated to serving God’s people. It is a God-given mission, a mission of the heart, a mission of loving service, which overflows from each sister’s profound life of prayer.

Venerable Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Foundress of our Community, began her dream of uniting the spirit of Carmel with an active apostolate in her native Mexico in 1921. Ninety years later, 137 sisters follow in her footsteps. Our life is characterized by a life of prayer and union with God, a deep love for Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, and devotion to our Blessed Mother. Today we move forward together “Educating for Life with the Mind and Heart of Christ” through infant care to high schools, being “At the Service of the Family for Life” through health and eldercare and “Fostering a Deeper Spiritual Life” through individual and group retreats. https://carmelitesistersocd.com

the First Encuentro on Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry, she fell in love with youth ministry and pursued a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry with a concentration in Hispanic Ministry from Fordham University. She then became the Associate Director for Youth Ministry, and for the past 2 years has been serving as the Director for the Office of Youth Ministry. She is also the Vice President of La RED - National Catholic Network de Pastoral Juvenil Hispana and is a member of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM). She is married to her husband Evan and lives in Connecticut.

BERNI NEAL

After a professional career in corporate marketing and advertising, Berni Neal now dedicates her time to Catholic evangelization and philanthropy. Mrs. Neal currently serves on the boards of Aleteia, Catholic Leadership Institute, EWTN, Legatus, Live Action, Magnificat Foundation, Pueri Cantores and Thomas Aquinas College. She serves on the advisory board of Obria Medical Group. Together with her husband, Rob, she is a member of the Papal Foundation and the Legatus Orange Coast Chapter. They reside in Santa Ana, California and have been married for 36 years and have two adult children.

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DEBBIE HERBECK

Debbie Herbeck has shared with many her personal journey of faith from Judaism to Christianity and subsequent entrance into the Catholic Church. For the past forty years, Debbie Herbeck has worked extensively in youth and women’s ministry, doing evangelization on university campuses, speaking at youth conferences, founding and directing Pine Hills Girls’ Camp, leading mission trips, and mentoring high school and college age women. She has spoken at women’s and youth events throughout the country. Debbie is the founder and leader of the Be Love Revolution, a ministry that exists to help young women know the personal love of Jesus, to live freely and confidently, and be empowered to spread God’s Love to all they meet.

She has written Safely Through the Storm, 120 Reflections on Hope and Firmly on the Rock, 120 Reflections on Faith, and Love Never Fails, 120 Reflections on Love. She and her husband Peter have co-authored a book entitled, When the Spirit Speaks,Touched by God’s Word. Debbie is a frequent author and speaker for Blessed is She and contributing writer for Undone: Freeing your Feminine Heart from the Knots of Fear and Shame. Debbie and her husband Peter live in Ann Arbor, Michigan and have 4 young adult children and 7 small grandchildren.

CYNTHIA PSENCIK

Cynthia Psencik was born and raised in New York City. Her parents are from the Dominican Republic. In 2004, Cynthia began working for the Archdiocese of New York as the Assistant in the Hispanic Ministry Office.

Through her ministry with youth in retreat centers and especially through her involvement in

“I am confident that each one of you has a gift that truly only you can give, and this is a glorious moment to give that gift for the glory of God.” - Sr. Augusta, O.P.

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Thursday Speakers (cont’d.) love present and visible in the Church and in the world. In a word, we strive to bring parched and weary souls to the fountain of Divine Mercy. http://www.sisterfaustina.org/

SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF MERCY

The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy is an active/contemplative congregation founded to participate directly in the mission of God’s mercy. St. Faustina Kowalska, a perpetually professed member of our order, records in her “Diary” Jesus’ plea, not only to her, but also to each sister: “I thirst. I thirst for the salvation of souls. Help me, My daughter, to save souls.”(Diary 1032) Each sister makes Jesus’ desire for the salvation of souls her own. St. John Paul II captured our apostolic mission in his address to us at our Shrine of Divine Mercy in Cracow, Poland: “Christ… has called you to a particular apostolate, that of His Mercy…The people of today need your proclamation of mercy: they need your works of mercy and they need your prayer to obtain mercy.”

And so, we are sent out to the men and women of our times to confidently proclaim the message of Divine Mercy, to implore His mercy for the world by prayer and sacrifice and to make God’s unconditional

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DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. CECILIA

Eight centuries ago, Saint Dominic de Guzman founded a new religious order whose contemplative framework was to support its active mission of preaching for the salvation of souls. Today, the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation live out this mission through a life of prayer, study and community, which nourishes a contemplative spirit and bears fruit in their teaching apostolate.

In the spirit of Saint Dominic, the community embraces the Church’s call to the new evangelization, responding creatively to the needs of our time.

The sisters’ apostolate includes classroom teaching preschool through college; family formation programs; campus ministry and work with young people; retreats and other catechetical efforts that encourage growth in faith and in the spiritual life. https://www.nashvilledominican.org/

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This time is spent gazing upon an image, trusting that God will use it to speak to your heart.

This is the time to be aware of what is striking you most about the image. In this step, we do not just look upon the image, but are in a dialogue with God in regard to what is going on in our hearts.

MEDITATIO (MEDITATION): The meditative stage is reflecting on the meaning of the image. After being open and receptive in the Visio stage, you let the image stir some questions in your heart. At this stage in Visio Divina, a Scripture passage will be read aloud to cultivate a deeper understanding of the image, and time will be given to journal and pray on reflection questions.

ORATIO (PRAYER) : This is a response to God’s word in the experience of sacred art. Depending on what you have experienced in Scripture and the image, your prayer may be sorrow, adoration, or joy.

At this stage, a vocal prayer will be said aloud, with some more quiet time for you to pray from the experience of your heart in Visio.

CONTEMPLATIO (CONTEMPLATION): This is simply resting in God and is a time of divine intimacy. At this stage, you are drawn into relationship, a loving encounter with God.

OPERATIO (ACTION): This stage is the one in which you ask yourself and God how to apply what you have received in prayer into your own life. You ask, “How will I live this out?”

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Friday, June 12 9:00am EST

Morning Prayer | with the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles Pray With Us Here

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Keynote: Realize the Gifts You’ve Been Given | Mother Gloria Therese, OCD and Sister Maria Goretti, OCD | Available all day Watch Now

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“Pray, Listen, Learn” email in your inbox with prayer resources from GIVEN ‘16 Alumnafounded Behold Visio Divina | Leadership training tips from Georgia Clarke and Dr. Grazie Christie | Music sung by Marisel Rodriguez

3:00pm EST

LIVE Prayer at the Hour of Mercy | with Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy Pray With Us Here

7:30pm EST

Compline and Reflection | with Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist Pray With Us Here

Discussion questions Feel free to reflect privately, or share your answers on any social platform and tag us @giveninstitute REALIZE THE GIFTS YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN | MOTHER GLORIA THERESE, OCD, AND SISTER MARIA GORETTI, OCD 1) Mother and Sister explain the Trinitarian foundation of our identity: beloved daughters of our Father, treasured friend of Christ, and temple of the Holy Spirit. Because of this foundation, we don’t need our gifts to define who we are. Mother challenges us to spend time in prayer, asking the Father, to show us who we are. What do you need from the Father? What or who do I need to let go of so that I can receive that I am Beloved?

2) Sister paints a beautiful picture of a cathedral and likens it to the building of our own souls. She describes the cathedral of our soul as filled with the sound of a beautiful song of God. The way Sister describes the “recreating and sanctifying” work of God shows that the work of our creation is ongoing. She challenges us to pray, “Holy God, what is the unique and unrepeatable song you are singing in my soul?” If you hear the sound of God’s voice in answer to this prayer, record your thoughts.

3) Our gifts are given to us for mission. To help identify some of your core gifts, or your “motivational design,” think of stories from when you were a little girl. What patterns in your life have been “irresistible, insatiable, enduring, and good”?

4) Sister Maria Goretti told a story from the movie “Gifted Hands” of Ben Carson’s incredible mother. She remarks on how Ben’s mother overcame great obstacles, like illiteracy, racial discrimination, and single motherhood, in order to raise her sons. We would say that her maternal love, her expression of the “feminine genius,” made her sons who they are today. How can you live out your own maternity to overcome obstacles?

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5) To close their talk, Mother Gloria Therese told the story of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and her big dream to reach all continents with the message of Christ. The big dream of a young saint came true. Our challenge is to “dream big” with God. What are your dreams? What are God’s dreams for you? What is your next step in pursuing these dreams?

Friday Speakers GEORGIA CLARKE

Georgia is passionate about lay leadership within the Church, pondering the feminine genius, and drinking tea with good friends. She is currently completing her MA in Medical Ethics and Law, having read Philosophy and Theology at Oxford from 2015-2018. As coordinator of the public speaking programme for Catholic Voices, Georgia has the privilege of encountering daily the gifts and talents of the lay faithful in England and is, in her spare time, developing a resource for Catholic women in Britain called ‘Salve’.

MOTHER GLORIA THERESE, O.C.D.

Mother Gloria Therese, O.C.D. was born in Mankato, Minnesota and entered the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles in 1990. Sister Gloria Therese holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from the College of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, MN, as well as a Master of Arts in Moral Theology from Holy Apostles College in Cromwell CT. Mother Gloria Therese has served her community as the Vocation Directress, Novice Directress, General Councilor and in a variety of roles in the Retreat apostolate. She spent three years at Franciscan University at Steubenville as a Spiritual Director and has served also served as President of Flos Carmeli Formation Centers, overseeing the Retreat and Education Apostolic Service Centers. In March 2020, Sister was called to serve as the Superior General of the Carmelite Sisters.

DR. GRAZIE POZO CHRISTIE

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie is a Policy Advisor for The Catholic Association. She writes and speaks in both Spanish and English about Catholicism, religious freedom, and the intersection of faith and science. As a Hispanic, she brings a special focus on social issues that affect the growing Latino population, such as the state of the family and the real needs of the poor and marginalized. As a physician, she is able to address complex subjects relating to government health policy and its true impact on the people it purports to help.

Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, USA Today, CNN.com, National Review, FoxNews.com, US News and World Report, and The New York Times, among others. She has appeared on CNN, Telemundo, Fox News, C-SPAN, and EWTN. In 2014 and 2015 she traveled to Rome to cover the Synod on the Family, commenting on its progress for many publications and shows. She was a featured speaker at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., in January 2015, where she spoke about prenatal diagnosis. In 2017, she won an award from the Catholic Press Association for best regular column on family life. She is a regular columnist for US News and World Report and Angelus News.

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico, coming to the United States at the age of eleven. She is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Miami School of Medicine.

She practices Radiology in the Miami area, where she lives with her husband and five children.

“The nation... doesn’t simply need what we have.

THE FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST

The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist were founded in 1973 and received full pontifical status in 1982. The sisters endeavor to integrate the perennial values of the Catholic Church, the centering power of the Holy Eucharist, the spirituality of Saint Francis and Saint Clare, and the need for bonding in community in order to meet the demands of the contemporary apostolate.

Dedicated to the sacredness of human life and the inviolability of the human person, the community carries out this mission through programs of counseling, education, health care, music, land experience, technology and service to the family and the elderly. https://fsecommunity.org

It needs what we are.”

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dive deeper

into the theological treasures of the Church and invite other women to do the same.

Learn more about what it means to study the feminine genius in small group communities by visiting www.endowgroups.org.

Contact Simone Rizkallah at simone.rizkallah@endowgroups.org.

Looking for a fresh perspective?

Read the Horizons blog on Global Sisters Report.

Young sisters reflect on their lives, spirituality, ministries and the world.

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Saturday, June 13 9:00am EST

Morning Prayer | with the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles Pray With Us Here

9:30am EST

Keynote: Respond With the Gift Only You Can Give | Dr. Myma Albayda | Available all day Watch Now

12:00pm EST

“Pray, Listen, Learn” email in your inbox with prayer resources from GIVEN ‘16 Alumnafounded Behold Visio Divina | Leadership training tips from Jenna Guizar and Sister Josephine Garrett, CSFN | music by Sister Caroline Caritas, SV

3:00pm EST

LIVE Prayer at the Hour of Mercy | with Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy Pray With Us Here

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Compline and Reflection | with SOLT Sisters Pray With Us Here

Discussion questions Feel free to reflect privately, or share your answers on any social platform and tag us @giveninstitute RESPOND WITH THE GIFT ONLY YOU C AN GIVE | DR. MYMA ALBAYDA 1) When you are faced with a challenge, with something you don’t think you could ever accomplish, how do you respond? Do you give up, use your own strength, or lean on God? How can you grow in dependence on Him to say, “Lord if you desire this of me, come to my aid?”

2) What gift is He asking you to use today that you never cultivated to its full potential? What gifts might be waiting to be discovered if you listened to the inspirations within you?

3) “You have a responsibility to the truth and to find it as part of your creative work in God.” What are some of the ways the Lord is asking you to use your mind and serve Him in truth? How are you using your intellectual creativity to glorify the Lord?

4) Physical suffering provides the opportunity to use our bodies as an offering in response to God. 2 Corinthians 4:7,10: “For we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us… always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.” What does it mean to offer your body to the Lord in order to glorify Him in your suffering?

5) “He was saying I didn’t have to do anything extraordinary in this world. By virtue of me being a child of His, I could not live an ordinary life.” What does this quote mean to you?

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Saturday Speakers DR. MYMA ALBAYDA

Dr. Myma Albayda is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. She is the Director of the Rheumatology musculoskeletal ultrasound program, and has expertise in inflammatory joint and muscle diseases. She divides her time between seeing patients in clinic, educating trainees, and conducting research—all ways that God has called her to serve Him in her vocation as physician and scientist. A cradle Catholic, she is profoundly grateful for the gift that is the Church, for the friendship of the saints, and for the chance to walk daily with Christ.

SR. JOSEPHINE GARRETT, CSFN

Sister Josephine is a native Texan, born and raised in Houston. She moved to Dallas in 1999 to begin studies at the University of Dallas where she completed a BA in Political Philosophy with a Business Concentration.

Sister subsequently entered the banking industry where she served for 10 years as a Vice President in the Home Loans division of Bank of America in the roles of Operations Manager of a staff of 200 and later as a Project Manager. Sister was raised Baptist and entered the Catholic Church in 2005. Later in November of 2011 she began her formation to be a religious Sister with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. She professed her first vows in October of 2015, and after vows served for two years in retreat center ministry.

Sister has also served in vocations ministry and as a national speaker for youth and young adults, speaking to groups of youth up to 25,000.

Sister Josephine is also a licensed counselor, specializing in the healing of trauma, and serves full time as the school counselor for the cathedral grade school in Tyler, TX, and part time in a local private practice. This year is her year of preparation for final vows, and God willing, Sister will make her final vows with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in the fall, so she asks for your prayers, and assures you of her prayers for all she has the honor of serving in ministry.

SISTERS OF THE SOCIETY OF OUR LADY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

The Sisters of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) is a society of apostolic life and was founded in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1958. We live a Marian-Trinitarian spirituality, serving on ecclesial family teams with the Priests Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity. We serve in areas of deepest apostolic need and strive to bring all peoples into union with the Most Holy Trinity through discipleship of Jesus. https://solt.net./

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JENNA GUIZAR

My name is Jenna Guizar (that’s Ghee-zar).

I’m a wife and mama. Here in sunny AZ, I pretend to love football for my husband, I read lots of books to my daughters, and I try not to burn mac n cheese on the daily.

I love Jesus and the Gospel. In between prayer, reading books, and [not] burning mac n cheese, I am the Founder + Creative Director of Blessed is She women’s ministry + community.

A few years ago, I felt a prodding on my heart to start a Catholic women’s ministry that meets women where they’re at — whether online or in real life, whether young or old, whether in Spain or in Australian or in the U.S. — and the Lord has done more with Blessed is She than anyone ever expected.

“Necessary emphasis should be placed on the ‘genius of women’, not only by considering great and famous women of the past or present, but also those ordinary women who reveal the gift of their womanhood by placing themselves at the service of others in their everyday lives. For in giving themselves to others each day women fulfill their deepest vocation.”

- St. John Paul II, Letter to Women

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Discussion questions Feel free to reflect privately, or share your answers on any social platform and tag us @giveninstitute ACTIVATING THE NETWORK | SONIA QUINTERO 1) How have your ideas of the perfect life, the perfect job, the perfect image, and the pressure to live a picture perfect life impacted your growth as a woman? What have they stopped you from doing? Or pushed you to do?

2) Sonia recounts that she had given the Lord her heart, but not her actions. Have you given the Lord everything or is there something you are holding back?

3) What are the things in your life that engulf your heart with flames of happiness and joy? What are the gifts and talents that the Lord has given you that when used radiate Christ’s beauty through you?

4) Sonia reflects that if you refuse the mission the Lord is asking of you, no one else can fulfill it. After attending Discover the Gift, what mission do you see the Lord calling you to right now?

5) At the end of her talk Sonia calls us to live a life of holiness. In order to live that call, what changes do you need to make in your life?

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Sunday Speakers ABBY SCHARBACH

Abby describes herself first and foremost as a lover of Christ but says “you never know what God will do with your fiat.” Spending most of their twenties getting through Protestant seminary while starting a family, Abby and her husband Albert have led a life focused on ministry. After a fruitful ten years in the Anglican church, the family became Roman Catholic in 2009. In 2013, Albert became a Catholic priest in the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, and Abby embraced her “vocation within a vocation,” serving alongside her husband in an urban mission parish in Baltimore.

While serving in Baltimore, Abby began and directed a Montessori catechetical program, started an outreach program for opioid addicts, planned and led retreats, helped with marriage formation, mentored women, led Bible studies, and planned countless parish events. She believes her ministry is an expression of the feminine genius. Also a lover of books and children, Abby has surrounded herself with both as an English teacher and mother of nine. Over the years Abby has worked as a reading and writing teacher and director of religious education while also homeschooling. More recently, she has taught Great Books, religion, writing, and rhetoric at a classical tutorial. Abby takes delight in working with the next generation of Catholic female leaders as they embrace their gifts and express their own fiats. She believes that the unique gifts of women, exercised in union with Christ, bring light and life to our hurting world.

SR. MARY DOVE OF SIMPLICITY, SSVM

Sr. Mary Dove of Simplicity, SSVM is originally from Lenexa, Kansas.

She attended Benedictine College and graduated in 2012 with a degree in Biology and Spanish. That same summer, she entered the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará and moved to the East Coast. After her Novitiate and Maryland and two years in Washington, DC, sister spent a year in Tuscania, Italy at the International Juniorate of the Servants of the Lord. By the grace of God, Sr. Simplicity professed her final vows in September of 2019! Her current mission is as a formator at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Juniorate in DC.

SR. AGNES THERESE, TOR

Sr. Agnes Therese Davis has been part of her community’s ministry with the materially poor and campus ministry at Franciscan University of Steubenville and Ohio University in past years. Currently, she works in her community’s Mission Advancement office and coordinates her community’s periodic ministry team as well as participating in speaking and music ministry.

ANNA CAPIZZI GALVEZ

Anna Capizzi Galvez is special projects editor with Catholic News Service. She holds a master’s degree in moral theology from Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. She is a GIVEN 2016 alumna.

SONIA QUINTERO

Hi! My name is Sonia and I’m a photographer and social media consultant based in San Diego, California.

In the past couple years I have re converted to Catholicism, dropped everything to follow the Lord and even started my own media business. I’m a proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and strive to bring glory to God in everything I do no matter the social sphere.

“We have no idea how far our ‘yes’ will take us, because the measure of the Lord is infinite.”

- Sr. Mary Gabriel, SV

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