GIVEN Academy

How is God calling you to use your gifts today? How can you not only discern your current mission, but determine and communicate clear and actionable steps to live it out? In this GIVEN Academy session, Margarita Pineda-Ucero will help participants identify where they are now and where they want to go, with special emphasis on how to create an [...]

Pope Francis has defined Human Trafficking as “an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge against the body of Christ.” Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked worldwide – including right here in the United States. This session will provide you with the who, what, where, when, how, and why of human trafficking, dispel [...]

From a young age, women absorb unrealistic cultural expectations of beauty. The messages of popular culture create constant pressures and insecurities when a woman feels she does not measure up to worldly standards of beauty.  How does our Catholic faith offer women a different perspective on feminine beauty that invites us to craft out of our life a masterpiece for [...]

It is impossible to anticipate all the ethical issues that one might encounter in the workplace.  Sister Michaela hopes to help you develop confidence and skills to think through the issues, access valuable resources, understand the interpersonal dynamics, and learn effective approaches to communication and dialogue with those of different perspectives. She will share some of her experience navigating ethical [...]

Not too long ago a Parish Finance Committee Chair suggested parishes don’t need to budget.  “God will provide” he said.  While it is true that God will provide, that doesn’t absolve us of our responsibility to be good stewards of the gifts, or in this case, financial resources, He has given us. Better yet, if we want to actually “Go [...]

Caught between a productive yet testy Martha, consumed by her role as a servant, and a Mary whose part the Lord endorses as the better part as she rests and abides in Him, how does a woman in the workplace know how to successfully navigate these personality types? Is there a third way? Becoming Magdalene will explore lessons we can [...]