Participants are required to fully engage in the year-long program, beginning with virtual preparatory formation sessions before the Forum. These sessions orient participants to GIVEN’s pillars, introduce them to their cohort, and provide initial tools for discerning their Action Plan. Following the Forum, participants journey through the program with ongoing support. They: Meet with their mentor at least once a [...]
The GIVEN Institute welcomes young adult Catholic women to apply for the Catholic Young Women’s Leadership Forum between the ages of 21 and 35, who have significant leadership experience or leadership potential, who are engaged in their Catholic faith, and who desire to cultivate their gifts to enrich the culture, the Church, and those in their care. Women enrolled in [...]
GIVEN offers the young women accepted to our Leadership Program formation, resources, and a supportive community to help them grow in faith, leadership, and mission. Through the love, guidance, and example of other sisters in Christ, each woman is strengthened and equipped to respond boldly and faithfully with the unique gifts God has entrusted to her. The two flagship elements [...]
GIVEN is committed to hosting the 2022 Forum safely and in person. We will follow the regulations and policies of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Neumann University. Under current requirements, GIVEN plans to exercise the following safety measures at the Forum: Face coverings: Everyone attending the GIVEN Forum will be required to wear a mask over her nose and mouth [...]
Absolutely. The GIVEN Institute encourages accepted participants to seek support from friends, family, parish members, and others so that they can attend the Forum and bring their gifts back to their local community. Many GIVEN Forum participants have also asked their workplace or diocese to sponsor their attendance.
Yes, a limited number of scholarships are available for participants in need of assistance. Applicants will have the opportunity to request a scholarship while completing the application.
Through the generosity of benefactors and philanthropic foundations, the GIVEN Institute has been able to subsidize the cost of the leadership Forum and ongoing programming. Participant contribution to the Forum includes a registration fee of $650 and the cost of travel. Your registration fee includes food and lodging as well as Forum programming and dedicated one-on-one mentorship from August 2022-May [...]
The GIVEN Institute will welcome 100-170 young women leaders to participate in the Forum in 2022.
We want everyone to identify and encourage young women to consider applying. If you are a priest, campus minister, religious sister, or any member of the lay faithful who knows a young woman with exceptional faith and potential, please let her know about the GIVEN Forum and send her the link to our website. Impact Investment sponsorships are also available [...]
The deadline to apply for the GIVEN Forum is February 18, 2022, and The GIVEN Institute will notify the young women who have applied whether they have been accepted into the 2022 cohort in March.
