The days of the 2019 GIVEN Forum will be structured around the three themes of:

1. Receive the gift you are
2. Realize the gifts you’ve been given
3. Respond with the gift only you can give

Wednesday, June 12th

• Registration
• Opening Mass – 3:30pm
• Welcome – Sr. Bethany Madonna, SV
• Mentoring Groups
• Dinner
• Keynote: Casting the Vision – Sr. Mary Gabriel, SV

Thursday, June 13th: “Receive the gift you are”

• Keynote: Receiving the Gift of Femininity – Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT
• Prayer Workshop: Discerning God’s Voice – Thérèse Bermpohl
• Introductory Remarks: The Importance of Women in Leadership – Kerry Alys Robinson
• Panel Discussion: Integral Ecology: Caring for Life
  • Moderator: Kim Daniels
  • Speakers:
    • Protecting the Vulnerable Unborn – Jeanne Mancini
    • Standing Up for Human Dignity – Anna Halpine
    • Accompanying and Serving Refugees – Joan Rosenhauer
    • Valuing the Wisdom and Worth of the Elderly – Sr. Constance Veit, LSP
• Lunch, Exhibitor Hall
• Mass
• Leadership Training: The Temperament God Gave You – Art and Laraine Bennett
• Mentoring Groups
• Dinner
• Healing Eucharistic Holy Hour
• Evening of Entertainment

Friday, June 14th: “Realize the gifts you’ve been given”

• Keynote: Discovering Your Gifts and Mission – Gloria Purvis
• Mass
• Panel Discussion: Living Maternity: One Call, Many Vocations
  • Moderator: Mary Sheehan Warren
  • Speakers:
    • The Joys and Challenges of Motherhood – Dr. Jeanne Schindler
    • The Call to Spiritual Maternity – Sr. Mary Elizabeth, FSE
    • Adoption and the Experience of Infertility – Elizabeth Kirk
    • The Emotional Power of Maternal Love – Dr. Margaret Laracy
• Lunch, Exhibitor Hall
• Leadership Training: The Power of Listening – Stephen Giordano, Day One Group
• Prayer Workshop: Lectio Divina – Sr. Anna Marie McGuan, RSM
• Mentoring Groups
• GIVEN Meet and Greet Evening

Saturday, June 15th: “Respond with the gift that only you can give”

• Panel Discussion: Women Impacting Society: Bringing the Gospel to the Culture
  • Moderator: Mary Devlin Capizzi
  • Speakers:
    • Shaping Conversations in the Church and Culture – Mary Rice Hasson
    • The Power of Positive Messaging – Kathryn Jean Lopez
    • A Physician’s Vocation to Care for the Human Person – Dr. Monique Ruberu
    • Single for a Greater Purpose – Luanne Zurlo
• Leadership Training: Present Your Best Self – Beverly Hallberg, District Media Group
• Lunch with Mentoring Groups
• Panel Discussion: Millennials on Mission: Emerging Women Leaders
  • Moderator: Mary Forr
  • Speakers:
    • Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women – Katherine Meeks
    • Advocating for Religious Liberty – Montse Alvarado
    • Discovering the Freedom of True Femininity – Laura Wolk
    • Bringing Hope and Purpose to Children in Uganda – Clare Byrne
• Mass
• Free Time (Optional Tour of A Gift of Love: The Life of Saint John Paul II)
• Prayer Workshop: The Virtue of Prudence – Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP
• Dinner & Keynote: Entrusted with the Feminine Genius – Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, OP
• Evening Holy Hour and Reflection – Sr. Regina Marie Gorman, OCD

Sunday, June 16th

• Closing Breakfast and Keynote: Responding to the Invitation – Helen Alvaré
• Action Plan Session
• Closing Mass – 10:00am