The days of the 2021 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 9th

• Registration
• Opening Mass with Forum Chaplains Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, Fr. John Burns  and Fr. Luke Joseph Leighton, CFR
• Welcome – Emcees Sr. Charity, SV and Sr. Maria Juan Anderson, RSM
• Mentoring Groups
• Dinner
• Keynote: Casting the Vision – Sr. Bethany Madonna, SV
• Opening Reception

Thursday, June 10th: “Receive the gift you are”

• Keynote: A Pilgrimage into the Feminine Genius – Gloria Purvis
• Prayer Workshop: Ignatian Discernment – Mother Clare Matthiass, CFR
• Panel Discussion: Living Maternity: One Call, Many Vocations
  • Moderator: Kimberly Cook
  • Reframing the Dialogue of Women’s Healthcare – Leah Jacobson
  • The Call to Spiritual Maternity – Sr. Maria Theotókos Adams, SSVM
  • Experiencing Miscarriage and Raising Quadruplets – Justina Kopp
  • Maternity in the Workplace – Lauren Merz
• Lunch, Exhibitor Hall
• Mass
• Leadership Training: Fulfillment Stories and Personal Vocation – Joshua Miller
• Mentoring Groups
• Dinner
• Evening Entertainment – Marie Miller

Friday, June 11th: “Realize the gifts you’ve been given”

• Keynote: Cultivating Your Gifts and Mission – Michelle Benzinger
• Mass
• Panel Discussion: Engaging the Culture: Femininity in Action
  • Moderator: Catherine Hadro
  • Female Leadership in the Church and Culture – Mary Hallan FioRito
  • Entrusted with Caring for the Human Person – Dr. Mary Ann Sorra
  • Sister, Soldier, Surgeon: A Unique Calling – Sr. Deirdre (DeDe) Byrne, POSC
  • Engaging the Culture of Others – Michelle Riestra
• Lunch, Exhibitor Hall
• Leadership Training: Charisms: Clues to Your Mission – Jona Winkelman
• Prayer Workshop: Visio Divina – Katie Woltornist
• Mentoring Groups
• GIVEN Meet and Greet Evening – Introduction by Helen Alvaré

Saturday, June 12th: “Respond with the gift that only you can give”

• Panel Discussion: Millennials on Mission: Emerging Women Leaders
  • Moderator: Julie Larkin
  • Living as Young Catholic Professionals – Denise Espinoza
  • Returning to the Eden Invitation – Anna Carter
  • Encountering Hearts of Joy – Lauren Costabile
  • The Feminine Genius in Canon Law – Laura Prejean
• Mass
• Keynote: Entrusted with the Feminine Genius – Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, OP
• Lunch with Mentoring Groups
• Leadership Training: Managing Work Relationships Using Social Styles – Stephen Giordano
• Panel Discussion: Consecrated Life: Women Leaders in the Heart of the Church
  • Moderator: Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN 
  • Order of Virgins – Andréa Polito
  • Secular Institute – Dorrie Donahue
  • Active Religious Institute – Sr. Gabriela Ramirez de la Rosa, CSJ
  • Sister Maria Goretti, OCD
• Free Time
• Dinner
• Healing Eucharistic Holy Hour, Reflection by Sr. Mary Gabriel, SV

Sunday, June 13th

• Keynote: Colleen Carroll Campbell
• GIVEN Commissioning
• Closing Mass