The days of the 2026 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

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Wednesday, June 24

• Check-In
• Dinner
• Welcome – Forum MCs Sr. Clare Hunter, FSE and Sr. Julianna Gonzalez, OCD
• Keynote – Sr. Bethany Madonna, SV
• Eucharistic Adoration

Thursday, June 25

• Optional Morning Prayer & Adoration
• Breakfast
• A Word from the Father’s Heart – Father John Burns
• Keynote: Receive the Gift You Are – Dr. Mary Healy
• Panel: One Call, Many Vocations
  • Moderator: Sr. Elfie Del Rosario, FMA
  • Liz Reckart (GIVEN ’16)
  • Christina Lamas
  • Lucy Tongxin Lu (GIVEN ’19)
  • Melanie Owens
• Lunch
• Small Groups
• Mass
• Leadership Training – Jackie Mulligan
• Dinner

Friday, June 26

• Optional Morning Prayer & Adoration
• Breakfast
• Morning Visio Divina – Katie Weiss GIVEN ’16
• Keynote: Realize the Gifts You’ve Been Given – Chinwe Esimai
• Power Session: Embracing Your Mission With Confidence
  • Lightning Talk: The Virtue of Magnanimity – Sr. Clare Hunter, FSE
  • Lightning Talk: Following God’s Call with Humility & Confidence – Dr. Sophia Aguirre
  • Lightning Talk: Presenting Yourself Through Personal Style – Lillian Fallon
• Small Groups
• Lunch, Exhibitor Hall
• Leadership Training: Discerning Your Charisms – Jill Simons
• Dinner
• Mass
• Healing Eucharistic Holy Hour

Saturday, June 27

• Optional Morning Prayer & Adoration
• Breakfast
• Morning Visio Divina – Katie Weiss GIVEN ’16
• Keynote: Respond With the Gift Only You Can Give – Montse Alvarado
• Small Groups
• Lunch, Exhibitor Hall
• Panel: Women on Mission
  • Moderator: Samantha Kelley GIVEN ’16
  • Anna Halpine
  • Felicitas Brugo Onetti
  • Valentina Imhoff
  • Kathryne Fassbender GIVEN ’21
• Mass
• Action Plan Workshop
  • Art of Accompaniment Testimony – Christina Valenzuela & Emily Vork Young GIVEN ’22
• Dinner
• Catholic Women Leaders Celebration

Sunday, June 28

• Optional Morning Prayer & Adoration
• Mass
• Morning Visio Divina – Katie Weiss GIVEN ’16
• Keynote & Brunch – Rachel Bulman
• Commissioning Procession