Location: Kansas City, KS Job Title: Media Manager Organization: VMLY&R Education: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Journalism & Strategic Communication; Minor, Vocal Performance Beth Leverich, GIVEN '19 My key takeaway from the GIVEN Forum was to be me - fully, unapologetically, imperfectly me. God made me good, very good, in fact, [...]
Location: Fullerton, CA Job Title: Business Assurance Staff Organization: Public Accounting Education: California State University, Fullerton Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Business - Accounting; Master of Science, Accountancy Candice Punzalan, GIVEN '19 The GIVEN Forum was an anointed time. We were close to the sacraments. We listened to speakers pour their hearts out and share their secrets. [...]
Location: Erie, PA Job Title: Director for Religious Education at Blessed Sacrament parish; Catholic Campus Minister at Penn State Erie; Administrative Assistant for the Faith Formation Office at the Diocese of Erie Education: Juniata College, Gannon University Degree: Bachelors in Biology & Secondary Education; Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry Jennifer Durney, GIVEN '19 "Working [...]
Location: Carrollton, TX Job Title: Entrepreneur/Artist/Creator Organization: The Oodles of Doodles Education: University of Saint Thomas Degree: Bachelor of Art, Catholic Studies and Family Studies Ali Hoffman, GIVEN '16 "I really started to understand what the feminine genius really is — that each woman has unique gifts and talents needed for such a time as this." [...]
Location: Cincinnati, OH Job Title: Office Projects Coordinator for the Mission Education and Ministry Office Organization: Glenmary Home Missioners Education: Mt. St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles and the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, CA Degree: Bachelor of Arts, English and Theology; Master of Arts, Ethics Julia Sauter, GIVEN '19 "That the Feminine Genius is an [...]
Location: Bristol, PA Job Title: Founder of Echoes of Africa Organization: Echoes of Africa Education: Temple University Degree: Bachelor of Arts Global Economic Regina D M Karluah, GIVEN '16 "The GIVEN Forum showed me that we are not alone; our Fiat should always equal Mary's Fiat; and being a female is a pure and beautiful gift!" [...]
“As I reflected on the Given Forum 2019, the word ‘receptive’ had been planted on my heart. I had uncertainty about whether I was magnifying my gifts in my current life as a high school history teacher and coach at an all-girls Catholic school outside of Washington D.C. I loved the school, my students, and my coworkers, but I still felt a sense of restlessness in the silence. I was ready and receptive–with arms stretched out– to use my gifts to glorify God and to follow wherever He was leading me."
Location: Pittsburgh, PA Job Title: Teacher & Campus Minister Organization: Serra Catholic High School Education: Chestnut Hill College; Duquesne University Degree: Bachelor of Science Early Childhood Education; Master of Arts Theology Tori Fedora, GIVEN '19 "God used the GIVEN Forum to teach me how valued I am in the Church and how to be receptive to [...]
"Little Shepherd,” Visionary, Sufferer for Sinners St. Jacinta When St. Jacinta was canonized with her brother Francisco, a few years ago in 2017, the two children became the youngest non-martyrs to be canonized. Born in Portugal in 1910, Jacinta was the youngest of the three visionaries at Fatima. She was known as a joyful and [...]
Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia Job Title: Director of Youth Ministry Organization: St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Education: University of Mary Washington; Franciscan University Degree: Bachelor of Science, Psychology; In Progress: Masters of Arts, Catechetics and Evangelization Tatiana Beltran, GIVEN '16 "GIVEN was such a blessing! I learned that as women we are given gifts that only [...]
