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Giving Voice Core Team Thanks Jessi and Chero for Leadership

Chero Chuma, CSJP and Jessi Beck, PBVM will complete their final month as Core Team Members this December. We thank Chero and Jessi for their leadership! Their role as Core Team members has strengthened the organization, by their work on the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation grant, representing Giving Voice at numerous conferences and events, helping plan retreats and the National Gathering, and contributing their vast array of leadership skills to our organization. Chero and Jessi will be missed.

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Giving Voice Welcomes New Core Team Members!

Giving Voice is excited to announce three new Core Team members, Kathryn Press ASJC, Christa Parra, IBVM, and Chioma Ahanihu, SLW! Thank you Sisters, for saying "yes" to serving in this leadership capacity. We can't wait to see what you will bring to our network!

RFC 2019 Congress Recap

"It was really a privilege to be asked to represent Giving Voice at the RFC congress this year. Being a part of Giving Voice has been a blessing for me especially as an immigrant in a religious congregation that is predominantly Caucasian, and where there is a large age and experience gap between me and several of my Sisters."

Introducing Giving Voice’s New Website & New Sister-Only Web Portal

We are thrilled to announce that after several months of work, Giving Voice’s new website is live! Our website will provide an extensive internal sister-only portal with an interactive map and online directory tool to search for sisters across the US & world, a wiki-section where sisters can post and edit information to share, a “conversations” section where sisters can discuss topics close to their hearts, and an “events” section where sisters can submit local and national, live and in-person events to a collective calendar!

Visit Giving Voice's Office during National Vocation Awareness Week

Giving Voice will open our office during National Vocation Awareness Week Nov 3-9 for a new event, a “Meet Our Sisters Chicago Tour.” The #2019MeetOurSisters tour is being organized in collaboration with Chicago-area members of Communicators for Women Religious, an organization of which Giving Voice both partners and collaborates.

Survey: Women Religious and the New Cosmology

Giving Voice Sisters who have made first or perpetual vows are invited to participate in an anonymous, 25-question survey entitled “Women Religious and the New Cosmology.” The survey serves as an initial investigation into a research project being carried out by Laurie Brink, OP and Rhonda Miska, OP: “How does Jesus Christ function within the New Cosmology, and what are the implications of that role for Catholic Women Religious for whom a relationship with Christ is constitutive of their vocation?”

Register for Giving Voice's 20s & 30s Retreat by January 2

Last call to register for Giving Voice's 20s & 30s Retreat! Please submit your registration by January 2nd.

Giving Voice 40s Retreat: Register by January 2nd

Last call to register for Giving Voice's 40s Retreat! Please register by January 2nd.

Transitions: Advice from younger Sisters

In the fall, many Sisters are in periods of transition, whether it be through ministries, school, moving locations or making vows. This is a constant gift and challenge in the lives of Sisters. Core Team member Jessi Beck asked our Giving Voice network to provide bits of advice, wisdom and stories from what Sisters have learned during times of transition.

Giving Voice to join CWR Chicago’s "Meet Our Sisters Tour" Nov 3-9

Giving Voice will open our office during National Vocation Awareness Week Nov 3-9 for a new event, a “Meet Our Sisters Chicago Tour.” The "Meet Our Sisters Chicago Tour" is being organized in collaboration with Chicago-area members of Communicators for Women Religious.

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