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National Gathering

Every two years the Giving Voice network offers a sacred space for young Catholic women religious to gather for relationship-building and networking, dialogue and collaboration, prayer and reflection.

Mark your calenders! The Giving Voice 2019 National Gathering will be held June 27-30 in St Louis Missouri.

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Information from past gatherings can be accessed below.

July 6-9, 2017: Poised to Lead: Healing Divisions & Building Bridges (Iona College, New Rochelle, NY)

August 6-9, 2015: Crossing Boundaries in Religious Life (Savior Pastoral Center, Kansas City, KS)

July 5-8, 2013: Mission & Ministry in the 21st Century (Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA)

July 21-24, 2011: Engage the Emergence (Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL)

Mary: Walls and Knots, Love and Communion

Mary, mother of Jesus, is a woman who, over the years, has taken on many names and faces that cross cultures and boundaries. So many people see something significant in Mary that speaks to their life. She is often a sign of hope and solidarity in suffering. In the past year, I have been introduced to Our Lady, Who Brings Down Walls and Mary, Undoer of Knots.

Giving Voice Core Team Welcomes New Member!

This August, Giving Voice joyfully welcomes Sister Xiomara Méndez- Hernández, OP, BCC to join the Core Team. Sister Xiomara (See-o-mara), is an Adrian Dominican Sister living in Chicagoland, originally from the Dominican Republic. She ministers as a Hospital Chaplain at Loyola University Health System with special focus on cancer patients.