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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.

2017 Giving Voice National Gathering - Until We Meet Again from Giving Voice on Vimeo.

Information from past gatherings can be accessed below.

Summer 2019: Location and dates to be determined

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)

Upcoming events

Catholic Sisters 20s & 30s Retreat

Jan 12 to 14

Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, Phoenix, AZ

Catholic Sisters 40s Retreat

May 25 to 27

Seal Beach, California (Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange Vacation Houses)

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Hard Conversations from a Place of Love

Like many people in the United States, my heart has been hurting a lot lately. There have been so many senseless deaths and divisive responses. We seem to keep talking past each other. The divisions, oppression, hatred, and disdain feel so overwhelming.