In February, the Core Team met in St. Louis for our yearly face-to-face meeting. While our monthly Zoom meetings make our leadership structure possible from our various locations across the country, it is always good to get together in person, particularly for evaluation, long term planning, and direction setting.
This year, Giving Voice teamed up with National Religious Vocation Conference, Communicators for Women Religious, Religious Formation Conference, and the Center for the Study of Consecrated Life, to both highlight Catholic sisters online with a series of video interviews, and create community at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago with a prayer service.
our bodies make lines
and our hearts beat
repent, repent
(click to read full poem)
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Happy National Catholic Sisters Week, 2018!
This year, Giving Voice is celebrating National Catholic Sisters Week by promoting a collaborative series of video interviews called #SisterSpeak!
#SisterSpeak features Sister Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, Giving Voice Core Team member Sr. Adriana Calzada, CCVI (in Spanish) Giving Voice participant Sr. Kelly Moline, OP, Sr. Gerardine Doherty, OLSH and Sr. Ellen Dauwer, SC.
It didn’t matter if this was a sister’s first Giving Voice retreat or their tenth, if a sister was a novice or temporarily professed -- every person was fully accepted into the group and in the end: we are all sisters to each other. This warm welcome and comfort allowed space for deep faith sharing and conversation throughout the weekend.
National Catholic Sisters Week is almost here! March 8-14 Giving Voice will partner with National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC), Communicators for Women Religious (CWR), Religious Formation Conference (RFC), and the Center for the Study of Consecrated Life at Catholic Theological Union to host a prayer service and reception to honor and celebrate Catholic sisters!
This February, Sophie Vodvarka began serving as Giving Voice’s new Communications Coordinator. Sophie is originally from Nebraska, and has experience working with Catholic organizations in Poland and Kenya, and with several organizations in Chicago, most recently, in immigrant and refugee advocacy.
Born out of Giving Voice sisters’ current writings about religious life as it's lived in today's reality, In Our Own Words, is a collection of essays by a diverse group of sisters, focusing on vows and community life, individual identity and congregational charisms, and leadership among younger members leading into the future.
Giving Voice is hosting a 40’s retreat this Memorial Day weekend in Seal Beach, CA. Space is limited so please register as soon as possible!
For more information and to register click here!
