I recently attended World Youth Day’s one day event in D.C. with my friend and Sister Kelly. For me going to participate in this day was about bringing a modern presence to what I correctly assumed would be a gathering of traditional Catholics. The moment which stands out to me most from that day was a woman Kelly and I met at the Vocation Coffee House.
Together is a cohort-based, residential theology program for religious sisters and brothers in temporary vows and for newly professed religious who are willing to commit to full participation in all three program components: theological education, formation, and community.
At the invitation of a Giving Voice friend, Sister Julia Walsh, I spent my annual retreat at Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center located in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. How fitting to spend part of my time in Advent winter solitude reflecting on my time as a Giving Voice Core Team Member. I began my time on the core team 2 months after I took final vows in 2013, and during that time I have served with 13 different sisters from 12 different communities.
For the past several years, Giving Voice has been on the forefront of engaging with the critical questions facing religious life and our greater society. Among the tools and ideas sisters have found life-giving and successful are the The Circle Way of hosting non-hierarchical conversations and meetings, and the Two Loops Model which presents a model to explore how systems change.
Giving Voice has been so excited by the fantastic Leadership Initiatives Scholarship applications we’ve received since we opened up the scholarship this summer.
This month we’re highlighting Sister Luz, CCVI, who is using the Giving Voice scholarship to learn English.
As we plan and prepare for our National Gathering in June 2019, we are interested in hearing the wisdom from our elder Sisters. Your insights will enable our members to listen ever more deeply to the Spirit's call for religious life in this time.
On this International Human Rights Day, Giving Voice joins the Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary as they spearhead a Christmas Postcard Campaign in support of migrants during an interfaith National Week of Action for Migrant Justice.
Giving Voice sisters were in the center of the action this fall with NETWORK Lobby's Nuns on the Bus! Check out our interview with two of our younger sister participants, Sisters Julie Fertsch, and Sister Mumbi Kigutha!
Learn more about Giving Voice's Leadership Initiative Scholarship through the experiences of awardees Sister Jenny Zimmerman, who is attending the Leadership Collaborative Development Program through the scholarship, and Sister Mandy Carrier as she learns Spanish through the scholarship!
The Giving Voice Core team welcomes Sister Belinda Monahan, OSB from the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, as our newest member!