Washington D.C., Jun 11, 2016 / 08:37 am
Young women and religious sisters from around the country are gathering in Washington, D.C. to discover and share their unique talents, training them to use those gifts for the good of the Church and of the world.
"There are a lot of leadership initiatives for high school and college women, but we've never seen one in the Church that brings forth consecrated women working together, speaking to young women regardless of vocation," said Sister Mary Gabriel of the Sisters of Life.
"We had a sense that if young women are encouraged and believed in, they'll fly," the committee chair for the GIVEN conference told CNA.
GIVEN is bringing together more than 300 women between the ages of 20 and 30 from every state in the country to Washington, D.C. in order to focus on each young woman recognizing, cultivating, and using the unique gifts she has received.