All convention participants--individuals and groups of clergy, lay delegates, alternate delegates, general attendees, volunteers, youth, children, and those attending only the reception--should register for diocesan convention online.

Bishop Lee has called the Rev. Victor H. Conrado as associate for ministries following a national search led by the Rev. Andrea Mysen that began in March. Conrado replaces Mysen, who was promoted to be director of ministries in February.

Conrado is currently associate rector at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, where he has served since 2011 when he joined that parish as assistant rector for Spanish-language ministries. He was received into the Episcopal Church in 2011 after having served as a Roman Catholic missionary priest in Kenya since 2001.

"Whether in Africa or Chicago, Victor is gifted in developing leaders for strong congregations," said Bishop Lee. "As we seek to focus even more clearly on the vitality of congregations in many contexts across the diocese, I can't think of a better person to join our team than Victor."

Fierce Conversations training teaches people how to have vital conversations that interrogate reality, provoke learning, resolve tough challenges and enrich relationships. "While no single conversation is guaranteed to change the trajectory of a career, a congregation, a relationship, or a life...any single conversation can," says Bishop Lee.

These workshops will provide sixteen hours of experiential training about how to have more productive conversations. The skills learned will be immediately applicable to one's personal and professional life. As an accredited provider for Fierce, Inc. in the Episcopal Church, Courtney Reid, director of operations and Nicholas Center for the Diocese of Chicago, has led many Fierce trainings in a variety of church and diocesan contexts.