Events

This year’s Diocesan Convention will be November 6-7 and held at the Embassy Suites in Plainfield. Early-bird regEarly-bird registration for adults and youth for the 2026 diocesan convention will open September 10. Registration will be $85 for adults through September 30. From October 1 – October 23, registration will be $145 for adults. Online registration will close on October 23. …

Many of our churches are intergenerational by default – but what would it look like if we were intergenerational on purpose? In this workshop, we’ll explore how to move from passive coexistence to active discipleship across generations. You’ll leave with practical tools for shared leadership, meaningful relationships, and creating worship and formation spaces where every age is …

A Lay Preaching Retreat is being planned at Waycross Camp and Conference Center from Friday, November 13 - Saturday, November 14. Amid generous unstructured time to read, relax, research, and write, we’ll gather as a group to reverse-engineer sermons we admire and generate ideas for one another’s work. At the end of the retreat, you’ll …

Join us for an online training for those who seek to be relicensed as Lay Eucharistic Visitors that will be offered on Monday, November 16 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. ET. The training is required for relicensing. Click here to register.

Legacy giving is more than a gift in a will. It also includes lifetime gifts to endowments and other lasting funds, over and above annual pledges. Bequests alone totaled $62.2 billion in 2025 (Giving USA 2026). Would your parish benefit from a legacy giving program? Join our webinar Wednesday, November 18, at 5:30 p.m. ET …