Friday (St Hilda of Whitby)

Usual AM routine at home.
MP in the cathedral.
Liturgical and homiletical prep for the Diocesan Council Mass.
Quick conference with the Archdeacon on a couple of emerging matters.
Began work on refining my homily for this Sunday.
Presided and preached at the Diocesan Council Mass (keeping the lesser feast of St Hilda of Whitby).
Presided over the regular quarterly meeting of the Diocesan Council.
Conferred briefly with two of our clergy following the meeting.
Lunch from Taco Gringo, eaten at home.
Resumed work on Sunday’s sermon (to be delivered at St Michael’s, O’Fallon).
Spoke by phone with the Dean of Nashotah House for a bit.
Put this Sunday’s homily in the can and began cleaning of the text of next week’s (Advent Sunday in both Eucharistic Communities of Marion County Parish).
Signed the form consenting to the Diocese of Haiti electing a Bishop Suffragan.
Put the finishing touches on and sent along an article for the Covenant blog.
Conferred with Dean Hook over a handful of relatively minor matters.
Registered to attend the annual Mass of the Society of King Charles the Martyr in January in Philadelphia.
Prayed the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.
Evening Prayer in the cathedral.