Saturday (St Clement of Rome)

Arrived at the cathedral/office complex around 9:45.
Celebrated the 10am Diocesan Council Mass (observing the day’s lesser feast).
Presided over the quarterly Diocesan Council meeting.
Met briefly with one of our clergy who is experiencing a peculiar amount of personal stress.
Met with the Archdeacon and one of our Rural Deans over a deployment situation in that deanery.
Met briefly with the Standing Committee regarding a specific piece of business they needed to conduct.
Met with the Bishop’s Warden of one of our missions, along with the Archdeacon and the Treasurer, regarding an emerging (an unwelcome) financial contingency.
Grabbed a quick lunch at Taco Gringo with seminarian Ben Hankinson, now officially approved for the ordination to the transitional diaconate on January 30.
Drove to Champaign, through one patch of horizontal snow.
Met with the search committee at Emmanuel at 3pm, the Vestry at 4pm, the Deacon and Interim Rector at 5pm, then to the home of a parishioner for a vestry dinner.