Ss Simon & Jude
by Bishop Daniel
on October 28, 2014
- Task planning at home; 38 active tasks.
- Culled a pile of hard copy items on my desk.
- Consulted with the Archdeacon on a variety of pastoral and administrative matters.
- Morning Prayer in the cathedral.
- Looked over a draft Letter of Agreement between a vestry and a priest.
- Conceived, hatched, and erected the infrastructure of a homily for this Sunday (behind the curve on this one) at All Saints, Morton (yes, on their feast of title).
- Attended the midday Mass in the cathedral chapel, celebrating the major feast of Ss Simon & Jude.
- Lunch at home–leftover Chinese.
- Reviewed and processed documents and otherwise debriefed from last week’s Nashotah House board of trustees meeting.
- Hand wrote notes of greeting to clergy and spouses with nodal events in November.
- Took a 15 minute walk around the neighborhood.
- Evaluated the details pertaining to a Class of 2011 bishops continuing education gathering this April … in Cuba. (The Bishop of Cuba, while not technically part of the Episcopal Church, is an honorary member of our class, having shared the College for Bishops program with us.) It’s a little on the spendy side, but, since I didn’t go to Taiwan last month, I made the decision to attend this one (solo, no Brenda, even though spouses are invited).
- Responded to an email from a priest regarding an individual in the ordination discernment process.
- Filled out a post-meeting evaluation for the annual assembly of the Illinois Conference of Churches that took place about three weeks ago. I had a few opinions.
- Evening Prayer in the office.
