While prayer is primary,  
			
			work is important 
			
			as we support ourselves 
			
			through the work  
			
			of our hands. 
			
			Our life is a balance 
			
			of work and prayer, 
			
			 nourished by silence 
			
			and lived within community.

 

DAILY SCHEDULE

Morning

5:30 Clapper for rising

6:00 - 7:00 Hour of Mental Prayer -[ in chapel, cell, garden, ]

7:00  Morning Prayer (Lauds)[ in Choir]

7:30 Mass and Thanksgiving

 Breakfast

9:00 Visit to Blessed Sacrament - Mid-Morning Prayer [said privately]

9:15-12:00 Work assignment

Altar Breads - Cutting Hosts

12:00 Noon Examen,

Midday Prayer [in Choir]

 Dinner - Dishes

 Playing for Eucharist

 

 

Afternoon

(1:30-3:30 Silent time)

1:30-2:30 Free Time/Siesta

2:30-3:30 Spiritual Reading

Mid-Afternoon Prayer [said privately]

3:30-4:25 Noviceship [Instruction]

4:30 Vespers & Office of Readings [in Choir]

5:30 Evening News [optional]

6:00 Hour of Mental Prayer

 

 

 

 

 Novitiate Classroom

"Carmelita"

7:00 Supper

Dishes - Recreation

 8:45 Night Prayer (Compline) [in Choir]

 (Night Silence until after Mass)

 Retire to your cell.

Free time - Bedtime no later than 11:00