Our Daily Schedule
5.30
Rise
6.00
Personal Prayer
6.50
Morning Prayer (Lauds)
7.30
Holy Mass followed by
Thanksgiving (15 mins) and
Prayer Before Noon (Terce)
8.30
Breakfast
9.00
Work
11.45
Midday Prayer (Sext)
12.00
Dinner
13.15
Recreation
13.45
Afternoon Prayer (None)
14.00
Time in Cell
Private Reading or Rest
15.15
Work
16.35
Evening Prayer (Vespers)
17.00
Personal Prayer
18.00
Tea
19.10
Office of Readings
19.30
Recreation
20.10
Night Prayer (Compline)
21.00
Time in Cell & Retire
A balanced life -
Solitude and Community
The roots of our Carmelite charism go back to the Early Hermits who lived on Mount Carmel, near the spring of Elijah, towards the end of the twelfth century. Inspired by these “our holy fathers of the past”, St Teresa wanted her reformed Carmels to maintain something of their solitary lifestyle, while developing a strong community side, so that her spiritual daughters would be “hermits in community”. Our daily schedule reflects this delicate balance. We still refer to our individual room as our “cell” to remind us of the hermit cells on Mount Carmel.
A balanced life -
Solitude and Community
The roots of our Carmelite charism go back to the Early Hermits who lived on Mount Carmel, near the spring of Elijah, towards the end of the twelfth century. Inspired by these “our holy fathers of the past”, St Teresa wanted her reformed Carmels to maintain something of their solitary lifestyle, while developing a strong community side, so that her spiritual daughters would be “hermits in community”. Our daily schedule reflects this delicate balance. We still refer to our individual room as our “cell” to remind us of the hermit cells on Mount Carmel.
Our Daily Schedule
5.30
Rise
6.00
Personal Prayer
6.50
Morning Prayer (Lauds)
7.30
Holy Mass followed by
Thanksgiving (15 mins)
and Prayer Before Noon
(Terce)
8.30
Breakfast
9.00
Work
11.45
Midday Prayer (Sext)
12.00
Dinner
13.15
Recreation
13.45
Afternoon Prayer (None)
14.00
Time in Cell
Private Reading or Rest
15.15
Work
16.35
Evening Prayer (Vespers)
17.00
Personal Prayer
18.00
Tea
19.10
Office of Readings
19.30
Recreation
20.10
Night Prayer (Compline)
21.00
Time in Cell & Retire
