Usual Weekly Schedule

From the novice manual. For those who would like a glimpse into the typical daily and weekly routine of a Capuchin novice. Note well the blocks of personal time, for these would be the best periods for telephone calls and personal calls!

All times Pacific.

Sunday
8:00 Morning Prayer
9:00 Eucharist at San Lorenzo Friary or Local Parishes
Personal Time Until Evening Prayer
4:30 Evening Prayer and Eucharistic Adoration
5:30 Fraternal Gathering
6:15 Dinner
8:45 Night Prayer
9:00 Communal Recreation

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
6:30 Morning Prayer
6:45 Meditation
7:20 Eucharist
8:00 Breakfast
9:30 Class
11:45 Midday Prayer
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Work Projects (Monday)
         House Jobs (Tuesday)
         Hermitage Time (Wednesday, Until 5:00)
3:00 Personal Time (Except Wed.)
5:00 Office of Readings
5:20 Meditation
5:45 Evening Prayer
6:00 Dinner
7:45 Prayerful Silence and Study (Choral Practice on Mon.; Personal Time on Wed.)
8:45 Night Prayer (In Private on Wed.)
9:00 Communal Recreation

Thursday
8:00 Eucharist With Morning Prayer
9:00 Personal Time
5:15 Evening Prayer
5:30 Meditation
6:00 Dinner
7:45 Prayerful Silence
8:45 Night Prayer
9:00 Personal Time

Friday
6:30 Morning Prayer
6:45 Meditation
7:20 Eucharist
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Ministry
5:15 Evening Prayer
5:30 Meditation
6:00 Dinner
7:45 Faith Sharing
9:00 Communal Recreation

Saturday
6:30 Morning Prayer
6:45 Meditation
7:20 Eucharist
9:00 Work Projects
11:45 Midday Prayer
12:00 Lunch
1:00 House Jobs
5:00 Office of Readings
5:20 Meditation
5:45 Evening Prayer
6:00 Dinner
7:45 Personal Time
Night Prayer in Private

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Log

This morning: Journey to Santa Barbara. Brief stops at a monastery of Poor Clares, where we met a community of about a dozen Franciscan nuns living in strict enclosure; the Old Mission Santa Barbara, which among Franciscan missions is the oldest to be continuously operated by them in the United States; and St. Mark's University Parish at the University of California-Santa Barbara, one of the ministry sites for the Capuchin novices. We had lunch with the chaplains and student ministers.

This afternoon: reading and rest.

This evening: choral practice!

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Lectio Divina

Sunday: When they gave it to the people, there was plenty for all and some left over, just as the Lord had promised.

2 Kings 4:44 (New Living Translation)

Monday: Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people;
I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.

Deuteronomy 32:21 (New Living Translation)