SAINT JOSEPH'S MONASTERY   

BENEDICTINE MONKS + ORA ET LABORA       

Horarium

WEEKDAYS

6:00 a.m.  Vigils
6:30 a.m.  Lectio Divina
7:00 a.m.  Lauds
(7:45 a.m.  Mass on Thursdays)
7:30 a.m.   Breakfast in Silence- Personal Time
9:00 a.m.   Chapter -Work- Classes- End of Grand Silence
12:00 noon   Midday Prayer followed by Lunch
Rest
5:00 p.m.  Silence- Lectio Divina
5:30 p.m.   Vespers
6:15 p.m.   Supper and Community Recreation
8:30 p.m.   Compline
(Saturday: 7:45- Vigils of Sunday replaces Compline)
 9:00 p.m. Great Silence until after Chapter the Next Morning

 SUNDAY

7:00 a.m.   Lauds
7:30 a.m.  Lectio Divina
8:00 a.m.  Breakfast in Silence- Personal Time
10:30 a.m.   Mass at the local Parish Church
Sunday Afternoon- Sabbath Time
5:30 p.m.  Vespers
6:00 p.m.  Community Devotions
6:30 p.m.  Supper
9:00 p.m.  Compline
The Great Silence until after Breakfast the Next Morning

Periods of Lectio Divina are done individually by each monk in his Cell

 

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