Horarium

This is a timetable of a typical week-day for a cloister monk. An average day which will vary from house to house, from monk to monk, and from one day to another. In grey are the conventual Offices in the Chapel.

Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers et Complines name the Offices which punctuate the day. Each canonical Office is accompanied (either preceeded or followed) by the Office of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.

11:30pm	Rise - Prayer in Cell	This nocturnal prayer in solitude is particularly appreciated by many.
0:15am	Matins followed by Lauds	In the Chapel. This office last two to three hours depending on the day or the Feast.
	Lauds of Our Lady	In cell. Praise to God with the Virgin Mary. Then back to sleep.
6:30am	Rise	The time is approximate. To be ready for Prime.
7:00am	Prime - Angelus	After the Angelus, the time is consecrated to Prayer or Lectio Divina (e.g. prepartion of the Mass readings).
8:00am	Conventual Mass	In the Chapel.
	Thanksgiving - Lectio Divina	Lectio Divina is a meditative reading of the Bible. This time can also be used for prayer.
10:00am	Terce	Approximatively every two hours an Office is recited : Terce is one of them.
	Study or Manual Work	No manual work before Terce. It can be done morning and afternoon, or all at once.
12:00am	Angélus - Sext	Recitation of the Office of Sext
	Meal- Recreation	The time of recreation may be employed freely. reading, working, gardening, or enjoying the sun.....when it shines.
2:00pm	None	Recitation of the Office of None
	Manual Work (1hr) Study	The time accorded to each depends on the individual in negociation with his Superior. (Prior or Novice Master)
4:00pm	Vespers of Our Lady	Praise to God with the Virgin Mary.
4:15pm	Vespers	In Church
	Collation - Reading - Prayer	Reading of the Bible, a spiritual writer, or other appropriate material. The collation is a light meal, taken any time between Vespers and Complines.
6:45pm	Angélus - Complines	Recitation of Complines, the last Office of the day.
7:30pm	Bedtime	Advisable before 8:00pm.