Timetable of a day in Carmel
Timetable of a day in Carmel in the time of St Theresefrom Céline’s notes
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Summer - from Easter to September 14Daybreak: 4:45 am Silent prayer: 5-6 am Hours: 6-7 am Mass: 7-8 am Sunday and feast days: mass at 8 am,
1 free hour between mass and the liturgical hours
Work: 8 to 10 am Lunch: 10-10:45 am preceded by examination at 09 h45 Recreation: 11-12 am Silence: 12-1 pm Work: 1-2 pm Vespers: 2-2:30 pm |
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Winter - from September 14 to EasterDaybreak: 5h 45 am Prayer: 6-7 am Hours: 7-8 am Mass: 8-9 am Work: 9-11 am Lunch: 11 am preceded by ex amination Recreation: 12-1 pm (no hour of silence here, only at night) Work: 1-2 pm Vespers: all as previous Collation: in place of supper at 6 pm No hour of silence at noon, but always an hour of silence between 8-9 pm: free time. |
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Reading: 2:30 -3 pm Work: 3-5 pm Prayer: 5-6 pm Supper: 6-6:45 pm Recreation: 6:45-7:40 pm Compline: 7:40-8 pm Silence: 8-9 pm Matins and lauds: 9-10 pm or a little less Followed by ex amination at 10:15 pm
Bedtime around 11 pm or a little earlier except on feast days where there are parts of the offices that are chanted. |
The hand of Thérèse holding a sandglass
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During Church fastsWork: from 9 to 11:30 am Lunch: at 11:30 am Recreation: until 1:30 pm Work: from 1:30-2:00 pm Ditto for the rest Fast days of the OrderLunch was then at 11 am. During LentAll the same except: Vespers at 11:00 am before lunch Reading from 2-3 pm: whole hour Sisters of the white veil (converses) got up 1 hour earlier than the community but had to be in bed at 9 pm. |
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