A Day In The Life

Our life in community is one of the most beautiful aspects of consecrated religious life. In our communities, our day always begin with prayer as we give God our first glory and praise in order to bring Him to those we serve. The order of the day gives us structure and balance in all that we are and do.

6:00 am Morning Offering

Lauds (Divine Office)
Prayer to Our Foundress
Meditation

7:00 am Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Communal Recitation of the Magnificat

7:30 am Breakfast

Reading from the Collection of Thoughts by Blessed Elisabetta Renzi

8:00 am – 4:00 pm Apostolate

Professed Sisters

Apostolate
Visit to the Blessed Sacrament

Novitiate

Duties
Class
Meditation
Prayer
Spiritual Reading
Recreation

5:00 pm Evening Prayer

Vespers (Divine Office)
Rosary
Meditation

6:00 pm Dinner

Our meals are done in community. It is customary that we read a short spiritual passage after the blessing.

7:30 pm Community Recreation

During recreation, the Sisters spend time with each other after a long day of apostolate.

8:00 pm Spiritual Reading

The Sisters spend some time studying and sharing readings from various spiritual books, our documents and documents of the Church.

9:00 pm Compline (Divine Office)

Prayer for the deceased Sisters and Benefactors
Silence

Weekly Community Prayers

Eucharistic Adoration
Stations of the Cross
Rosary of the Sorrowful Mother
Via Matris

Oh, how blessed is the beautiful life of the sisters, the religious who have long struggled for perfections, who have overcome self-love, who have acquired the habit of mortification, who repose peacefully in the love of the Divine Word, in whose heart Jesus rest!

Blessed Elisabetta Renzi

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