A Day in the Life of a Monk
Weekdays
5.00 am
Rise
5.30 am
Office of Vigils
6.45 am
Breakfast
7.00 am
Personal Prayer or Reading
7.30 am
Office of Lauds
8.10 am
Lectio divina
10.00 am
Mass
11.15 am
Work
1.00 pm
Office of Sext
1.15 pm
Lunch
1.50 pm
Office of None
2.00 pm
Recreation
2.50 pm
Work
5.00 pm
Office of Vespers - Click to listen >
5.30 pm
Personal Prayer or Reading
7.30 pm
Supper
8.00 pm
Personal Prayer
8.30 pm
Community meeting in the chapter house, during which the Abbot provides teaching, followed by Compline
9.00 pm
Night Silence