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Our daily life contains many elements including prayers, manual work and choir practice. The following shows a typical breakdown of a day in our life.

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Daily Prayer
Time Prayer
06.45 am Lauds
11.30 am Eucharist
17.30 pm - Weekdays Vespers
17.00 pm - Sat & Sun Vespers
20.30 pm Vigil
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Timetable of a normal weekday
Time Prayer
06.45 - 08.00 Office of Lauds (30mins), Silent prayer (30mins), Chapter meeting (15mins)
08.00 Breakfast
08.30 - 9.30  Lectio Divina (Prayerful reading of the Bible)
09.30 - 10.00 Choir practice
10.00 - 11.00 Manual work, Administration
11.30 - 12.15 Eucharist
12.45 - 13.15 Lunch
13.45- 14.15 Community Recreation
14.15- 14.30 Office of None
14.30- 16.45 Manual work, Administration
16.45 - 17.30 Personal Free Time - reading , study etc
17.30 - 18.30 Office of Vespers (30mins) + Silent prayer (30mins)
18.45- 19.15 Supper
19.15- 20.30 Personal Free Time - reading , study etc
20.30 - 21.15 Office of Vigil