My Dad Got Me to a Nunnery by B. A. Berube

Author:B. A. Berube [Berube, B. A.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: CreateSpace ( a division of Amazon.com)
Published: 2013-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

A Typical Daily Schedule at St. Louis Home

Times are approximate here, though they were not at that time. 5:30 a.m.

Soeur Boulé awakens me to serve Mass every day on rotating schedule with other altar servers. Everyone wakes up to attend Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday masses in the chapel next door. (Everyone else sleeps for another half hour for the other days; they wake up to Soeur Boulé’s “In the Name...” (opening prayer).

6:00 a.m. Masses commence as noted above.

7:00 a.m. Grace and breakfast, except on non-Mass days when we ate a bit later

7:30 a.m.

Prayers; later breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays; I collect 25 cents from Father Jalbert every other week for serving Mass. On Mondays, Father Jalbert comes to our downstairs ward to bless us and to preach.

8:00 a.m. Prayer, then off to school upstairs (Other nuns take over for teaching—no Soeur Boulé)

8: 30 a.m. School, except on Saturdays and Sunday. On Saturday, I perform my chores (called offices in French), which was to wash the main floor of the lavatory and its nine toilets. Others are at play downstairs or outdoors after Soeur Boulé declares, “Deo gratias,” Latin for “The Lord be with you.” Every other week, one day in this time slot is reserved for going to Confession upstairs with Father Jalbert.

11:00 a.m. Prayers; clean up before lunch.

11:30 a.m. Grace and lunch; Soeur Boulé in charge.

12:15 p.m. Rosary recitation every day except Saturday

12:30 p.m Play in downstairs ward; Boulé is on break; Madame is in charge. When Soeur Boulé returns, candy is sold on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, except during Lent. No money—no candy. During the summer months, this would be nap time.

1:30 p.m. School upstairs. On weekends, its “Deo gratias” play time downstairs or outdoors; On Saturdays, we might watch Bimbo, a circus show on TV. Sometimes we ride a carriage pulled by ponies Blaze and Thumb as they circle the play yard. During the summer, this could be swimming pool time. On Sundays, this is parent visitation time for the fortunate.

3:00 p.m.

School recess time and snack downstairs play ward or outdoors: molasses on bread, rhubarb sticks with sugar, or an apple were most common. On Fridays, this was benediction time at the chapel next door (a 15 minute service), accompanied by rosary recitation in the chapel (30 minutes).

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