to be honest, it's really not that different from college life--I study and learn, go to class, sleep, eat, and try to block in adequate time to pray each day. Happily, the schedule here is very oriented towards the prayer life of the parish and missionary community, so that last one has been at least slightly more successful than it was at college.
on any given day, with slight variations, this is how I live:
6 am: wake up, shower, walk to church
6:30-7:10ish: holy half-hour with Benediction, plus I try to say Morning Prayer
7:10-8: eat breakfast in the rectory with fellow missionaries who are early risers (it's a small crew)
8-11:30: teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays or do class prep/grading on MWF
11:30-12:15: lunch, back at the rectory
12:15-5:30: more teaching/prep/grading + hanging out with students
5:30-6: supper at the rectory
6-6:30: chanted Evening Prayer with the priests and sisters
6:30-7: walking rosary (if my toe isn't dying--this hasn't happened for several weeks) or pray/read--I'm currently going
7-7:50: Mass (in Spanish except for Wednesdays)
7:50-10:00ish: finish up grading and hang out with the other ladies at my house, quick shower before Night Prayer and bed
Wednesdays are a long day--at 5:30, we have small group with the women students at the junior college, and after Mass is Super Missionary Night Prayer (SMNP)--games, snacks, a testimony from one of the missionaries, and night prayer together.
Friday and Saturday nights the missionaries often hang out at one of our houses or in the (blessed air-conditioned) living room of Deacon Cal and his wife Ginny, who have been married for 56 years and served the community in Benque for 50 of those. We play games (Catan is a big favorite), trade embarrassing stories, or watch movies from the well-curated collection of the estimable Drew Kanne, one of our seminarians.
Sundays are free days--Mass, a leisurely lunch, and an afternoon for napping, letter-writing, reading, or wasting time on Facebook.
There's not a ton of leisure time and life is pretty busy, but it's good--and structured enough that I actually get things done!
on any given day, with slight variations, this is how I live:
6 am: wake up, shower, walk to church
6:30-7:10ish: holy half-hour with Benediction, plus I try to say Morning Prayer
7:10-8: eat breakfast in the rectory with fellow missionaries who are early risers (it's a small crew)
8-11:30: teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays or do class prep/grading on MWF
11:30-12:15: lunch, back at the rectory
12:15-5:30: more teaching/prep/grading + hanging out with students
5:30-6: supper at the rectory
6-6:30: chanted Evening Prayer with the priests and sisters
6:30-7: walking rosary (if my toe isn't dying--this hasn't happened for several weeks) or pray/read--I'm currently going
7-7:50: Mass (in Spanish except for Wednesdays)
7:50-10:00ish: finish up grading and hang out with the other ladies at my house, quick shower before Night Prayer and bed
Wednesdays are a long day--at 5:30, we have small group with the women students at the junior college, and after Mass is Super Missionary Night Prayer (SMNP)--games, snacks, a testimony from one of the missionaries, and night prayer together.
Friday and Saturday nights the missionaries often hang out at one of our houses or in the (blessed air-conditioned) living room of Deacon Cal and his wife Ginny, who have been married for 56 years and served the community in Benque for 50 of those. We play games (Catan is a big favorite), trade embarrassing stories, or watch movies from the well-curated collection of the estimable Drew Kanne, one of our seminarians.
Sundays are free days--Mass, a leisurely lunch, and an afternoon for napping, letter-writing, reading, or wasting time on Facebook.
There's not a ton of leisure time and life is pretty busy, but it's good--and structured enough that I actually get things done!
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