Join me as a go through the week at the St. Francis Inn!

Monday
7:30am – Wake up and breakfast
8:30am – Team Morning Prayer
9am – Team Weekly meeting to discuss issues and upcoming happenings around the Inn.
-break-
1pm – afternoon shift of preparing for the evening meal
4:30-6:30 – Evening meal and clean-up. My role: tickets at the gate.
6:30 – Mass
7pm – Team dinner

Tuesday
7am – wake up
7:10 am – actually wake up and get out of bed
7:30 am – Morning prayer with the friars
8 am – break, I like to do a 5-minute workout
8:30 – Mass, it is my turn to open the Mass by playing music through the chapel’s sound system,
and do the first 2 readings
9am – Morning shift at the Inn. Role: Coordinator. I ensure everything is set for breakfast, that
the volunteers have stuff to do, and other tasks
1pm – Break time back at my house. I usually have lunch, read/pray, and probably power nap
4pm – back at the Inn to help with the evening meal. My role: dishes
6:30pm – Evening prayer with the staff, friars, and any volunteers who want to join
7pm – brief break at my house with a quick bite to eat.
7:20pm – Chris and I take the subway to central Philly for Eucahristic Adoration
9:30 – return home and bed

Wednesday
7am – wake up and breakfast
7:30am – Morning prayer with the friars
8 am – break
8:30 – Mass
9am – 11:30am – a shift at Marie’s Closet. I will handle the computer tasks of logging who
comes in and then sweeping and mopping the floors when the shift is over.
11:30am – 4:00 pm – Break/Freetime
4:30pm – To the Inn for the evening meal. My role: bathroom monitor.
6:30pm- Evening prayer with the staff, friars, and any volunteers who want to join
7pm – 10pm – back at home for dinner. Chris and I might watch TV or listen to a podcast while
eating. We also might do night prayer. I might get in some prayer time or just browse the
internet.
10 pm – Bed

Thursday
7am – wake up and breakfast
7:10am – assist with bringing the Inn’s recycling to the curb
7:30am – Morning prayer with the friars
8 am – break
8:30 – Mass
9am – 11:30am – Pick ups. My task is to take one of the Inn’s vans and pick-up donated food
from the ACME grocery store in North Philly.
11:30am – 1:30 pm – Break
1:30pm – 2:15pm – Greet a group of volunteers who are staying and working for a few days. I
show them where they are staying and give them a tour of the Inn.
2:15pm – 4pm – Break
4pm – Back at the Inn for the evening meal. My role: Maitre d’
6:30pm- Evening prayer with the staff, friars, and any volunteers who want to join
7pm – 10pm – back at home for dinner. Chris and I might watch TV or listen to a podcast while
eating. We also might do night prayer. I might get in some prayer time at the chapel here at the Inn or do some personal stuff on the computer, such as create a meme or work on my update
for you good folks.
10 pm – Bed

Friday
7am – wake up and breakfast
7:30am – Morning prayer with the friars
8 am – break
8:30 – Mass
9am – Off day. These are the days when I’ll walk through Philly and see the sights. Also these
are good days to do miscellaneous tasks around my house, like cleaning or laundry.
10 pm – bed. Wait, no. I got distracted by YouTube videos.
10:30 pm – okay, now I’m finally going to sleep. I shut down my computer
10:31pm – I remember there was something I forgot to look up, so I look it up on my phone
because I don’t want to turn on the computer that I just shut down and because I don’t want to
forget.
10:45pm – for real this time, going to bed.

Saturday
7am – wake up and breakfast
7:30am – Morning prayer with the friars
8 am – break, I usually do a 5-minute workout
8:30 – Mass
9am – 11:30 pm – Role: Coordinator. I ensure everything is set for the meal, that the volunteers
have stuff to do, and other tasks. If big groups of volunteers are in, I will often show them how
to put away miscellaneous donations of food, diapers/baby products, and toiletries. (One time, I
found a whole stack of Jello that expired in 2011 in the donation pile *Facepalm*)
11:30-1:30 – the meal is served. As coordinator, I make sure everything is running smoothly.
1:30 – free for the rest of the day.

Sunday
7am – wake up and breakfast
7:30am – Morning prayer with the friars
8 am – break (oh right, I still need to put away the dishes from last night and this morning)
8:30 – Mass in the chapel. On Sundays, one of the lay staff brings out their keyboard and plays
music and we use the hymnals. So it’s not like the daily masses during the week.
9am – Off day. It’s a perfect time to walk to a local park and read, make more progress on ‘The
Bible in a Year’ podcast, go to the chapel for some quiet prayer time, and eat some leftovers.
What else I’d do is really up in the air.