A Day in the Life of...
On this page one of our sisters give a brief account of what life is like for her as she lives her life as a Religious Sister of Charity.
SR. MADELEINE
McCANN
My name is Sr. Marie Madeleine McCann and I live in
Acton which is West London. l live with two other
sisters. I start my day getting up between 6am and
6.30 and saying Morning Prayer of the Church
followed by my hour of meditation and sometimes a
half an hour of spiritual reading. Between 9 and
9-30am I do odd jobs around the house, then I leave
the house to go to Mass in the parish church - then
I go to work. I work in a Day Centre for Homeless
People. I start work at 10.45am and finish at 3.pm.
One week I work five days & the other week I
work four days. Each day between 150 – 200
people come in during a period of two hours and
join us for a meal. I serve the dinners, make the
tea and I also clean and do whatever else is
necessary around the Centre. When I finish work I
go into the church to pray for about half an hour
and then I walk home. When I get home I rest for a
while, then at 6.00.pm. I join the other two
sisters I live with in community and we say Evening
Prayer of the Church together. After this I sit
down to relax and watch the TV for a while. I love
watching football matches. I go to bed at about 10
o’clock. At the weekends I might go the shops
in the city, or go for a walk. We take in turns to
cook the dinner on Sundays.