Dear Fellow Adorers of Christ:
 
Thank you for signing up for one hour of adoration of the Blessed Eucharist.  It is through the efforts of you and all the adorers like you that our Chapel continues to grow and be the success that it is.  If you have not introduced yourself to your prayer partner, the person who shares your hour, please do so.  It is vital that you share phone numbers so that you can communicate with each other. 
 

1. Do you need a need a key to the Chapel?
   • The Chapel is now locked between the hours of 6 PM and 6 AM, so you must know the keycode in order to enter. A code can be assigned to you from Sylvia Riera 985-768-9495.  If your Holy Hour is not during these times, you can still have the code so that you can go to the Chapel anytime.

2. What do I do if I am unable to attend at my chosen time of Adoration?
   • Your  “Prayer Partner” is the person who shares your chosen hour.  Others may join you on a “drop in” basis, but the two of you will be responsible for covering that hour.  If you cannot attend, first, try to contact your prayer partner to be sure he/she will be there.  If neither of you can be there nor find replacements, try to get an Alternate from the Alternate List.  If you need help getting a someone, call your Captain, who will find you a substitute.
   • Please exchange contact numbers with the people who come at the hours before and after your hour in case you ever need to speak with them when you can’t come for your Holy Hour.
   • We cannot allow our Lord to be left alone during the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

3. What do I do if my relief does not show up?
   • Please call our office at 985-641-6648 or Sylvia Riera.  Please do not just leave the Chapel. 
   • If anyone drops in for a few minutes, ASK if they can stay for the Hour.
   • If they can’t stay or if no one drops in for a few minutes, please contact Sylvia to find an alternate adorer. 

4. Sign-in/Sign out Book
   • It is important to sign in and out when entering and leaving the Chapel. An iPad in them chapel library is used to do so.  This is the only way we have to be sure that someone is with Our Lord at all times.

5. Favors Granted Book
   • When a favor prayed for is granted by Our Lord, please share your joy with your faith community by noting it in the book assigned for this purpose.  (NO NAMES PLEASE – only a brief description of the favor granted).  Please note: this is not  the petition book.

6. Petition Book
   • On the sign-in table, there is a book for your prayer petitions that you would like others to pray also.  Please do not leave notes in the Chapel for prayer request or novenas. 

7. Petition Box
   • In the far left corner of the sign-in table are a locked box for your petitions of your private prayers and a book for your shared petitions which need the prayers of our fellow adorers.   The box is emptied monthly and the prayers are burned. 

8. Library Books

• The books on the book cases in the Chapel are there for your use while in the Chapel.  Please do not remove them from the Chapel.  If you have a book to share with the Chapel, please bring it to the office rather than leaving on the shelf, so that it may receive a “Do Not Remove from Chapel” sticker.  Also, books must be approved before being placed in the Chapel.

9. “Share Basket”
   • Prayer items placed in this basket are free for the taking.  Help yourself.  Also this is where you should place anything you want to share. 

10.  Telephone in Chapel
    • If anyone comes into the Chapel requesting help or money, please call the Sheriff’s Office at (985) 726-8000 (or 911 - make sure to specify if you have an emergency!) and don’t give them any money.  The non-emergency number is posted by the Chapel telephone.  Also please report any problems to the Church office or to Sylvia.

11.  Dress Code
    • Please remember who it is you are visiting and dress appropriately.

12.  Special Prayers
    • Morning Prayers (from The Liturgy of the Hours) at 6:00 am and again at 7:00 am have been a long standing practice in our Parish and will continue.  These prayers last only about 10 – 15 minutes. 
    • Evening Prayers (also from The Liturgy of the Hours) are Vespers, which will be prayed at 7:00 pm and Compline, that is prayed at 10:00 pm.
    • On Mondays at 11:00 am, the Intessory Prayer Group meets for an hour.  Anyone who is able is invited to drop in for these beautiful prayers.  This is not a Charismatic service and you are welcome anytime. 

13.  Holidays
    • Perpetual Adoration is everyday of the year, so if your weekly Holy Hour falls on a holiday, please remember that you are still expected to come.  If you plan to go out of town for a holiday, please remember to arrange for a substitute for your Holy Hour.  

14.  When you can no longer keep your Holy Hour
    • If circumstances occur which force you to drop your weekly Holy Hour, please contact your Division Captain so that a replacement may be found for you.
    • Also anytime you need to change your Holy Hour, please call your Division Coordinator to remove your name from the schedule at that hour. Adoration registration forms are available in the library room of the chapel for anyone who wants   Adoration Registration sheets in the library room for those who want to commit to an hour.

It's easy to become intimidated by the quiet of the Adoration Chapel.  The truth that our culture doesn't really teach us to be comfortable with stillness, but God doesn't want to compete with the noise of our lives.  He wants to come and be the PEACE of our lives. 


If you're unfamiliar with the love and hope that lives in the still quiet gentleness of God, here are some things that might help you become comfortable with Adoration with Fr. Mike Schmitz:

 

1.  SILENCE IS A GOOD THING...

2.  MAKE THE TIME AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO BEFORE YOU COME TO ADORATION.

3.  WHAT CAN ADORATION DO FOR YOU?