1. 168 hours to cover
A week has 7 days of 24 hours, that is 168 hours. The exposed Blessed Sacrament must never be left without anyone, even for a short moment: the instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum recalls this (no. 138, 25 March 2004). Every hour therefore needs at least one adorer.
2. The calculation
It all depends on the number of people per hour and the number of hours each one takes:
- One person per hour, one hour a week each: 168 adorers.
- Two people per hour, one hour each: 336 adorers.
- Two people per hour, two hours each: 168 adorers.
Two people per hour take more adorers, but an absence no longer leaves the hour empty, and nobody keeps watch alone at night.
3. Substitutes
Illness, travel, the unexpected: every week, a few hours become free. Substitutes fill these absences: they have no fixed hour, but agree to be called. Build their list from the start, alongside the regular adorers.
4. Starting with fewer people
Few parishes gather 168 people at once. Start with the hours you can cover, for example from 7 am to 10 pm, then open the night hours when sign-ups allow.
Tip : count the hours covered each week rather than the names signed up: that is the figure that tells you when to open new hours.
5. Following the schedule
On AdorationH24, the schedule shows the 168 hours of the week: everyone signs up online and sees their hour, and the coordinator sees at a glance the hours where someone is missing. When an hour becomes free, substitutes can be told by e-mail.
The price depends on the number of adorers: 100 €, 250 € or 300 € a year, incl. VAT, for up to 50, 200 or 400 adorers; on quotation above that (prices in your country). If the cost is an obstacle for your parish, write to us: together we will find a solution.
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