Students engage in hands-on work each day of the week in a variety of areas centered around the farm and the needs of the community: in the gardens, in the kitchen, in the wood and metal shops, with the livestock, and with the bees. In addition, students work cycles of early morning chores throughout the year which includes arriving early to feed the animals and preparing breakfast with the peers before the regular school day begins. 

Throughout the week students plan and prepare for Friday’s community lunch. Each Friday the students execute all aspects of this community meal, including setting the table, serving, and cleaning up.   

Students begin and end their day with community prayer. Students are invited to attend First Friday Mass as well as mass on important dates in the liturgical calendar at the Carmelite House of Prayer in Oakville. Traditional Catholic practices, such as grace before meals, the lighting of the Advent wreath, recitation of the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross, are also observed.