One of the interesting things about convent life is orderliness of it. One aspect of this is the amount of “control” there is in the house. I don’t mean cult-like control. Just the really tight ship management of the household. There’s not a smigden of chaos in this place – probably not even in the sisters internally!
Some notes are left on a bulletin board near the front door. But others are left on the floor. They let you know who is out. This is for safety, too, I suppose. But there’s never any guessing. There’s no, “I wonder where Sister X is?” There are notes that are “pre-made” not necessarily written just for that day.
When the sister comes back in, she picks the sign up and puts it back in an envelope on the bulletin board.
