How do I open adoration for a monthly schedule (like First Fridays)?

By default, your adoration schedule assumes open hours are open weekly (e.g., "Every Friday at 9-10 AM").

However, if you need to adjust your schedule to open some hours on a monthly basis, you can do that, too! Here's how.

Change a Single Hour

Edit the hour, change the general availability of this hour to Open monthly, then choose either On a set week of the month or Before or after another day, and click Save.

For example, if you choose Every 1st Friday at 9-10 AM, this hour will be open on First Fridays and closed the remaining Fridays of the month.

Don't fret—you can easily override a specific date if you must close adoration due to circumstances.

Change Multiple Hours

Select the hours you want to edit and start bulk-editing them, choose All weeks, enable the Availability setting, select Open monthly, and select a frequency option. Preview which dates will be affected, and then click Save.

These hours will be open monthly (e.g., every 1st Friday).

Monthly Commitments

Usually, when making a new adoration commitment, the Weekly frequency is selected by default.

However, when an adorer clicks a monthly hour on the schedule, the Monthly frequency is selected by default, even if the "Monthly" commitment frequency is disabled.

Before or After Another Day

Some parishes open adoration on a day that falls just before or after another day's monthly occurrence. The most common example is opening on First Fridays overflowing into the Saturday after the 1st Friday. Be aware that not all First Fridays are followed by a First Saturday.

To set up a pattern like this, edit an hour, set its availability to Open monthly, and choose Before or after another day. Then build the pattern in plain language: pick before or after, pick the week, and pick the day it's anchored to. A live preview reads it back to you, like "Every Saturday after 1st Friday".

For this overnight example, it takes two steps:

1. Edit your Friday hours, choose On a set week of the month, and select the 1st week, as described above.
2. Edit your Saturday hours, choose Before or after another day, and build Saturday after the 1st Friday.

Your schedule will display adoration as available on First Fridays and the following Saturdays!

And when an adorer creates a commitment on one of these Saturday hours, they will have a matching monthly option. Easy!