Back when we first heard the Lord’s invitation to consider a building and renovation project to help our monastic home better serve the needs of our community, one of the first places we decided to re-imagine was our recreation room.
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The next room in our tour of the Holy Family Wing isn’t really a “room” at all - but it is a very cherished part of our new community spaces nonetheless. The portico (covered porch), which extends its cloister walkway “arms” around the entire new wing, has become a popular site for prayer, recreation, and simply enjoying the beauty of God’s creation.
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Now that the Holy Family Wing is becoming a part of daily life here at St. Joseph’s, we wanted to share with you a little more about the significance of these new community spaces - plus some “candid camera” shots of the different rooms in use!
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Dear friends, I bring to you glad tidings of a long-desired event … we have officially moved in to our new Holy Family Wing!!!
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Enjoy some long-belated photos of the progress on our construction. It’s been hard to keep up with all the different subcontractors — as soon as we manage to get some photos, they are already out of date! That’s the kind of “problem” we like to have …
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With all the wonderful happenings of the Advent/Christmas season and the New Year, it’s been quite a while since we took time to update you on the progress of our Cherish the Flame construction. We can assure you, however, that our “silence” about the building project hasn’t been for lack of news to report!
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In the past two weeks, we have seen a major transformation take place in our monastery courtyard …
That’s right, the Holy Family Wing is finally rising!
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Two weeks ago, contractors poured the huge concrete slab that will become the floor of the new wing. Like always, we’ve been amazed by how much detail and thought must go into providing a firm foundation for our building.
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The past week has seen a lot of progress on our Cherish the Flame project! The cloister walkways are really coming along, and the doors and windows of the loggia have been installed. Even more exciting, the plans for the Holy Family Wing are complete and have been submitted to the local planning and zoning committee …
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It’s been quite a while since we gave any updates on the progress of our construction, hasn’t it? It seems like it’s about time we remedied that situation …
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We have received a number of questions about terms we have used in speaking about our Cherish the Flame building project — and we’re not surprised, since many of them are words that are rarely heard outside a monastic context! We hope this fun little “glossary” will help to fill in the blanks.
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