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August 2005 - Conference Room set
up for presentation |
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August 2005 - Completed Spirit
Center |
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August 2005 - Front
Entrance |
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August 2005 - Bedroom ready for a
retreatant, each room has a lap quilt made especially for the Spirit Center
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July 2005 - Center Logo going up |
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July 2005 - Moving Day, Lobby. |
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July 2005 - Moving Day, Large
Meeting Room. |
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July 2005 - Moving Day, Bedrooms. |
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June 2005 - Lobby, view to the
Southeast across the Camas Prairie, you can see the stone flooring. |
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June 2005 - Residential wing
lounge. |
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June 2005 - Site manger Dave
English gives keys to Spirit Center to Sister Jean and Kathy McFaul. |
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June 2005 - Front Entrance,
Spirit Center, painting is complete, cleaning is under way. |
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May 2005 - Third
illustration for "The
Passion of the Earth" Project, Laughter. To find out more
about artist Melanie Weidner see her website at
www.listenforjoy.com.
Fourth illustration, Balance, in process. |
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May 2005 - Driveway to the Front
Entrance, this will be paved once the rain stops. |
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May 2005 - Spirit Center Front
Entrance from the monastery Geranium Entrance. |
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May 2005 - The Museum storage
area is taking shape. |
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May 2005 - The Lobby, stone floor
being installed. The view is to the south east across the Camas
Prairie. |
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May 2005 - Inside the Small
Meeting Room, notice the fire place in the background. |
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May 2005 - Painting underway, if
the rain holds off. This view is from the Hospitality House. |
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April 20, 2005 - Spirit Center
ready for exterior paint. The solar water heater panels are in place
as are the photo voltaic cells, we have generated over 300 kilowatts of
power. |
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April 20, 2005 - Paint strip on
exterior of the Conference wing, is this the color we want? |
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April 19, 2005 - St. Mechtilde in
new home at Spirit Center |
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April 19, 2005 - St. Mechtilde
moving to Spirit Center |
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April 19, 2005 - St. Hildegard
and St. Mechtilde stained glass windows are being moved from Monastery
second floor. The new elevator will be installed here. |
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March 12, 2005 - Sister Joan
checking out the view from the Meeting Room. |
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March 3, 2005 - Spirit Center
bedroom painting in process. |
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March 2, 2005 - The Museum
storage space begins to take shape. |
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March 1, 2005 - The new elevator
is almost ready. |
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February 2005 - Second
illustration for "The
Passion of the Earth" Project, Flare. Artist Melanie Weidner
visited and shared this second piece with us as well as the fabric for the
whole project. |
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February 18, 2005 - Spirit Center
Bedroom, dry wall is up! |
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February 16, 2005 -
Administrative Team and Stewardship of the Land Committee with one of the
solar panels to be placed on Connector roof. |
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February 14, 2005 - Spring like
weather helps move siding placement ahead. |
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February 11, 2005 - Siding on the
Residential Section nears completion |
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January 6, 2005 - The Big
Picture! |
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January 6, 2005 - The Conference
Center from the inside |
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January 6, 2005 - The stair case
is taking shape |
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January 6, 2005 - Lots of
insulation for our cold winters! |
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January 3, 2005 - View from Small
Meeting Room |
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December 17, 2004 - Kathy and
Caroline in the Construction Zone. We have snow again! |
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December 7, 2004 -The residential
wing with Connector from the Hospitality House |
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December 6, 2004 - Cement work
taking place on the front entrance. |
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December 5, 2004 - The blue sky
and mild weather is not typical December weather, but no one on the
construction site is complaining! Windows are being placed this week. |
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December 1, 2004 - Roofing is
complete, gutters coming soon. |
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November 30, 2004 - The
Conference Center from the Museum, getting ready for windows |
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November 30, 2004 - The
Residential Wing with roof underway, we have snow too! |
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November 27, 2004 - Front
Entrance |
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November 27, 2004 - The First two
floors of the Residential Wing |
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November 25, 2004 - The Connector
from the Museum |
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November 22, 2004- Conference
Center from the Monastery 5th Floor |
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November 17, 2004 - Lower floors
as seen from the Hospitality House. |
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November 15, 2004 - A peek of the
Prairie from one of the soon to be windows. |
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November 11, 2004 - One of the
many shower stalls to be installed. |
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November 10, 2004 - A roofer
doesn't let the fog stop him from continuing his work. |
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November , 2004 - Sister Meg
Sass, left, gives members of the Development Council a tour. |
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November 4, 2004 - All regular parking
at the Monastery has been disrupted by the "Big Ditch". Cars can be
found in the most interesting places. |
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November 4, 2004 - Fr. Meinrad
and John Remacle inspect the "big ditch" dug behind the Monastery.
This will be used to connect water, electric and phone service to the new
building. |
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November 3, 2004 - The front
entrance of Spirit Center continues to take shape. |
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November 2, 2004 - The roof goes
on the Conference Center |
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November 1, 2004 - The
Spirituality offices on Spirit Center 1st Floor from the Hospitality House |
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October 26, 2004 - The Conference
Center from the Museum |
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October 25, 2004 - The Conference
Center from the 5th Floor of the Monastery |
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October 21, 2004 - Front entrance
of Spirit Center is beginning to take shape. |
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October 20, 2004 - A view from
the 5th Floor of the Monastery of the the residential section of Spirit
Center |
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October 20, 2004 - Some of the
employees of the Monastery of St. Gertrude get a tour of the the
construction site. |
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October 13, 2004 - Mechanical
room in the making. |
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October 4, 2004 - Residential
section viewed from 5th floor of the Monastery |
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October 3, 2004 - A view from the
bridge, the residential section. |
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October 2, 2004 - Lower floors;
residential section and offices. |
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October 1, 2004 - Lower floors as
viewed from the Hospitality House, south of the Monastery. |
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September 29, 2004 - First Floor
framing continues, view from the bridge to Hospitality House |
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September 29, 2004 - Excavated
earth is replaced, View of Front Entrance |
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September 16, 2004 - View from
Museum parking lot |
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September 16, 2004 - First Floor
framing is underway |
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September 16, 2004 - Retaining
wall sealed before earth replaced |
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September 3, 2004 - First
illustration for "The Passion of the Earth" Project |
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August 28, 2004 - Rain makes
covers necessary so cement can dry. |
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August 26, 2004 - Cement floor is
poured. |
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August 9, 2004 - Rebar is
installed. |
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August 4, 2004 - Pouring cement
retaining walls |
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August 3, 2004 - Light pole moved
to make way for entrance to the new building |
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July 27, 2004 - Cement foundation is
poured. Blessed medals are placed into the wet concrete. |
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July 20, 2004 - Wooden forms for the
foundation are built. |
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July 8, 2004 - Standing water is
discovered. A drainage system is put in place as well as a culvert to
direct any overflow into the creek. |
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July 6, 2004 - Heavy equipment
arrives; excavation begins
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June 25, 2004 - Cutting of trees at the
building site
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June 23, 2004 -
Bouten Construction site
trailer arrives. Bouten is no stranger to the Monastery. They have a
long
standing relationship with the sisters at St. Gertrude.
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June 17, 2004 - Blessing of the trees
that will be cut to make room for Spirit Center-The
Stewardship of the Land Committee prepared a blessing for the four trees along
the driveway that will be cut down.
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June 13, 2004
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Ground Breaking for the Spirituality Center
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Benedictine
Sisters, Monastery of St. Gertrude, Cottonwood, Idaho
