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Monastery
Development
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Preparing
for more cement to be laid in the bay on Papa Stronsay: the
JCB is hard at work on the slipway. |
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Workers,
priests and brothers all help with building the monastic cells.
Each cell includes an entryway and room, and one window overlooks
Papa Sound. To the side of each cell will be space for a small
garden. |
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The very
full refectory on Papa Stronsay. There are presently 35 men
on the island each day. |
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During a
quiet moment after dinner, a few of the workers pause to inspect
the newly laid cement cloister. |
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Postulant
Patrick Sestak steps inside the foundation for a pillar. On
top of the pillar will be placed a statue of St John the Baptist,
patron of the eremetical life. |
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A sea wall
is begun to be laid on the south side of Papa Stronsay. After
landfill is added, a pathway will be laid on top, enabling easy
access to the west side of the island. |
September 2002
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Work
on the monastic cells is quickly progressing this summer! J &
L Leonard of Kirkwall have laid fourteen foundations and ten cells
are already completed. Tonnes of materials are delivered from
Mainland Orkney to Stronsay every day: stone chips, cement, wooden
frames, windows, insulation and much, much more. Every day our
barge St Brigit ferries the material from Stronsay across to Papa
Stronsay. |
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Tomek prepares
to paint the interior of one of the monastic cells. Each cell
measures 12 feet by 16 feet, and includes an entryway and bedroom.
One window overlooks Papa Sound, and a yard with a small garden
surrounds each cell.
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Cutting
blocks and mortaring them is all part of a day’s work
as Alan Flett finishes off one of the cells.
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