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what queenswood is about...

Posted March 9, 2009 by Marina Smith, ssa, Community Relations Coordinator

Patricia Houston sent me an article by John O’Donohue, and I thought this bit (the opening paragraph) really hits home about what we want to do at Queenswood.

“The force of the unknown confers a particular intensity on human life. If there is such a thing as spirituality, it surely roots here in the yearning for a sense of meaning.   Spirituality could be defined as the call of individual complexity for meaning, integration, healing and  belonging.   Spirituality is more than the pious attitude of the explicitly religious.   It is the deeper yearning of every life.    The degree of yearning can range from the person who scarcely acknowledges transcendence to the person who lives a fully contemplative life. Every life is confronted by the infinite at some point or other."

(John O’Donohue, The Irish Times, Christmas Eve, 2000)  

the dry-walling begins

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Stefan Jonsson, Programs and Marketing Coordinator

The dry-walling will be the longest stage of the renovations.  Today the dry-wallers came in and put up the dry wall boards within a few hours, but now they begin the tedious task of filling in holes, waiting for the walls to dry, sanding it down, and then repeating that process over and over again.  They are scheduled to finish next Wednesday (Mar. 11), and the painting should begin on Thursday (Mar. 12).


Here are the dry-wallers working on the last few bare wall frames.


The Hospitality Centre from across the hall.  The semi-circular shape near the ceiling on the left side of the photo indicates the shape and placement of the counter that will go under it.


Looking directly at what will be the Hospitality Centre counter and the Queenswood store.