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UER Forum > Canada: Ontario > Nun shall pass (Mount St. Joseph Convent) (Viewed 5061 times)
jerm IX 


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Nun shall pass (Mount St. Joseph Convent)
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According to the "History of the Sisters of St. Joseph" by Sister M. Ursula, Bishop R.A. O'Connor reached out to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto in 1889, in hopes of bringing a diocesan congregation to Peterborough "which would devote its energies to the educational and health needs of his huge diocese." At that time the "Peterborough diocese stretched from the shores of Lake Ontario northward, and westward beyond the western end of Lake Superior by a hundred miles or more - encompassing at least four present-day dioceses in northern and northwestern Ontario."

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peterborough was founded in 1890, as the daughter congregation to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto. Fourteen sisters from congregations in Cobourg, Port Arthur and Fort William (now Thunder Bay) signed a document volunteering to give themselves to this new congregation.

The task ahead was monumental...

http://jermalism.b...unt-st-joseph.html



Mt. St. Joseph Convent, Peterboro, Ont. Postcard circa 1910 by jerm IX, on Flickr


Mount St. Joseph by jerm IX, on Flickr


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Even better B&W's from the blog - they have a cool architectural look to them.
The security vehicle shot is pretty cool.





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Re: Nun shall pass (Mount St. Joseph Convent)
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Thanks GS. All avenues thus far have been dead ends.
But I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.




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Re: Nun shall pass (Mount St. Joseph Convent)
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Finally got inside the old convent yesterday!
It was absolutely beautiful.

Cops were training inside on Friday. On Saturday though, we had perfect timing to literally just walk into a perfect opportunity.

http://jermalism.b...unt-st-joseph.html




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Sweet pics!




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This will be the site of Erring2, by Public Energy. There were tours of the space for artists over the weekend.

Here's some photos from Public Energy

http://publicenerg...3-14/258-eerring-2


I haven't been but I'm involved with a project with someone who is part of Erring so I've been seeing photos of it pop up everywhere Eventually I'll have to check it out...




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Thanks crax.

And thank you SS for the link.




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Awesome picture of the hallway with all the open doors, each with a different colour shade casting out of them.







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Awesome!!!




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Thanks GS I also quite like that shot. It took forever for the people from the tour to get out of my way for that one, I almost gave up.




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Yesterday we found success again, on our own terms.

Holler at me if you want a tour.


IMG_5656 by jerm IX, on Flickr


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Re: Nun shall pass (Mount St. Joseph Convent)
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I apologize for the flickr fails above.

UPDATE
April 21, 2014

The long, cold and miserable winter is finally coming to an end, and it is not being kind to the old convent, which was in near pristine condition when we toured it last autumn. Despite the best efforts of the Mount volunteers to control the damage that the spring thaw is inflicting, Mother Nature is winning the battle by a long shot.

Two weeks ago, several areas of the building were flooded, and much to our dismay, the gorgeous original parquet flooring was buckling to such extremes that much of it will be beyond repair. Unfortunately, this was happening in most of the areas with parquet flooring, but the worst of it had ravaged and destroyed the floor of the beautiful cathedral and had also started to affect the base of some of the pews.

The volunteers monitoring the building were trying their best, but simply not well enough equipped to fight the plague of water that had besieged them. Many recurring visits confirmed this. They were opening and closing windows as dictated by the weather, and using buckets, pails and garbage cans to collect dripping and running water. But it was a long winter with a ton of snow and several Arctic cold snaps creating many layers of ice to form. It was just to much for the convent and the volunteers to keep up with.

The hospital addition which is the only area not designated with heritage status, and is planned to be converted into condos, well, that was flooded an inch or two deep on all three floors. Some of the historic areas also had many puddles here and there and seemingly everywhere, but not to the same extent as the hospital flooding.

In the basement, the water was sporadic, puddles here, flooding there, a backfiring sump pump blasting water like an open fire hydrant on a hot day in my childhood. Mother Nature still winning the war.

By last week, the damage had been done. The water had receded in the historic areas and only the hospital addition and basement were still flooded. But sadly, the parquet flooring was indeed buckled beyond salvation in the cathedral.

This week, not much has changed.

Hopefully with the thaw now complete there is a plan in place to tend to the deteriorating conditions immediately. It would be a shame to see this building deteriorate any further, and I am all to well aware of how quickly Mother Nature can inflict irreversible damage on a heritage building in such a vulnerable state. For example Sidbrook Hospital and the Prison For Women.

All of these return visits have given me the opportunity to get to know the building a lot better and discover every single nook and cranny. I've now taken a handful of friends on our own private tours, which has given me plenty of opportunities to take my time when turning my camera on the convent. I've added some images merely to illustrate the flooding and water damage as described, but mainly tried to continue to focus on the beauty contained within this magnificent historic building.

Here is the whole story...

http://jermalism.b...unt-st-joseph.html

Here's a taste of the new pics...


Nun shall pass by jerm IX, on Flickr


Catholic Book of Worship III by jerm IX, on Flickr


The sins of my father by jerm IX, on Flickr


Confess your sins my child by jerm IX, on Flickr


H2 Uh Oh! by jerm IX, on Flickr


Locked out of heaven by jerm IX, on Flickr


Angular angels by jerm IX, on Flickr


Judas Priest by jerm IX, on Flickr


The hidden staircase by jerm IX, on Flickr


Heaven's Gate by jerm IX, on Flickr



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Re: Nun shall pass (Mount St. Joseph Convent)
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You might wanna check out your links or photo settings. I'm not seeing any of them as available.




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Yeah I hit the wrong button trying to make them public on flickr. My bad. It has been one of those days/winters. No time left to repost them all, just check the blog, the place is money.




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Jerm, that church is really nice!!!!! Thanks for sharing! As always, your presentation skills are second to none!




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Jerm, that church is really nice!!!!! Thanks for sharing! As always, your presentation skills are second to none!


Thanks Rasho, appreciate that mon frere.




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Well, I wrote about the flooding and floor damage a few days ago on my blog.

The Peterborough Examiner ran with it this morning on page A2 just below the fold.

Mount was not happy when I walked in the front door this morning and they discovered I was "The guy with the blog!". They still aren't happy but they are coming around.


Peterborough Examiner Article: Floodung doesn't slow plans for Mount by jerm IX, on Flickr


Yet again, the story gets better, (and I mean that literally) with yet another update added to the end of the blog...

http://jermalism.b...unt-st-joseph.html


P.S.

"The guy with the blog!" Some of you must love that.

&

Some will say I heated it off. Everyone will have an opinion but the truth is I might have saved it by forcing the hands of the developer to stay on top of preservation, which they were doing this morning after the article's impact, and keeping a better eye on it against vandals we are all so worried about.

Rage on.



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Beautiful shots. Churches are great to explore. Full of deep Vatican secrets and such.




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