Before and After

When I posted the pictures in my earlier post "Transition", I could not find the before and after pictures of the sacristy turned Confessional that WordSmith did for his Eagle Scout Project. All I could find were the in-between pictures, so now that I found the before and after I am posting them here.


From the inside looking out

The Hallway Outside


Looking in

The old drop ceiling

The old sink

And now the New Finished Product!

Father's area

The Window

Looking in


There were sound panels strategically placed behind the Confessors Chair and where the Penitent would sit for a face to face, and one on the wall next to the window to ensure privacy. They put in a whole new ceiling with special acoustic board to keep sound from leaking from the room. It is so much nicer than the glass enclosed rooms we had before. You had to stand and wait on the other side of the Church so you did not hear everything.

Transition

This Summer has been a Summer of firsts.............a Summer of Transition and this transition continues into Fall. For Wordsmith its been a very busy time. As of August 1st my baby boy is a big 18. I wrote about his graduation earlier but I wanted to write about his special project. Wordsmith has been a Scout since he was 6. He was a Cub, Weeblo, Boy Scout, and even part of a Venture Crew. Scouting has always been a part of his life. We have been very lucky to be a part of the parish pack and troop and Faith has always taken a front and center in his Scouting Career. No surprise then when you find out that for his Eagle Scout project was to turn an old auxiliary sacristy into a confessional.

The neat thing is that although our troop is a parish troop we have a good number of boys from Protestant and Lutheran faiths in the troop. They like the Christ-centered focus of our troop. These boys and parents also helped on the project. One of the boys brought his family in to see the finished project and they asked my son all sorts of questions about confession. Wow what an evangelical tool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyhow enjoy the pictures.



Rita Chew and Jo Jo on the new bench outside the confessional.


Crown molding! and a new ceiling.......................

Before the wall went up...........



Progress






The wall and the window




Top view of the wall

Sound panels the finishing touch.
The pictures certainly do not do it justice. Im proud of you Wordsmith!

Dancing anyone????????????????

WordSmith has been dancing with the Order of the Arrow out at the local Boy Scout Camp. We went out to watch the other night. I wish I had a video to post, but my videos are too large. It has been a big summer for WordSmith. He turns 18 tomorrow, graduated, and is getting ready to go to college. I will post pictures of the graduation and party soon. I really need to catch up. I will also post about where he is going to college and his future plans soon.................