767 Comments Posted by Flushed

looks like Motts rested the camera on the front lip of the podium two pics back. the velvet there is probably where the bible would be placed for reading. Looks like there is a second podium behind it. Probably on wheels.

I thinnk that may be candy Darlene. Jelly beans or Red Hots.

A message board would be lit up for night reading instead of lighting the whole room or hallway it was in to the brightness necessary for reading. In the time before cell leashes people used to track their own activities and were responsible for finding out on their own and to remember it, when they had to show up for this or that as well as to find out about activities outside of work or other opportunities. In the convent this would probably be where the Mother Superior posted notices and changes in policy or schedule that the nuns or students needed to be aware of.

Dark -Star most people don;t appreciate it until its gone.

I'd say they were for kids to wash their hands and no mirrors would be appropriate in a convent, vanity being a sin and all.

I keep coming back and this is my favorite shot of the series. I

I ask about the donation box because the custom is to make a donation when one lights a candle and says a prayer for someone.

Just occurred that they might also be used on the altar for altar boys during mass.

That is what the raised pads are for Lucie. I thin if it is real bad you are allowed to stay seated. These sorts of kneelers are for placement in front of shrines.

Basketball Jones

That looks like the Monseigneur at Holy Family in the mid 70's on the right there. Life Size to boot!

It's all just plaster on an expanded metal frame, glass and paint. Amazing what they can do.

Even the pipe covering is still in good shape. It's terrible that this is going to be taken down fora high rise.

I bought some Frankincense and Murr once. Its just tree sap that you burn like incense.

OK there's the coin slot.