The Benedictine Sisters of Saint Scholastica Monastery are a special bunch of women. They work hard, they pray deeply, and they carry burden silently. That's who they are as women of service, being as ...
BUILDING MUST GO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BREAKING THEIR HEARTS. THE SAINT SCHOLASTICA MONASTERY HAS STOOD TALL HERE IN FORT SMITH FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS, BUT STARTING JUNE FIRST IT WILL BE DEMOLISHED. THE ...
The St. Scholastica Benedictine Sisters have made the difficult decision to demolish their former monastery building. The demolition will take place June 1, according to a press release. The building, ...
FORT SMITH, Ark. — According to the sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery, the historic building will likely face demolition within the next two to three months. This decision comes after opposition ...
After 97 years, the former St. Scholastica Monastery building in Fort Smith will be demolished. The five-story, late Gothic revival building has flood, mold and wall damage that make it unsafe and ...
BARRINGTON – When Barrington bought a former monastery from the Catholic Church last year, the plan was to turn the 7-acre parcel into housing. Passed on a single-vote margin, 176 to 175, the purchase ...
A Russian Orthodox monastery’s proposal to build a church next to its historic Head of the Harbor home — revamped after opposition from neighbors last year — is scheduled to go before the village ...
I have a strange and nostalgic affection for Quonset huts. My odd architectural ardor for the prefabricated, semicircular metal structures that housed World War II airplanes and soldiers started when ...