Building the Shrine
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Shrine Church Construction 

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October/November, 2006   
Left:  Trial run of the exterior lighting of the dome.

Below:  Priests' Sacristy plaster columns and ceiling vaults in place.

Right:  Limestone cross is mounted to peak of the Church facade.

Below Right:  Workers form the ceiling in the Transept area and apply sheet rock in preparation for plastering.  This work is at least 8 flights of scaffolding stairs up in the air.  Please continue to pray for their safety.
September, 2006  
Far left:  plaster finish being applied to ambulatory wall - notice the beautiful natural sunlight coming in from the windows!

Left:  Wall area being plastered and formed for lower narthex lobby.
July 21, 2006  
Left: facade of Shrine Church with detail of Limestone columns.

Top: Work continues on sheet rocking of main areas.

Top Right: Plastering of the many arches

Bottom Right: Close up of side aisle ceiling frame
May 3, 2006  
Top and bottom left:  Views of the Church from a crane about 200 ft in the air.  Spectacular views of the tile roof and magnificence of the structure!

Top right:  View of the Church from the surrounding woodland area.
March 20, 2006  

Copper roof edging at East Transept and East side of upper radius wall.

 

 
Clockwise:  Above Left:  Crimping of metal framing material into a radius shape.

Above Right:  Metal framing at Sacristy windows

Below Left:  Close-up of window radius

 
February 3, 2006

Scaffolding has been removed from the dome and bell tower.  First layer of roof is almost complete.  The detail is breathtaking!

  
Scaffolding has been removed from the dome and bell tower. 
First layer of roof is almost complete.  The detail is breathtaking!
December, 2005  

Work on the copper dome continues - hopeful of an early
January completion.

The bell tower roof is installed with the help of the large crane.

 

 

South side of the Church continues to show the progress of the construction challenges.

 

 

 

 
   

 

   August 22, 2005

Aerial views show the progress and beauty of the structure.
 

 

 

 
August 1, 2005
 

    Masonry continues on the side of the church.  Also the bell tower continues to grow and now rises well above the treetops when viewing it from the highway.

 

July 16, 2005
 Masonry continues - both with fieldstone and large limestone blocks.  The interior basement floor has been poured and work has begun again on the dome.  The bell tower blocks now rise above the front peak of the Church.

June 7th, 2005
 Masonry begins on the exterior fieldstone on the Shrine Church.


May 18, 2005

Preparing for Corner Stone Laying.  The Steel for the dome is now up as well as a good portion of the block.

 April 19, 2005

Blocking continues and windows start to take shape.  The scaffolding in the background is in preparation for the construction of the Church dome.

April 7, 2005

Top Left view: Blocking of walls continues along the front entrance;  Top Right View:  scaffold being put in place for dome placement; Bottom Left: West wall showing window placement and side backfill activity for roadway path alongside church; Bottom right: blocking of window placement.

February 25, 2005

Steel frame for the main aisle of the Church quickly goes into place and the immensity of the project dawns on everyone.

February 22, 2005: 

  The first steel girder is placed on the newly poured first floor of the Shrine Church.

 

 

February 14, 2005:  The first floor of the Shrine Church is poured.

 This milestone in the construction project was marked by the pouring of approximately 320 yards of concrete and a crew of over 15 dedicated individuals.  The weather was favorable and in just under six (6) hours, we had a floor!

Bottom Left: Preparing the floor for the pouring of concrete

Top Left: Workers pour the first floor

Top right:  The finished floor