It is already two weeks since the Gift Shop/Porter’s Lodge closed its doors for renovation and repair. This is to report that progress has been made and having completed an inventory (along with moving stock for storage), work on actual renovations and repairs begins this week. Presently, it is still difficult to ascertain when the Gift Shop will reopen; however, every effort is being made to expedite this project so that the Gift Shop can reassume its important role as a place of welcome and hospitality to our guests and visitors to our monastery. In the meantime we thank you for your patience and promise to keep you updated on further progress and the anticipated date for reopening.
Wanda Woolsey says
I logged on to your website today to respectfully request that you consider cleaning and reorganizing the gift shop. On a recent visit there, I was dismayed to find it in such poor shape.
And so I was glad to see your announcement of the plans for repairs and renovation. Best of luck with this project.
And it is not altogether about the cats. I am a cat-lover myself and salute your efforts to provide for these unwanted cats. The effort, and all that it entails, should very probably be moved to some other location other than at the entranceway and inside the gift shop.
Wanda Woolsey
m. kamien says
No! No! Please don’t move the cats elsewhere! They are terrific PR! And the Father loves them! Or at least consult with a cat first! :/
MARGARET Lee says
I am grateful for the Gift Shop, which always has much to offer us! As to the cats, I am glad when animal husbandry techniques were introduced, so they could better grow up healthy and be rapidly adopted.
Ronald Dombroski says
–On monasteries and cats. It seems that Berryville is not the only monastery that has at least a few monks that have a great love for cats! I remember watching the film ‘Into Great Silence’ which has a wonderful scene with one of the monks caring for a ‘good’ number of cats. Calling them, feeding them, being tender with them. Cats do seem to have a contemplative aspect to their being! I just think that it might be a better idea to keep them in some other spot than the “port of entry” to the monastery. Some guests, particularly new ones, might find the cats in the gift shop a difficulty.