Let us now enter what is often called the “Main House” of our Combermere headquarters. Madonna House is no longer the little six-room house Catherine arrived to in 1947. It has grown in every direction; a 100 seat dining room, library, chapel and vastly expanded kitchen have gradually been added over time.
Part 6 – The Dining Room
The original river facing dining room, library and living room is now affectionately known as “the little library.” It remains an especially homey place, with a corner of Russian icons and artifacts, shelves of Russian and Eastern Christian books and an ever-changing view of the Madawaska River.
The large, newer dining room, added to the house in 1953, now doubles as a library and family room. Here are held meetings, lectures, movies and entertainment as well as being a place for evening socializing. Every day in this dining room we have “spiritual reading” following lunch, to help make clear the application of the Gospel to daily life.