wind turbine - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:03:41 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg wind turbine - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Drone spots monk sitting on top of a wind turbine https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/09/22/drone-spots-monk-relaxing-atop-a-wind-turbine/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:20:43 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=76695 Saint Simeon Stylites, a Syrian monk who who lived in the 7th century was the first known stylite, or pillar hermit who lived on the top of a pillar. Now he has a modern day counterpart; A Benedictine monk who works at a Rhode Island school has discovered that finding solitude is no easy feat, even Read more

Drone spots monk sitting on top of a wind turbine... Read more]]> Saint Simeon Stylites, a Syrian monk who who lived in the 7th century was the first known stylite, or pillar hermit who lived on the top of a pillar.

Now he has a modern day counterpart; A Benedictine monk who works at a Rhode Island school has discovered that finding solitude is no easy feat, even 53 meters in the air.

Brother Joseph Byron was recently relaxing on top the school's wind turbine - as he often does - when a drone zoomed in. Have a look

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