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Monks' once-flourishing business ends
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via KansasCityStar ^ | Nov. 23, 2011 | ANNYSA JOHNSON

Posted on 11/26/2011 11:17:01 AM PST by Daffynition

They were dubbed the Millionaire Monks, a small monastic community in rural Wisconsin feted around the world for its wildly successful Internet business selling laser printer inks and toners.

As recently as 2009, the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank was projecting annual sales of $3.5 million for its for-profit business, LaserMonks Inc. And their prior and chief executive officer, Father Bernard McCoy, was talking expansion - of both the company and the abbey.

Today, the monks' 15,000-square-foot home on 500 acres in Sparta, Wis., is all but empty. They sold off their belongings - everything from furniture and farm equipment to religious artifacts - at an auction last month. And they have put much of their land and buildings up for sale.

(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Religion
KEYWORDS: brothers; cartridge; catholic; cistercianabbey; cistercians; lasermonks; monks; officesupplies; toner
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To: SpringtoLiberty
Their business model that proved to be unsuccessful:


61 posted on 11/26/2011 1:45:23 PM PST by Daffynition ( **Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an effete could ignore it**)
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To: Houghton M.

Not to attack or debate, but can you share with me the scriptures you are referencing? I cannot think of them, which is probably my fault since I have not gone through the entire NT for quite awhile.


62 posted on 11/26/2011 1:50:40 PM PST by Apollo5600 (Cain 2012)
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To: SpringtoLiberty; spokeshave

63 posted on 11/26/2011 1:53:11 PM PST by Daffynition ( **Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an effete could ignore it**)
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To: Daffynition

Look ya’ll, i’m not saying these guys are evil. I just do not understand the monastic life, its participants, its business model, or its purposes. I’ve read the other posts and still don’t get it.

Not trying to be a “bigot”. Besides that’s the wrong term.


64 posted on 11/26/2011 1:53:59 PM PST by SpringtoLiberty (Liberty is on the march!)
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To: tired&retired


65 posted on 11/26/2011 1:57:29 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Houghton M.

SpringtoLiberty and I learned something from that passage. Thanks.


66 posted on 11/26/2011 2:15:12 PM PST by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: SpringtoLiberty

Obviously, you have not been *called*. Perhaps your religious upbringing, education, or reading of the classics has not exposed you to people who have dedicated their lives to vows of asceticism, celibacy, poverty or moral perfection...The seeming fact that you are unwilling to read links that were posted, shows you lack some intellectual curiosity, and prefer to troll and ignore history. Good luck with that.

From the very beginning of the Church men and women have responded to this call, imitating Christ more closely and following him with greater liberty, through lives of committed poverty, chastity and obedience.

Saying ‘yes’ to the Father’s call and to the prompting of the Holy Spirit, they choose this way of life to devote themselves to Christ with an undivided heart. Like the Apostles, they leave everything to be with Christ, and to put themselves at the service of God and of their brothers and sisters.

Usually they live together in community, supporting each other in a shared way of life, in prayer, and in dedication to a particular service or ministry in the Church.

Religious life is a gift of God for the individuals who are called, and for the whole Church.


67 posted on 11/26/2011 2:47:11 PM PST by Daffynition ( **Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an effete could ignore it**)
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To: Daffynition

There is an old joke about a monastery that needed money, so it went into the fish and chips business.

Their fish and chips were excellent and became very successful. People would come to the monastery just to get them.

One day, a man knocked on the door and a monk answered.

“Do I have the privilege of talking to the fish friar?,” the man asked.

“Oh, no, sir,” came the answer. “I am the chip monk.”


68 posted on 11/26/2011 2:54:12 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Daffynition

Cmon man. You and I disagree. Big deal. You haven’t convinced me. Sorry. I am willing, did read the links and it still baffles me. I am so so sorry if you are personally offened. I’m not sure why this article was posted if not to spur debate and converstation.

An argument does not always resolve with both parties in agreement.


69 posted on 11/26/2011 2:54:24 PM PST by SpringtoLiberty (Liberty is on the march!)
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To: bajabaja
S2L didn't learn anything from that post.


70 posted on 11/26/2011 3:00:50 PM PST by Daffynition ( **Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an effete could ignore it**)
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To: SpringtoLiberty

If you want to discuss the methods of logic as defined by the laws of reality...be my guest.


71 posted on 11/26/2011 3:12:28 PM PST by Daffynition ( **Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an effete could ignore it**)
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To: Daffynition

Not worth it.


72 posted on 11/26/2011 3:37:45 PM PST by SpringtoLiberty (Liberty is on the march!)
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To: Daffynition; Hunton Peck; TaMoDee; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; Wisconsinlady; JPG; bushwon; ..
Wisconsin Politics/General Interest Ping List Ping!
73 posted on 11/26/2011 3:41:58 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Bulwyf

So Catholicism is a cult?

All other religions except yours are cults?

Mighty tolerant of you. LOL


74 posted on 11/26/2011 3:42:03 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The monks took all the profits and bet AGAINST the Packers...


75 posted on 11/26/2011 3:58:12 PM PST by ken5050 (Support Admin Mods: Doing the tough, hard, dirty jobs that Americans won't do...)
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To: Daffynition
Did somebody say "Laser monks"?

Photobucket"

76 posted on 11/26/2011 4:35:47 PM PST by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Houghton M.

Thank you for the history lesson, much appreciated.


77 posted on 11/26/2011 4:57:11 PM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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To: Hunton Peck
Halleluiah
78 posted on 11/26/2011 5:31:19 PM PST by Daffynition ( **Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an effete could ignore it**)
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To: Daffynition; SpringtoLiberty
2009 Religion & Ethics -- PBS interviw from happier days explaining their mission

One aspect of their life that hasn't been mentioned was their ongoing cartoon strip featuring the Monestery Hounds -- Ludvig and ??? They were a Doberman and a Pharoh Hound. Father Robert drew the cartoons featuring the rivalry between the 2 dogs. It was hilarious and used to be accessed from their web page. One of the dogs has died; I think it was Ludwig.

79 posted on 11/26/2011 5:36:52 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Daffynition

Is that how you Earthlings say “May the Force be with you”?


80 posted on 11/26/2011 5:52:35 PM PST by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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