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02-25-2004, 05:04 PM
SPARTA, Wis. (AP) — Eight times a day, the Rev. Bernard McCoy solemnly chants prayers in Latin from tall, 100-year-old books inside a spartan chapel at his monastery tucked in a farm valley. Then it's back to his computer and telephone running the monastery's latest business venture — LaserMonks.
McCoy and four other monks sworn to a life of prayer, austerity and charity at the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank sell remanufactured inkjet or laser-printer cartridges from an Internet site and telephone mail order center.
"You get quality products at a great savings. We do good work with the extra income," McCoy said. "Plus the monks pray for you. I don't think Staples ever offered to do that." \
The monks hope their 2-year-old business will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for them to do good deeds, such as support a camp for children with HIV or a computer school for street children in Vietnam.
full story (http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-02-23-monks_x.htm)
talk about giving 110% :p
McCoy and four other monks sworn to a life of prayer, austerity and charity at the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank sell remanufactured inkjet or laser-printer cartridges from an Internet site and telephone mail order center.
"You get quality products at a great savings. We do good work with the extra income," McCoy said. "Plus the monks pray for you. I don't think Staples ever offered to do that." \
The monks hope their 2-year-old business will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for them to do good deeds, such as support a camp for children with HIV or a computer school for street children in Vietnam.
full story (http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-02-23-monks_x.htm)
talk about giving 110% :p