onajourney Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I know there have been a few posts about things monks and nuns do to support themselves... and maybe there is a thread somehwhere already... but I found this interesting and some of the things they've come up with are not what you would expect. http://mentalfloss.com/article/61388/10-odd-things-you-can-buy-monks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Item #10 - Monks selling toner. Spring Bank monastery closed in 2011, but I think St. Andrew's Abbey in (southern?) California has carried on or taken over the business. http://www.monksink.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissylou Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Not many of these surprise me. A few years ago, my mother asked each of us to get something for everyone's stockings and was quite concerned when I had a box from "Monastery Greetings" arrive at the house. Is she foisting rosaries on us? Candles? Really? No! Jams! Yummy! But, I have to admit, the ski academy did set me back a little. Huh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pia Jesu Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 As Onajourney's web link references beer-making...know that the Trappist monks of St. Joseph's Abbey (Spencer, MA) have taken up the more common European monastic practice of brewing/selling ale-- along with their delicious jams & jellies! :beer: http://www.nydn.us/1dxy2Tu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sr Mary Catharine OP Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 The funny thing is that the first photo isn't a monk but a Dominican friar! Interesting stuff. Makes soaps and candles sound boring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onajourney Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 #9 Although Buddhist Monks, was an interesting departure from the norm. I've heard of churches opening coffee and tea houses here in the US - maybe a similar concept. Japan takes brewing a step further with a Buddhist Monk-run bar called Vow'z Bar. The bar is meant to be a more casual environment for spirituality. "When people have had a few drinks, it’s often easier to communicate with them on spiritual matters here than it is talking at a temple," Yoshinobu Fujioka, Buddhist priest and owner of Vow'z Bar, told CNN Travel. The bar hosts events for visitors to come and discuss Buddhism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anselm Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Lots of British monasteries seem to make and sell honey. Some have returned to the mediaeval tradition of brewing, or sell their excess produce (I often buy cider made by the Carthusians and sold by the farm shop down the road, and the Benedictines on the Isle of Wight have piles of Asparagus to sell in early summer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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