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By: Da Sissop
Date: 5/9/00 7:59:09 AM
# Replies: 13
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:RELIGION52/1:RELIGION52010198.html
Nuns on the 'Net: Cloistered sisters join cyberspace craze
By Margaret Foster
Religion News Service
UNDATED -- Sister Mary Martin and Sister Ann rise at 5:30 each morning, meditate, and eat a simple breakfast in silence. For the cloistered nuns on an isolated hilltop in Ortonville, Mich., every day begins with prayer.
But after morning worship the two sisters move on to a less-traditional activity: They check their e-mail.
The two women are cloistered Dominican nuns, but online they are known as the WebNuns, and their monastery has its own Web site. Online visitors can view their daily schedule, buy wildflower notecards and homemade bread, and learn about monasticism in the '90s. Life at Our Lady of Mt. Thabor Monastery is simple and isolated, their Web page reads, because "shedding the complexities of our American way of life strips us of burdens one often longs to be relieved of." ....
Response #1
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 5/9/00 11:16:59 AM
Hah! ecommerce equals shedding the complexities of our American way of life? Yah.
Response #2
By: Roxanne
Date: 5/9/00 2:33:50 PM
So Fang, when are you going to start selling homemade bread and wildflower notecards?
Response #3
By: Da Sissop
Date: 5/10/00 5:31:04 AM
Hmm.. let's see.. what have I got around here that's homemade...
Ah! My Toejam Folk Art!
Response #4
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 5/11/00 9:39:22 PM
Is that 'mounted' or 'in situ'?
Response #5
By: rorschach
Date: 5/15/00 11:15:25 AM
is that not copyright infringement? shouldn't you sue them? maybe Metallica can recommend a good lawyer.....
Response #6
By: Da Sissop
Date: 5/15/00 6:12:50 PM
Hmmm... me sueing nuns... that *does* sound kinda funny.
Response #7
By: Ralf
Date: 5/16/00 5:34:57 AM
Don't sue them for money! Sue them for a link on their page, a coupla gallons of holy water, and a few "get out of Hell" cards.
Response #8
By: Seventh of Seven
Date: 5/16/00 6:42:19 PM
copyright infringement is but a bartering tool--ask the nun twins if they'd like to be patron saints of the board.
Response #9
By: Ralf
Date: 5/17/00 7:05:55 AM
Oooooh! THAT's a good idea.
(Any nominations for The Patron Saint of Pantslessness?)
Response #10
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 5/18/00 9:35:43 PM
Or Patron Saint Of Crisply Ironed Habits...
Response #11
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 5/19/00 1:02:02 AM
I think you should sue them for one dollar, Fang. Then they'd get some publicity and sell a lot of indulgences and homemade bread.
Response #12
By: Da Sissop
Date: 5/19/00 7:44:38 AM
Well, the thing is.. I haven't actually *found* their website.
Response #13
By: Roxanne
Date: 5/19/00 8:59:59 AM
http://lakes.ring.com/mtthabor/