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Tell your friend he needs to look for another job if he is not satisfied.

That's certainly what I would do in a similar circumstance. But I think jamaly is pointing out that as a Catholic empoloyer, Mr. Monaghan has responsiblities laid out by Pope Leo XIII in Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor). Although the encyclical roundly condemns collectivism, it also mentions the obligations of employers:

"Let the working man and the employer make free agreements, and in particular let them agree freely as to the wages; nevertheless, there underlies a dictate of natural justice more imperious and ancient than any bargain between man and man, namely, that wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well behaved wage-earner."

With this in mind I would say that by putting such a public focus on his Catholicism, Mr. Monaghan is rightly open to jamaly's criticism.

"Mr. Monaghan is rightly open to jamaly's criticism."

Er, well, maybe. But I just checked that post again, jamaly says his friend is working between 70 and 90 hours a week, for $500! So, you know, I don't belive it, that's the thing.

As a professional paymistress I say "Show me the timecards!"

Tom Monaghan no longer runs the company, and hasn't done for almost 10 years. That's why he has all this money to open a university. He started Ave Maria College in Michigan several years ago, with the money he got from the sale of Dominos. He wanted to do something with the money that was needed by Catholics; I've read that he wants to die a poor man. When he tried to expand Ave Maria College so that it could become a University, the 'city fathers' would not allow the things he wanted to do, one of which was to erect a HUGH cross on the property that could be seen from the nearby highway. The town said that it would be a 'distraction' to drivers.

He was down in Naples on vacation, when a friend suggested that he talk to the Collier family. He did so, and the family donated some land (over 800 acres, I think) for the construction of a new school, and they would develop the town around it. The University opened its doors in 2003 with 85 students, and has been growing ever since.

I got a letter from Fr. Joseph Fessio, several years ago, announcing the new school and town and looking for 'founders'. I was on the Ignatius Press mailing list because I'd ordered books from them, so he likely sent letters to all of us. I was thrilled about the new, truly Catholic college, and absolutely fascinated by the concept of building a new town at the same time. I've been sending them money every month since; not much, but every little bit helps.

I believe the school still has it's campus in Michigan, and will remain open until all those attending there have graduated. All of the new students since the Fall of 2003 have gone to the temporary Naples campus. The new campus is slated to open in the Fall of 2007. Ave Maria Law School is still in Michigan, and I don't know if it plans to move, or not.