St. Joseph Abbey, in St. Tammany Parish,La.
No trip to the mall necessary. Ping!
I don’t know if I want anything made out of monks and nuns.
Mmmm! When I spent one month in Sicily, I would visit cloistered nuns who would push through their delicious baked goods in a kind of post box on their property. In return, we would leave a few Euros. We’d eat their goodies in the car.
I spent Thanksgiving dinner with two retired nuns last night. They came with BO bumper stickers on their car. They are affiliated with a church that promotes illegal immigration activism in Tucson.
I recounted the story of the failure of collectivism of the pilgrims. Even with them, I was trying to change hearts and minds.
St. Joseph Abbey, in St. Tammany Parish,La.
I’ve actually purchased the creamed honey from the Monastery of the Redwoods! The ginger honey is AWESOME!
I visited the monastery about 20 years ago. The Trappist nuns take a vow of silence—but they sing, and we were invited into the chapel to sing with them.
Behind the altar is a huge plate glass window, behind which is a gigantic old redwood. Mother Veronica told us the tree was over 2000 years old, and so it was there when Christ walked the earth.
Their honey is wonderful, and it’s how the nuns sustain themselves.
Highly recommended by mumblypeg!
Pope soap on a rope? Heh!
Don’t forget about the wonderful products that the Trappist monks in Europe produce and ship to these shores (available on the beer aisle).
The Texas Nuns, referenced for their soap in number four on the list, also have started making scapulars.
http://blog.texasnuns.com/tag/sterling-silver-scapular/
I remember seeing the nuns at St. Joseph’s convent in St. Mary’s, PA making ceramic figurines in the 1970’s. However, the monastery closed down in 2014.
I don’t know... when Jesus drove the moneychangers out of the Temple with a whip, He was pretty clear about churches not conducting revenue generating activities.
The church membership is responsible for financially supporting the work through tithes and offerings. Church is supposed to “be a house of prayer”. Hawking goods in/for church is cheap and tacky and detracts from the reason for its existence.
And, no, our church doesn’t have bazaars, bake sales, bingo, etc. When taking the offering on Sunday, if the pastors notices visitors in the congregation, he’s quick to say that the offering is for members only.