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    That is‚ a monk or a nun should remain unmarried‚ own no private property‚ promise lifelong obedience to the rule of the monastery and to stay at the cloister if without permission to leave. While friars don’t vow on the last vow for they can travel around begging for offerings yet‚ they tend to stick to a stricter rules on poverty. The daily routine of a medieval monastery was rather complex and it varied with the season of the year and to the life of the order. But the Augustinians and Benedictines

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    church. A monk is a member of a brotherhood that lives in a monastery and is devoted to a life of discipline. A parson is a parish priest authorized to perform the rituals of a religion‚ and act as mediatory agent between humans and deities. Both of them made vows to god. Monks and parsons made three vows to god: poverty- he had to give up all his worldly goods‚ obedience he had to promise to obey the church and the rules of the monastery‚ and chastity. Stay single. The monk and parson are both religious

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    education for women during the Middle Ages although the knowledge the nuns were provided with was carefully screened by the Church hierarchy. The life of medieval nuns were filled with the following work and chores:  Washing and cooking for the monastery  Raising the necessary supplies of vegetables and grain  Producing wine‚ ale and honey  Providing medical care for the community  Providing education for novices  Spinning‚ weaving and embroidery  Illuminating manuscripts Not all nuns

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    Augustine was not written in the context in which the title might indicate. Augustine converted to Christianity when he received baptism from Ambrose around the year 387‚ about ten years later he developed his rule. He established one of the first monasteries in the Hippo region of Africa. Without many other communities practicing the monastic lifestyle‚ it was necessary to establish some sort of doctrine to guide daily life. Ewtn.com describes his work as not being so much of a list of rules but they

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    be using to achieve their mission? • Increase the production of coffee. Coffee sales were a means of support from outside world to finance the purchase of the land. Demand for Mystic Monk Coffee exceeded the capacity of a roaster and the monastery had planned to invest in a larger roaster. 3. What is/are the source(s) of competitive advantage for Mystic Monk Coffee? • Its competitive advantage is the market niche of focusing on Catholics worldwide and to produce more of the

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    Mystic Monk Coffee Case Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? yes What is his vision for the monastery? He wishes to take the 13 monks who are living in a small home used as a makeshift rectory and move to a nearby ranch that would accommodate 30 monks‚ a gothic church‚ a convent for Carmelite nuns‚ a retreat for visitors‚ and a hermitage; essentially wants to create a new Mount Carmel in the Rocky Mountains Acquiring a large parcel of land and

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    Mystic Monk Coffee Company History Mystic Monk Coffee is a company established by Father Daniel Mary‚ the Prior of the Carmelite Order of monks in Clark‚ Wyoming. The monks are a group of 13 living in a small home. Coffee sales are used to support the brotherhood and to eventually prepare for expansion of the order. Coffee is produced using high quality fair trade Arabica and fair trade/organic Arabica beans. There are many popular flavors such as Mystical Chants of Carmel‚ Cowboy Blend‚

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    Guibert of Nogent summarizes the lives of his close family as well as himself in his work Monodies. Guibert‚ the deeply religious monk‚ conceptualizes his family’s role in society as well as their faith. Before understanding the lives of Guibert and his family‚ the religious climate of the twelfth century must first be understood. The reforming spirituality of the twelfth century created a new lifestyle for the everyday Christian. In the twelfth century many reformers were hard at work altering

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    community is formed through the guidelines set in The Holy Rule of St. Benedict‚ one made for monks to fit into and to follow its rules strictly. The monks are held to high standards of prayer‚ work‚ and selfless service to God and their brothers in the monastery. These standards are encouraged through degrees of humility‚ strict prayer and song schedule‚ enforced selflessness and harsh yet fair punishments for those who defy the rules. These values play a role in every aspect of community life down to where

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    the history of Christianity? Saint Benedict‚ a man able to read consciences‚ prophesy the future‚ and to forestall the attacks of the devil‚ was born at Nursia in Sabina‚ Italy. Settling finally on Monte Cassino‚ he and his followers erected the monastery he was to make famous. There he wrote his Rule‚ which became the norm for all Western monks. Saint Benedict was a Saint from Italy. He was the founder of Western Christian monasticism. His main achievement was his rule containing precepts for his

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