Oh I forgot to mention, they are disinterring the graves and moving them to another permanent location as well.
I also don't know why I bought this... or why it exists...
Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey disbanding
I posted previously that the Sparta based Laser Monks had declared bankruptcy. I guess I didn't realize that their order would be completely disbanding. I found out that they would be selling much of what they had at a garage sale. I went Saturday with a friend and found out the sale had been going on for two weeks. Luckily there were still several icons(not originals but photos of icons) left over. They were priced to sell and I purchased something like 15 of them.
I got a chance to see the chapel, for the first and sadly the last time. I didn't bring my camera. The monks are selling everything, and they will be having an estate sale some time in September to divvy up their nearly 500 acre residence. Several of the monks have already left, and a few are still there to wrap everything up. One is going to Prairie du Sac to minister to the sisters there. One to an abbey in Quebec. I did not pry into more of the details but it is very sad. The Cistercians have had a presence in Wisconsin for a long time. But I can confirm the order is disbanding and by the end of the year everyone will be gone. I'm not sure why nobody else has reported on this for as much press as LaserMonks have gotten through the years.
Oh I forgot to mention, they are disinterring the graves and moving them to another permanent location as well.
I also don't know why I bought this... or why it exists...
Oh I forgot to mention, they are disinterring the graves and moving them to another permanent location as well.
I also don't know why I bought this... or why it exists...
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Icon hog!!!!!
I thought you were going to let me look through yours Mr. M.
This is really sad. I've lived in the area my whole life and never got around to visiting them.
This is sad. Why are they closing?? Can I still visit them? is the sale still going?
Mark, the order went bankrupt in their business venture LaserMonks. Their assets are being liquidated. You will have to contact the abbey to see who is still there.
I had no idea!
I'm tremendously saddened by this news. I had always hoped to visit the grave of a friend who is buried there on the grounds.
Please keep us informed as you learn more, especially regarding the new grave sites.
This whole thing was a complete mess from what I have read. Caught up in the materialism and lost sight of their true faith
I lived there in the 2000's. Two men of different life styles - one from $. Wonderful prayer life but undercurrents that were scary. Why buy a plane, expensive dog and pure bread horses. Makes me wonder. Fr Robert and Fr Joseph and Br Adam should continue to serve.... the prior.......
I just want to clarify some misinformation. Number one the monks have not declared bankruptcy and number two their Order has not disbanded. The Monastery has closed but the Order of Cistercians to which it belonged continues to exist.I am a friend of the monks and I think that instead of speaking ill of the monks others ought to pray for them. They must obviously be suffering greatly. As brothers in Christ we ought to "bear patiently with one another's weaknesses" as the Holy Rule of St. Benedict says and we should "not judge lest we be judged" as our Good Lord said. I would hope that in the future you will get your facts in order before posting things on the web. I say this only in concern for the truth, I am sure you did not mean to speak falsely. As for the graves they will remain on the property until the land is sold at such time they will be relocated to an already determined sight at another monastery. Please keep all the monks in your prayers as they are human just as we who fall 10 times a day and must call on God's mercy to save us.
Who bought out the Monks old stomping grounds?
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