Rethinking a Charism – “Saving you money – Serving those in need”

“Nine hundred years ago, our (Benedictine) forefathers were charged with making ink and creating the tools for illuminating manuscripts,” said McCoy, 40, chief executive of the company they would found. “We figured, ‘Why can’t we do the same thing now?'” Today, thanks to LaserMonks Inc., which sells computer printing and office supplies over the Internet — the abbey is rich. LaserMonks pulled in about $4 million in sales last fiscal year, and is expected to reach nearly $7 million in 2007…. (This) has allowed the monastery to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to nonprofit groups around the world.