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Monks and nuns make time for prayer - and business
Total market for their "Made in Abbeys" products is estimated to be 75 million euros a year
Nuns of the Saint-Vincent abbey and their non-religious employees attending a working meeting at the abbey in Chantelle, producing shower gels and perfume. The abbey even has a Facebook page.
PHOTO: AFP
Nuns of the Saint-Vincent abbey and their non-religious employees attending a working meeting at the abbey in Chantelle, producing shower gels and perfume. The abbey even has a Facebook page.
PHOTO: AFP
Nuns of the Saint-Vincent abbey and their non-religious employees attending a working meeting at the abbey in Chantelle, producing shower gels and perfume. The abbey even has a Facebook page.
PHOTO: AFP
"The purpose is not to look for money to grow rich. We are not planning to do a stock listing! But to make a living with a reasonable margin." - Mother Pascale (above).
PHOTO: AFP
Chantelle, France
AFTER prayers at the Chantelle Abbey in Allier, central France, a marketing meeting between the abbey's nuns and their employees discusses the latest orders for its on-site soap and cosmetics products, the delivery destination: Germany.
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