Domino's Pizza founder disappointed, must scale back his Cathedral

[Bluebear]

Thomas Monaghan had a choice: Pour his fortune from the Domino's Pizza chain he founded into building the largest Roman Catholic church in America, or the best Catholic university.

Monaghan, who entered the pizza business in Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1960, opted for the latter. And on Thursday he unveiled a new, scaled-down design for the Oratory of Ave Maria, the planned centerpiece of the town and university, both named Ave Maria, being built by the former pizza baron near Naples, Fla...

Monaghan, 68, who has spent two decades seeding conservative Catholic causes, said escalating costs of construction and engineering forced him to give up the dream he made public 16 months ago of building America's largest Catholic cathedral.

"I'm disappointed, but there have been such dramatic increases in construction costs, like , that with labor, the church would have cost some $100 million, and it just didn't make sense," Monaghan said in a telephone interview from Naples. "If we were to spend that kind of money on a church, we wouldn't have had much of a university."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20050722/ts_chicagotrib/dominosfounderscalesbackchurchplan&printer=1

[rfranklin]

1. He must think he can buy his way into heaven...

Jesus would disagree.

[noahmijo]

2. "It's easier to for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than

for a rich man to enter heaven"

Why don't any of these Christians give some of their fortune to the poor instead of trying to build up palaces that Jesus would simply shun?

[CatholicEdHead]

10. Pretty much it

The town of AveMaria will be a gated community, so only "orthodox" Catholics can enter and live. They will be shutting themselves off from the rest of the world.

http://www.avemaria.com

[Binka]

3. What A Fucking Loon

Shitty pizza and too much money have rotted this guys brain. Fuckwittage.

[Ian David]

4. They promised him it would be built in $30 Million or less n/t

[Bluebear]

6. hehehehehehehehe

:toast:

[Ian David]

5. "If we were to spend that kind of money on a church...

Well, how about... Oh, I dunno...

Feeding the hungry.

Housing the homeless.

Helping the poor.

god wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts.


See also:

Ave Maria University establishes Schiavo scholarship
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3572848


Related thread:

Another reason to avoid Domino's (Dominionist) Pizza
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1917720

[DanCa]

7. Not slamin anyone

But since I am careful where my money goes I wont be getting my buffalo wings from dominos any more. Is rosatti's safe?

[Ian David]

11. Try your local mom-and-pop stores

Here are chains that are heavily Republican that you should AVOID:

Domino's Pizza, Inc.
http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=149

WinCo Foods, Inc
http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=268

Pizza Hut
http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=28

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.
http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=159


Acceptable:
Elephant Bar
http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=198


also:

Buying blue has opened up so many possibilities for me. I am enjoying Pirate Booty instead of Orrville popcorn, Izze soft drinks instead of Coke or Pepsi, Boca Pizza instead of Tombstone, Boars Head deli meats instead of Hormel...the list goes on.
http://www.buyblue.org/archives/2005/02/prodigy.html

[Democrats_win]

8. Another tower of babel. This proves all is vanity.

[elfin]

9. Too bad he can't have serfs/slaves

to build it like in the good old medieval days. Those darn "labor costs" - and in Florida with lots of undocumented workers to do your celsetial bidding.

I NEVER buy Domino's just because of this guy.

[Lord_StarFyre]

12. Hmmmmmm

Camel, Eye of a Needle...

hmmmmmmmmmmm

[globalvillage]

13. I had the same problem

deciding between a garden shed and a new deck.

[Son of California]

14. some one should remind this nut

that one of the main teachings of Christ was humility. Building the BIGGEST!!!!! Catholic church in America sounds a little more like Hubris.

[DivinBreuvage]

15. An Irishman making Pizza? No wonder it's so crappy

Stick to the juice of the barley, dude.

[Neshanic]

16. The "apse of anchovies" took it over budget.

[CatholicEdHead]

17. Church downfall is probably from union labor

if he is complaining about high labor rates. That and many contractors are still busy in hurricane cleanup pushing up demand.

[Scout]

18. Just an FYI for some in this thread

Thomas Monaghan no longer owns Domino's ... it's still shitty pizza, and I'm pretty sure the new guy is also right wing, albeit not as bad as Tommy-Boy.

He's declared that he is in a state of grace and ready to go to heaven at any time.
:puke:

[democracyindanger]

19. Best Catholic university?

Yeah, that Notre Dame is a real diploma mill.