Like many other cities in the worldKansas Cityin the state of Missouri, USA, has many churches in the middle of its fields, and one of them calls attention not for the construction, but for the way it was built: Funded with Bitcoin. According to information from Bitcoin Magazine the Catholic church was built about three years ago thanks to Bitcoin, and now serves as a prayer center for twenty nuns, who in addition to fulfilling their Catholic religion, enjoy the benefits of the world’s largest cryptocurrency and try to show others what those benefits are. the church of Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, used different Bitcoin donations for the construction and renovation of his temple, without having to seek a bank loan or end up with a large debt. THE Priory Churchas it is called in the religious community, was built with the help of bitcoin donations. Since then, the Church has hosted liturgical and Eucharistic events that are recorded and published on the church’s official website.
The church built with Bitcoin donations. Source: benedictinesofmary.org
Bitcoin Supporter Priest Wants to Bring the ‘Bitcoin Standard’ to Other Churches
When we think of priests, the last thing that comes to mind is someone who is orange pilled and who understands the crypto market and its importance for the future, but this is the case with Mateo Bartulicaa church chaplain who promoted the use of Bitcoin among nuns.
bartulica believe that life in abbey of the nuns is equivalent to a bitcoiner citadel, such as Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador. He also told Bitcoin Magazine that with the citadel, the religious “will help rebuild civilization in the 21st century”, just as the Order of Saint Benedict helped rebuild Western civilization after the fall of Rome. The priest issues similar opinions to Jimmy Song, a bitcoiner maximalist who argued that one of Bitcoin’s virtues is prudence, translated into temporary low preferences, “what would be planning for the future.”
“The monastic life they lead at the abbey is probably the greatest example of a preferential low in time as it tries to pass traditions on to future generations. This also has a big impact on the culture, because it’s not just about satisfying immediate desires, but about building a better future,” explained Bartulica.
Bartulica taught the sisters how to use hardware wallets and taught them how to send, receive and understand more about the Bitcoin idea. He is on a mission to convert local Catholic parishes to the Bitcoin Standard.
Bitcoin community came together to build the church
Church during its construction. Source: benedictinesofmary.org The construction of the church came thanks to generous Bitcoin donations made in 2017, the year Bitcoin exploded in popularity and price, reaching the $20,000 mark for the first time. These donations allowed the order of nuns to pay for the construction of the church without the need to involve traditional processes such as funding. One of the nuns, Mother Cecilia described his first encounter with Bitcoin in 2017:
“They [ doadores de Bitcoin] they knew we needed to build the Church, and boy, did that help! I mean, wow, what a blessing. Without that, we would still be paying off a loan for this beautiful building,” Cecilia said.
With that, despite Bitcoiners’ reputation for being hoarders and not circulating their coins, generosity shone through and the nuns were able to sell the profits (tax free) in order to build their church.
“We had such beautiful success with several very large bitcoin donations to help build this house of prayer. (…) Something that will last, something that will be passed from generation to generation, to last a thousand years, this beautiful monument to the glory of God.” concluded Mother Cecilia.
