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New York City Wedding Package
https://www.themonastery.org/catalog/new-york-city-wedding-package · Product | New York City Wedding Package New York City recognizes weddings performed by ULC ministers who apply using our New York City - Officiant Registration Package. **DOCUMENT NOTICE:** - **NYC requires that the name on your Ordination Documents EXACTLY matches your...
Certificate of Handfasting
https://www.themonastery.org/catalog/certificate-of-handfasting · Product | Certificate of Handfasting These Handfasting certificates come on high-quality certificate paper with our church seal. They are perfect for those who are asked to perform a Handfasting ceremony. Handfasting is the marriage rite used today by many Pagans and Wiccans....
Share your wedding photos on The Monastery's blog and Facebook!
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/share-your-wedding-photos-on-the-monasterys-blog-and-facebook · Blog Post | Share your wedding photos on The Monastery's blog and Facebook! In celebration of all our ULC Ministers, we would love to create a photo album featuring ULC weddings and religious services. Do you have photos from your wedding, weddings you've...
ULC Monastery a Growing Haven for Students
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/ulc-monastery-a-growing-haven-for-students · Blog Post | ULC Monastery a Growing Haven for Students Recently we discussed the growing popularity of online ordinations among university students, but this growth is not limited to the original ULC in Modesto, California; it is evident in other Internet churches, too,...
Interfaith Ministers: Meet the ULC Staff
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/interfaith-ministers-meet-the-ulc-staff · Blog Post | Interfaith Ministers: Meet the ULC Staff When obtaining his passport, our newest staff member beautifully countered state officials' concerns regarding people of different religions working together at the same church The staff at the Universal Life Church Monastery happens to...
Debunk the Modern Monk
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/debunk-the-modern-monk · Blog Post | Debunk the Modern Monk In recent years, many young people have felt a calling to return to a more simple form of life, a life of devout faith in monasteries around the world. Though the number of young people entering...
The God Particle Revisited
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/the-god-particle-revisited · Blog Post | The God Particle Revisited Back in April, you may recall our story exploring some ideas related to the God particle and the possibility of time travel, as well as their possible connections to the development of many organized religions from...
Religious Art or Erotic Graffiti? Meet the Mysterious Giant Figure in English Hillside
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/religious-art-or-erotic-graffiti-meet-mysterious-giant-figure-english-hillside · Blog Post | Religious Art or Erotic Graffiti? Meet the Mysterious Giant Figure in English Hillside Scientists have long debated the age and origins of this... impressive figure. For centuries, the origins of a ~180ft long male figure carved into a hillside near...
Universal Life Church History
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/universal-life-church-history · Blog Post | Universal Life Church History We appreciate your interest in The Monastery and understand your concerns as there has been a lot of misinformation surrounding the fact that over 50 online ULC's operate independently from Modesto. It was the ULC's founder,...
Hate is Hate: Reparation in America
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/hate-is-hate-reparation-in-america · Blog Post | Hate is Hate: Reparation in America Three years ago, the Monastery addressed the important issue within the United States of personal heritage and the flag of the old Confederacy. In this month of February, we celebrated the birthday of Abraham...
Take Us on Faith
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/take-us-on-faith · Blog Post | Take Us on Faith On Sunday, October 19th, The First Congressional Church of Berkeley (Berkeley, CA), will be holding a celebration of same-sex marriages. This comes on the heels of a recent court decision allowing same-sex marriage in the State...
Running from Marriage Rights
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/running-from-marriage-rights · Blog Post | Running from Marriage Rights As marriage equality sweeps across the United States, ordained ministers are left to figure out their role in the institution. For denominations that have fundamental disagreements with same-sex marriages, do they continue to officiate ceremonies or...
Featured Minister – Mayor Oscar B. Goodman
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/featured-minister-oscar-goodman · Blog Post | Featured Minister – Mayor Oscar B. Goodman UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH ORDAINS OSCAR B. GOODMAN, FORMER LAS VEGAS MAYOR AND FORMER GO-TO DEFENSE ATTORNEY TO THE MOBGoodman to perform a mass wedding ceremony at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas on...
A Heritage of Hate
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/a-heritage-of-hate · Blog Post | A Heritage of Hate Since 2009, we have been claiming that the Confederate battle flag is not some simple display of heritage, as many of its defenders would claim. Several states' secession papers acknowledge that the creation of the Confederate...
'Til Death Do Us Part
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/til-death-do-us-part · Blog Post | 'Til Death Do Us Part "Until death do us part," may no longer apply if a new proposal in Mexico City is adopted. Legislators are considering assigning an expiration date to all nuptials with a minimum period of two years...
