As a result of wide publicity over the period 1995–1997, the web site became known not only for its HTML programming, but for the beautiful artwork the monks worked into their pages, reminiscent of medieval illuminated text.
[2] In 1996 the monastery's web project director and systems analyst, Brother Mary Aquinas Woodworth, traveled to Vatican City, where he served as a consultant to the Holy See.
Initially intended as a means to supplement the monastery's income, the web scriptorium closed in 1998 when the volume of work began to overwhelm the community's monastic life.
"[1] While there he clarified his mission to pursue the development of advanced technologies of CSSD that would enable the Church to reform its structure according to classical spiritual practices in the tradition of St. Benedict.
Some of NextScribe's most important research was conducted in 2002–2003 in partnership with the multi-denominational Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project (YMSP), funded by the Lily Endowment.