June 4, 2012
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Quebec Visit
Cuurently on a week visit to Montreal in Quebec for my daughter's convocation this week at McGill University. On the weekend we went down to the Eastern townships for 3 days at a B&B in Magog PQ
....wishing my French was much better, but great time away, including a visit to a Benedictine Monastary
...St. Benoit du Lac where attended an 11 AM Saturday chanted and sung Mass......
In 1912, Benedictine monks from France
founded a monastery overlooking Lake Memphremagog. The modern Saint-Benoît-du-Lac Abbey, designed by Dom Bellot, pays tribute to the harmony of natural geometric forms and makes splendid use of multicoloured bricks. 
Many of the monk's prayer meetings are sung in Gregorian and Latin chant....here are some of the lovely photos....love the mosaics and archways and 
smaller chapel with its stained glass windows.
Also the monks make wine and apple cider,
many different jams and cheeses, supported by orchards and dairy farm.Some Additional Photos....
