St Benoit du Lac

  • 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....

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An Albertan & Canadian, definitely a northern gal. Social worker by profession, this blog has included some of my work over 10 years in Nunavut from 2002 on. Passionate about slowing down & taking time to appreciate the beauty of the outdoors or kindness in relationships as gifts & blessings; injustices against children in situations beyond their control; my faith; Nature, experiencing the outdoors whether cycling, walking. x-c skiing or gardening, my dogs, capturing on film God's beauty, experiencing life intensely & with the senses, richness of late afternoon light, wind in my hair cycling with my dog on a beach road, couching inches from an arctic flower or alpine lichen to capture it with my camera, insight of a student's new learning, a good conversation over a coffee.

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