Caption
Bookbinding is a traditional monastic craft; about thirty are completed each week for the monastery library. Tracts, cards, the products of their literary endeavours, come from the hand press in the print shop. Individual talents or preferences are considered in assigning duties at the monastery.
Date
January 1, 1950
Accession Number
LAC-NFB52289
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175795
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Lay brother harvesting hay at Benedictine monastery at Saint-Benoit-du-Lac. Besides forage and vegetable crops, the monastery on the shores of Lake Memphremagog yields Melba, MacIntosh and Cortland apples from an orchard of 1,100 acres; syrup and sugar from a stand of 2,000 maples.
Date
July 1, 1950
Accession Number
LAC-NFB55321
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175813
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
In monastery corridor, black-robed Benedictines spend long hours in prayer and meditation. Monks of the order, which was founded in the sixth century by Benedict of Nursia, follow a daily fifteen-hour schedule of work and prayer. Their work embraces everything from farming to painting, writing to music. Gregorian Chant, as sung by the monastery choir, represents the results of centuries of Benedictine effort to perfect this ancient form of church music. Their aim is to restore Gregorian "plain-song" to its proper place in the realm of sacred music.
Date
July 1, 1950
Accession Number
LAC-NFB55332
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175814
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Chateau-like monastery, designed by French religious architect Dom Paul Bellot, was built in 1941 of white granite and tinted brick, still requires two wings before completed. It stands on the shores of Quebec's Lake Memphremagog, in a corner of the Eastern Townships near the border of Vermont.
Date
July 1, 1950
Accession Number
LAC-NFB55337
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175815
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The Black Monks at Saint-Benoit-du-Lac are widely-known for their fine cheese, "Ermite", a blue-veined Roquefort type, first of its kind to be made in Canada. Here, racks of Ermite cheese cure in the monastery factory. Refrigeration plant has capacity of 350,000 lbs. to meet increasing demands.
Date
July 7, 1950
Accession Number
LAC-NFB55340
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175816
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #7: Canada's Benedictines
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
May 3, 1955
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
The Black Monks at Saint-Benoit-du-Lac are widely-known for their fine cheese, "Ermite", a blue-veined Roquefort type, first of its kind to be made in Canada. Here, racks of Ermite cheese cure in the monastery factory. Refrigeration plant has capacity of 350,000 lbs. to meet increasing demands.
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