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Date: May 12, 2023

Turning Point – Charles Brandt and Thomas Merton

With special thanks to Anne Davies for offering this most beautiful gift.

Date: May 11, 2023

A Bear Encounter

Date: May 9, 2023

Contemplative Life and Monastic Life by Dom Winandy, Abb O.S.B.

Date of the following text by Dom J Winandy is unknown. The…

Date: March 30, 2023

Interesting Connections Between St Charles de Foucauld and Father Charles

Father Charles would often share the story of how he came to…

Date: November 15, 2022

My last visit with the Oyster River Hermit

Father Charles Brandt had many good friends around him. Stephen Hume writes…

Date: September 22, 2022

Diversion

A Document on Diversion found in Charles Brandt's Archives written by Charles…

Date: September 22, 2022

A Benign Presence: Meditations

(From Charles Brandt's Archives - C Brandt, date unknown) Time past and…

Date: September 13, 2022

Friends of C Brandt – the Comox Valley Land Trust

The legacy of falling in love with the natural world, which Charles…

Date: November 25, 2020

2020 Lifetime-Achievement Nature Inspiration Award

Quotes: "The human and natural communities must come together as one community."…

Date: November 4, 2020

A Life Connected to Nature

Hermit priest who cared deeply for environment dies at 97 Father Charles…

Date: August 31, 2020

The Glory of God in Us

An article from the daily Contemplation in Action reading shared with fellow…

Date: December 16, 2019

Narwal Article- Tsolum River Cleanup

ON THE GROUND Three years of mining, 40 years of taxpayer clean…

Date: September 1, 2019

Only a sense of the sacred will save us…

A beautiful video produced by dear friends of C Brandt - the…

Date: May 3, 2019

Seven Story Mountain

Charles would share the story of Thomas Merton's, "Seven Story Mountain" with…

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