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    Date: October 23, 1968

    Hermit Bookbinder’s Retreat – The World of Father Brandt

    This early article highlight's Father Brandt's early efforts to establish his bookbinding…

    Date: May 1, 1967

    History of St John the Baptist Hermit Colony on the Tsolum River

    Father Charles Brandt came to Vancouver Island in 1965 to join the…

    Date: December 28, 1966

    18lb pound 2 ounce Steelhead

    Date: November 21, 1966

    Ordination Announcement

    Original Announcement inviting friends to join Brother Charles Alfred Edwin Brandt to…

    Date: May 18, 1966

    Upper Islander women’s reporter writes Campbell River history

    Brother Charles became well known as a local bookbinder while with the…

    Date: April 14, 1966

    Love and Solitude

    A lovely gift treasured by Charles and given to the Colony of…

    Date: January 18, 1966

    Eight lonely paths

    Date: September 19, 1960

    An Ancient Art Survives – Brother Charles 1960

    Brother Charles as a Trappist Monk learned the craft of bookbinding at…

    Date: March 19, 1958

    The Desert Fathers

    Charles would often share John Cassian's work describing the Desert Fathers during…

    Date: April 14, 1957

    Abbey of our Lady of New Melleray

    The following is the only surviving document from Abbey of our Lady…

    Date: June 12, 1947

    The Rearing of a Cowbird by Acadian Flycatchers by Alfred E. Brandt

    As a result of his study of Ornithology at Cornell University, Charles…

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