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Date: January 22, 1969

Bookbinder Tops Article – Early Days

This article from 1969 recognizes the early start to Fr Charles bookbinding…

Date: November 24, 1968

On Pollution – A Minister Speaks Out

One of Charles' earliest published newspaper articles in the form of a…

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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