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« Pater Meus Agricola »

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the exhibition « Les Stations du curé Labelle » Pater Meus Agricola is the painting in the series Les Stations du curé Labelle that contains […]

“La grande traversée”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the exhibition « Les Stations du curé Labelle » “Right from the start of the crossing, I noticed a very tall, very big man with […]

“J’ai bien des fers au feu”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the « Les Stations du curé Labelle » “I have many irons in the fire” was an expression Antoine Labelle was fond of using in […]

“Mon vicaire”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the exhibition « Les Stations du curé Labelle » The canvas depicts a friendship that, at first glance, might seem improbable—between a priest and an […]

“Un chemin de fer, un chemin à faire”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the exhibition « Les Stations du curé Labelle » Any talk about Curé Labelle is inevitably tied to the story of the railway, the main […]

The Stallion Rodeur

Developments in farming techniques and agricultural machinery were not the only avenues explored in an effort to increase Quebec farm yields. It was becoming essential for producers to […]

Curé Labelle’s Arrowhead Sash

This Assomption arrowhead sash, woven from wool, is said to have belonged to Curé Labelle and was kept by his friend Jules-Édouard Prévost and his descendants. It was […]

François-Edme Rameau de Saint-Père, Historian

This French historian and sociologist (born 1820, died 1899) was especially interested in the history of France’s colonies. He published several major works on the subject, including La […]

Actor Antoine Bertrand as Curé Labelle

Well-known Québécois actor Antoine Bertrand plays Antoine Labelle in Les Pays d’en haut, the remake of the famous TV series, which premiered in 2016.

Curé Labelle and Dubouquet

The novel Un homme et son péché, by Claude-Henri Grignon, was a major success after its publication in 1933. Grignon soon had other novels on his mind, and […]

Statue of Curé Antoine Labelle by Martine Gagnon

Sainte-Adèle sculptor Martine Gagnon is fond of portraying notable historical figures. To bring her characters to life in three dimensions requires hundreds of hours of work—and sometimes leaves […]

Monument to Curé Labelle, place du Curé-Labelle, Saint-Jérôme

A man and his children pose proudly beside the monument to Curé Labelle not long after its dedication in the centre of Parc Labelle. It took four committees […]