Type Archives | Antoine Labelle, the man and his legacy

“Au poste !”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the « Les Stations du curé Labelle » In Au poste!, the fabulist painter invites us into the parliamentary office where Labelle spent long hours […]

Curé Labelle and His Worn Cassock

During his lifetime, Labelle was much-loved by his parishioners. Over the years, many a celebration was held in his honour. One of the grandest was the party held […]

Curé Antoine Labelle

Appointed curé of Saint-Jérôme on May 15, 1868, Antoine Labelle arrives in the small village of Saint-Jérôme with spring. He is the eighth parish curé. His predecessor, Antoine-Fleury […]

Curé Antoine Labelle to His Friend William Scott, December 17, 1876

A letter from Curé Labelle, read by a teenager. Quebec City, December 17, 1876 My Dear William, You are always good as life itself, in comforting my poor […]

Isidore Martin’s Daughter Remembers

Interview with Ms Louisanna Martin by Msgr. Paul Labelle. P.L. : In the life of Curé Labelle written by Abbé Elie Auclair, and even the history of Saint-Jérôme, mention […]

Speech at the National Agricultural Congress

Reading by a teenager of an extract from a speech by the parish priest Labelle. Le Nord, October 30, 1884 Fourth session, National Agricultural Congress Speech by Curé […]

Letter from Curé Labelle to Joseph-Octave Paré, January 17, 1876

Reading by a teenager of a letter from the curé Labelle. Reverend Canon Joseph-Octave Paré, Secretary of the Diocese of Montreal Dear Sir, I write to you in […]

Death of a Man, Birth of a Legend

Transcription : He’d contracted a hernia, err, some years before, an’ it was a hernia… that he’d got on some trip, probably ‘cos, when you’re that heavy, an’ ya […]

Economic Development

Transcription: How would I describe Curé Labelle? He was probably one of the most amazing men of 19th-century French Canada. He was… such a colourful person: straight-talking, with […]

A Curé Like No Other

Transcription: I dunno if he was hard on his parishioners… Er, for sure… Listen, he was a man with a fiery temper, so… and nobody’s perfect. Curé Labelle […]

Curé Labelle, a Formidable Unifier

Transcription: Curé Labelle could rally the most disparate people to work together around one idea. And there were none more anticlerical than Arthur Buies and his friend William […]

Announcement of the Death of Curé Labelle, Text by J.J. Grignon

Reading by a teenage girl of a newspaper article published in the days following the death of the parish priest Labelle. Le Nord, Saint-Jérôme, January 8, 1891 Monseigneur […]