4th centenary of Canada’s consecration to Saint Joseph

The year 2024 marks the 4th centenary of Canada’s consecration to Saint Joseph. This proclamation was made by Recollet Father Joseph Le Caron, in 1624. During an unspecified ceremony, Saint Joseph was chosen to be “Patron of the country, & protector of this nascent Church” (GAUTHIER, Roland, c.s.c. La dévotion à saint Joseph en Nouvelle-France, self-published, Montréal, 2002, page 5). Thus, at Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, the year 2024 comes as a happy extension of the Year of Saint Joseph, which was celebrated in the universal Church in 2021.

This fourth centenary will be marked with special events.

AUGUST 24, 2024

Discover the importance of Saint Joseph in our history

A fraternal gathering and communion among young people from Montréal and the surrounding area to celebrate Saint Joseph, patron saint of Canada.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
Orgue Beckerath de la Basilique de L'Oratoire du Mont-Royal

Music and Poetry

Music, songs, and poems related to Saint Joseph



SEPTEMBER 6 and 7, 2024
Archives et dévotion à saint Joseph / Archives and Devotion to Saint Joseph
The Representation of Saint Joseph in Art and Heritage

As part of the Religious Heritage Days, the team at the Oratory Museum invites you to a guided tour in French of the artistic heritage of the Basilica, a symbolic place that houses unique and sometimes little-known works.



SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Archives and Devotion to Saint Joseph

As part of the Religious Heritage Days, the Roland Gauthier Archives and Documentation Centre invites you to a special exhibit on devotion to Saint Joseph.

OCTOBER 20, 2024

120e anniversaire de la fondation de l’Oratoire/120th anniversary of the foundation of the Oratory
120th anniversary of the foundation of the Oratory

Invitation to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the foundation of the Oratory and the closing of the celebrations surrounding the 4th centenary of the consecration of the country to Saint Joseph.

A DEVOTION TO FRENCH ROOTS

It was in 1636 in La Flèche, France, that two laypersons, Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière and Marie de la Ferre, founded the community of the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph to care for the sick at the Hôtel-Dieu. The new community was dedicated to the Holy Family under the name and special protection of Saint Joseph, a devotion particularly significant to Jérôme Le Royer. In 1671, they adopted cloistered life and solemn vows, becoming “nuns.”

JOSEPHOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF SAINT JOSEPH

As you read these blog posts, perhaps you asked yourself just who exactly was Father Roland Gauthier. During his tenure as the sanctuary’s rector from 1956 to 1962, Father Gauthier founded the Saint Joseph Research Centre in 1949. At the time, there was no other place like it in the world. Its mission consisted in promoting the worship of Saint Joseph and “locating and archiving all doctrinal and historical documents about Saint Joseph.”

Devotion to Saint Joseph in Brother André’s life before the founding of the Oratory of Mount Royal.
Documents in french only

Gauthier 27/2/1979 Download

Devotion to Saint Joseph in the spiritual life of Brother André.
Documents in french only

Bergeron 23/1/1975 Download