Friday, April 25, Basilica
6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. : Reading of prayers and key texts written by Pope Francis
7:30 p.m. : Mass presided by Father Claude Grou, CSC, Provincial Superior of the Canadian Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross
On the eve of his funeral, Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal will hold a Mass in memory of Pope Francis.
Everyone is invited to come and celebrate the life of this great and profoundly human pastor, for whom migrants and refugees, ecology, inter-religious dialogue, youth, hope and peace were important themes of his pontificate.