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This includes the broadcasting of the televised mass by Sel et Lumière as well as the telephone consultation service. These exceptional measures taken in accordance with directives from the Government of Quebec are in effect until April 13.
Let’s keep our hearts open to love and to hope. Let’s take care of each other. Thank you for your understanding.
SOME MEANS TO FOLLOW THE NOVENA FROM HOME |
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| READ Oratory’s blog | |
| LISTEN to the audio podcasts of preachings in French. | |
| READ the dossier from the Special Novena Edition – The Oratory magazine | |
Preaching and Celebrations from Tuesday, March 10 to Wednesday, March 18 in preparation for the Feast of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary, on Thursday, March 19, 2020.
Lord,
You open your arms
to welcome us out of your love;
you beckon us to come toward you.
As Saint Joseph responded faithfully to the angel’s invitation
by staying on the path that you traced out for him,
so we wish to keep our heart attentive to your bidding.
Saint Brother André daily moved forward
towards an encounter with you,
as he ministered to the men and women who came toward him;
so we want to recognize you in the encounter with the other.
Just as thousands of pilgrims have for a hundred years,
we come today praying to you with a confidant faith.
Help us to fashion a world
where love and truth,
peace and mercy
prevail.
We ask this of you our Father,
through your Son and in the Spirit. Amen.
Saint Joseph of Mount Royal, pray for us.
Since 2018, Brother Thomas Dziekan has held the position of Provincial Superior of the Holy Cross Brothers of the Moreau Province, headquartered in Texas. Having grown up in the United States, Brother Dziekan has focused his ministry mainly in the educational institutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross: in Albany (NY), Waterbury (CT), and West Haven (CT), where he had been a student himself. Elected Vicar General and First Assistant of the Congregation’s Superior General in 2010, he was responsible for securing the patrimony of the Holy Cross in France, and for establishing the Shrine of Blessed Basile Moreau, founder of the Congregation, in Le Mans.
Born in Cap-Haïtien, Sister Kesta returned to sunny Haiti in 2018 after spending 13 years in Canada as Congregational Leader of the Sisters of Holy Cross. She had previously been Regional Leader of the Sisters of Holy Cross as well as president of the Haitian Conference of Religious (CHR). A trained agronomist, she has been working for the past two years with the team at the Institut de Technologie et d’Animation (ITECA), a Haitian NGO engaged with rural organizations supporting farmers, women and youth through programs designed to bring about systemic changes.
Well known by the pilgrims who visit the shrine, Father Grou has been the Rector of Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal for more than 14 years. Originally from Ville Saint-Laurent, he joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1961. Over the years he has taught in India, helped train young people in religious life, and assisted the Superior of the Canadian Province. Later, from 1986 to 1998, he was Superior General of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Following that period, considerable challenges awaited him at the Oratory, where he has successfully led important projects, including the shrine’s centennial celebrations, the canonization of Brother André and the ongoing major development project.
| Preaching from March 10 to 18, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., in the Crypt Church For the Dates marked by an asterisk (*), preaching will be held in the Basilica at 2 p.m. |
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| Father Thomas A. Dziekan, CSC | |
| Tuesday March 10 | Faithful to an encounter with our brothers and sisters, and with Christ |
| Wednesday March 11 | Faithful to serve as Jesus did |
| Thursday, March 12 | Faithful to give witness to our faith |
| Sister Kesta Occident, CSC | |
| Friday, March 13 – AUDIO ONLY | Faithful to the One who invites us to carefully tend His vine |
| Saturday, March 14 – AUDIO ONLY | Faithful to the One who teaches us to love without measure |
| Sunday, March 15* – AUDIO ONLY | Faithful to the One who calls us to the encounter… far beyond our borders |
| Father Claude Grou, CSC | |
| Monday, March 16 – AUDIO ONLY | Faithful to His mission, even when the world rejects us |
| Tuesday, March 17 – AUDIO ONLY | Faithful to the One who invites us to forgive |
| Wednesday, March 18 – AUDIO ONLY | Faithful to be just, in fact like Saint Joseph |
*Preaching at 2 p.m. will be held in the Basilica.
** Tuesdays and Thrusdays, the 7:30 p.m. mass is bilingual
Thursday, March 19
The 2:30 p.m. Mass will be broadcast live on the Oratory’s Facebook page.
From Tuesday March 10 to Wednesday March 18
Delayed broadcast of the preaching of the day from 6:15 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
* The audio capsules of the preachings will be on the Oratory’s website after the broadcast of 6:15 p.m.
Sunday March 15
The regular Mass at 11 a.m. in the Basilica will be broadcast live on Radio VM
91,3 FM Montreal , 89,3 FM Victoriaville, 89,9 FM Trois-Rivieres , 100,3 FM Sherbrooke, 104,1 FM Rimouski
From Tuesday, March 10 to Wednesday, March 18
Regular Mass in French, from Monday to Saturday at 8:30 will be broadcast live on Salt & Light TV.
The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed in the chapel behind the sanctuary in the Basilica:
Andrée-Anne Doane, Titular Carillonist at Saint Joseph’s Oratory, will give recitals at the following times:
During the Novena to Saint Joseph :
During the Feast of Saint Joseph
