Entering Lent, following Christ and becoming witnesses of hope. Ash Wednesday is that period of the liturgical year when we undertake, with the meaningful rite of the imposition of...
Faith
Reflection on HOPE
Reflection on HOPE Feast of Father Basil Moreau, CSC, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross One thing I learned many years ago, was that to be a person...
Like Children
Like Children Each year, several thousand schoolchildren come to visit the Oratory. They are always impressed by the character of Saint Brother André and by the immense house of...
“The People’s Testimony Of Faith Stimulates My Faith And Hope.”
“The People’s Testimony Of Faith Stimulates My Faith And Hope.” Several years ago a diocesan priest from the South Shore gave this touching testimony on his website: “If I...
Saint Brother André and Devotion to Saint Joseph
Saint Brother André and Devotion to Saint Joseph When Brother André entered the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1870, the community had already been established in Montréal for 23...
Hope is always reborn
Hope is always reborn Taste silence and prayer Whew! The crisis caused by the new Corona virus has not yet completely disappeared, but we can certainly breathe a sigh...
Trusting
Trusting One day in 1998, I received a letter from Alicia, a Friend of Brother Andre. Alicia lived in Aguascalientes, a village in Mexico. “From this village so far...
The Feast of the Sacred Heart
Blessed Basile Moreau, founder of Holy Cross, placed his religious family under the protection of the three members of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Thus, to Our...
Becoming rich in the sight of God
Becoming rich in the sight of God Brother André, whose 10th Anniversary of canonization will be celebrated this year, had, like many people still today, his share of misery...