On January 1, 1924, two Oratory employees, Édouard Barsalo and Napoléon Carrières, had a pious idea: to start the new year off right by making a night pilgrimage from...
History
A short history of the great Beckerath organ in the Oratory Basilica
A short history of the great Beckerath organ in the Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal Basilica In 1957, Rudolf von Beckerath installed a 44-stop organ in the Trinity...
Rituals for the Blessing of Vehicles
Rituals for the Blessing of Vehicles By definition, a blessing is “a sacramental. It is an act, when performed by a duly qualified minister, in the name and by...
Easter Bells at the Oratory
Tradition holds that on Holy Friday, church bells everywhere fly away to Rome, receive blessing from the Pope and come back to their parish on Easter Sunday to bring...
Everything to God in a Consecrated Life
Everything to God in a Consecrated Life Saint John Paul II initiated what would become the instauration of February 2 as the annual World Day for Consecrated Life. The...
Saint Brother André’s Guide
Saint Brother André’s Guide We recently came across the traces of a man who played a key role in the religious life of Saint Brother André: Father Joseph-André Provençal...
Colours from Another Era
Discover architectural drawings and sketches from the very beginnings of the conceptual work on the Basilica and the Crypt Church. Full article in French here
Josephology: The Science of Saint Joseph
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...
Brother André’s Last (Little) Trip
Few pilgrims know that back in the day, the Crypt Church, now centenarian, used to house the tomb of Saint Brother André. Read the article in French, by David Bureau.