Decorating the votive chapel For the 2025 Novena to Saint Joseph, we continue our little story of the votive chapel. Too fast a start Work is progressing...
Religious Heritage
A Much-Appreciated Gift
A Much-Appreciated Gift An Exceptional Work Over the years, the Oratory Museum has enriched its collections primarily through donations. In 2024, the sanctuary was fortunate to acquire a work...
Fragile but Fascinating: The Clipping Albums
Fragile but Fascinating: The Clipping Albums They are sometimes called spicilèges, but it would be more accurate to refer to them as clipping albums. These are typically large binders...
The Readings of Saint Brother André
The Readings of Saint Brother André It has often been said that Saint Brother André was ignorant and that he could barely read and write. The reality is...
A Glimpse at the Year 1924
A Glimpse at the Year 1924 In October 2024, quietly and without fanfare, Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal will celebrate 120 years of existence. When you think about...
Saint-Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, a place to discover…
Saint-Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, a place to discover… Saint-Joseph’s Oratory began in a unique way. A brother from the Congregation of Holy Cross was the porter at...
The Traveling Tombstone of Blessed Basile Moreau
The Traveling Tombstone of Blessed Basile Moreau In the rear of the Basilica, in a small apsidal chapel, rests a remarkable and particularly precious object for the Congregation of...
Devotion to Saint Joseph: a Legacy of Blessed Basile-Antoine Moreau
Devotion to Saint Joseph: a Legacy of Blessed Basile-Antoine Moreau In 1904, Brother André Bessette, a Holy Cross religious, created a shrine to Saint Joseph in Montreal. Every March,...
A roof for Saint Joseph
A roof for Saint Joseph The anecdote may make you smile, but the coincidence is quite singular. While the concrete for the roofs of the new Welcome Pavilion has...