For the 2025 Novena to Saint Joseph, we continue our little story of the votive chapel.
Religious Heritage
A Much-Appreciated Gift
Over the years, the Oratory Museum has enriched its collections primarily through donations. In 2024, the sanctuary was fortunate to acquire a work by the renowned artist Miyuki Tanobe....
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 containing newspaper or magazine clippings on...
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 more complex. While he left behind very...
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 it, it’s quite overwhelming: the sanctuary...
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 Notre-Dame College located on Mount Royal. He had a...
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...