Brother André left few objects behind. The few pieces preserved at the Oratory Museum remind us that Brother André was a simple man. His great devotion to Saint Joseph...
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Conformity to Christ
Conformity to Christ is a fundamental aspect of the spirituality of Blessed Basil Moreau, CSC. He understood this spiritual way of life following the teachings of Saint Paul: “It...
Art and Music at the Oratory
Art and Music at the Oratory Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal is pleased to present the exhibition Les Mondes de Katia Makdissi-Warren , as well as a series...
A Fond Farewell to Saint Brother André
A Fond Farewell to Saint Brother André Frequent reference has been made to the magnitude of the funeral that followed the death of Brother André, on January 6, 1937....
Il est là, l’Enfant
C’est Noël! Les lumières colorées scintillent. Les familles et les amis se donnent rendez-vous pour célébrer. Il est là, l’Enfant auprès de Marie et de Joseph. Il est là,...
New Year’s pilgrimage
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...
Update on Saint-Joseph’s Oratory’s Carillon…
By the time you read this blog, the bells of the carillon and the consoles (keyboards and pedals) will have reached their destination, the Paccard foundry, in France. Mr....
Welcomed by a God Who Loves Them
In November, the landscape is stripped away to settle gently into the white silence of winter. A privileged moment to remember our dearly departed ones who have migrated to...
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...