Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal
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Saint Joseph\'s Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal
Telephone: 514 733-8211
St Joseph\'s Oratory of Mount Royal, Canada\'s largest church, originally was a small chapel found by Brother André Bessette (born Alfred Bessette, also known as Frère André in French) in honouring St. Joseph in 1904. The chapel was on the slopes of Mount Royal near Notre Dame College, where André Bessette worked as a doorkeeper and a caretaker for 40 years before he took charge of the Chapel. As the congregation was growing so rapidly that a larger church, with a seating capacity of 1,000, was built in 1917. The construction of today\'s Saint Joseph\'s Oratory was commenced in 1924 and it was not completed till 1967. André Bessette passed away, at age of 91, in 1937 and he, obviously did not see the completion of the basilica.
Brother André had confidence in St. Joseph, he rubbed oil on the sick and encouraged them to pray to St. Joseph. There were reports that many sick pati
Saint Joseph\'s Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal
Telephone: 514 733-8211
St Joseph\'s Oratory of Mount Royal, Canada\'s largest church, originally was a small chapel found by Brother André Bessette (born Alfred Bessette, also known as Frère André in French) in honouring St. Joseph in 1904. The chapel was on the slopes of Mount Royal near Notre Dame College, where André Bessette worked as a doorkeeper and a caretaker for 40 years before he took charge of the Chapel. As the congregation was growing so rapidly that a larger church, with a seating capacity of 1,000, was built in 1917. The construction of today\'s Saint Joseph\'s Oratory was commenced in 1924 and it was not completed till 1967. André Bessette passed away, at age of 91, in 1937 and he, obviously did not see the completion of the basilica.
Brother André had confidence in St. Joseph, he rubbed oil on the sick and encouraged them to pray to St. Joseph. There were reports that many sick patients were recovered, miraculously, after the rubbing of the oil and prayers. In the Church, you would find many sticks which were left by the recovered patients as the testimonies of their prayers being answered.