St. Joseph’s Oratory


St. Joseph’s Oratory was founded by Bl. Brother Andre of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Located on Mount Royal, the mount for which the city of Montreal is named, its dome is the highest point in the city. Construction began in 1904, some years after Br. Andre was first inspired in prayer to build a great church in honor of St. Joseph on the spot. The Oratory seats over a thousand and has the second largest dome in the world, St. Peter’s in Rome being the largest. A major work of Holy Cross in Canada, it is one of the three principle pilgrimage destinations in Quebec along with St. Anne de Beaupre and Notre Dame du Cap-de-la-Madeleine. The crypt church has a shrine to St. Joseph as well as the tomb and heart of Brother Andre.

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