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Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (French: Oratoire Saint-Joseph-du-Mont-Royal) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located at 3800 Queen Mary Road in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood on Mount Royal's Westmount Summit in Montreal, Quebec. [1]
The litany of Saint Joseph was sanctioned by Pope Pius X in 1909. After the usual petitions to the Holy Trinity and one to the Blessed Virgin, the litany is composed of twenty-five invocations expressing the virtues and dignities of Joseph. [6] Furthermore, Pius X composed a Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker for the sanctification of labor. [7] [8]
Rudolf von Beckerath (19 February 1907 – 22 November 1976) was a German master organ builder.He was born in Munich, to the painter Willy von Beckerath, but grew up in Hamburg, where his family moved the year he was born.
Saint Joseph's Oratory opened on Queen Mary Road in Côte-des-Neiges in 1955. It is the most important pilgrimage site dedicated to St. Joseph in the world. The Décarie Expressway opened to motorists in 1966, in time for Expo 67. The construction of the expressway, which cuts through both Côte-des-Neiges and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, resulted in ...
According to the Witnesses, Montreal, St. Joseph 's Oratory, 1997, 212 p. Henri-Paul Bergeron, Brother André, Apostle of Saint Joseph: Montreal 1958; Katherine Burton, Brother André of Mount-Royal, USA: The Ave Maria press, 1942, 310 pages
“[H]ost[ing] the sculpture [is] a continuation of the mission of the founder of Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, Saint Brother André, CSC. An international crossroads, the Oratory is a significant place of welcome for many people upon their arrival in this country.” [17]
Montreal places height-limits on skyscrapers so that they do not exceed 200m in height nor the summit of Mount Royal. [4] [5] Only the St. Joseph's Oratory reaches an elevation higher than 232.5 metres above mean sea level (Mount Royal elevation). Above-ground height is further limited in most areas and only a few downtown land plots are ...
The film tells the story of a group of actors in Montreal who perform a passion play in a Quebec church (the film uses the grounds of Saint Joseph's Oratory on Mount Royal), combining religious belief with unconventional theories on a historical Jesus.