Saint Joseph's Oratory
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Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount 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 Mo
The building in 2011
André Bessette, C.S.C., commonly known as Brother André.
Construction of the dome in 1937.
The Oratory's bells were rung in October 2004, to commemorate the centennial of the building's construction.
André Bessette
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André Bessette, C.S.C., commonly known as Brother André and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Catho
Saint Joseph's Oratory
…It is a National Historic Site of Canada and is Canada's largest church, with one of the largest church domes in the world. Founded in 1904 by Saint André Bessette in honour of his patron saint, Saint Joseph, the Oratory is the product of numerous architects and thousands of workers in a process spanning six…
Brother André (ca. 1920)
Stained glass window with Andre Bessette at Stinson Remick Chapel at the University of Notre Dame
Statue of André Bessette by Joseph-Émile Brunet on the grounds of Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, QC, Canada