he led the effort to build Montreal’s famous Oratory of St. Joseph. Bessette, known affectionately as “Brother André,” was born in Quebec, Canada, the eighth of 12 children. He was sickly ...
A Catholic shrine that is one of Montreal’s most recognizable landmarks is attracting a new kind of pilgrim. Since last ...
He was a powerful propagator of devotion to St. Joseph. He was the human spiritus movens behind St. Joseph’s Oratory ... He was a brother, not a priest, in the Congregation of the Holy Cross.
MONTREAL - A Catholic shrine that is one of Montreal’s most recognizable landmarks is attracting a new kind of pilgrim. Since last summer, St. Joseph’s Oratory has been struggling to deal with ...