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Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, is a Roman Catholic basilica on the northern slope of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Oratory’s dome is the third-largest of its kind in the world after the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro and Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the church is the largest in Canada.

The basilica is dedicated to Saint Joseph, to whom Brother André credited all his reported miracles. These were mostly related to some kind of healing power, and many pilgrims (handicapped, blind, ill, etc.) poured into his Basilica, including numerous Protestants. On display in the basilica is a wall covered with thousands of crutches from those who came to the basilica and were healed. Pope John Paul II deemed the miracles to be authentic and beatified Brother André in 1982.

A reliquary in the church museum contains Brother André’s heart, which he requested as a protection for the basilica. More than 2 million visitors and pilgrims visit the Oratory every year. It is located at 3800, Queen Mary Road, at Côte-des-Neiges (near to Côte-des-Neiges metro station).

On October 19, 2004, the Oratory held its centennial. All the bells of all the churches on the island of Montreal were supposed to ring at 9:00 a.m., though not all churches participated. At 9:05 a.m., the basilica rang its bell in response and celebration.The Oratory was added to the List of National Historic Sites of Canada on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

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Have a great day blog viewers! how are you doing there? i hope all of you are doing fine. By the way, in a party there such a decoration of balloons. Am I right? Actually, this is not really a party but just a special occassion in Canada. More balloons prepared and canadian flags. Just what they were doing….You can see it obviously. Have a nice day to all!

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Good day to all blog viewers! How are you doing there? I hope all of you are doing fine. By the way, this was one of the activity from Canada Day. Participating from this event is very ok to them. They were having such a good time showing their talents to the public. I love dancing also the way she did. Have a nice day to all!

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