A result of work done by Brother Andre of congregation of the Holy Cross. Right opposite across the road to the Oratory are the missionaries running Notre Dam College where Brother Andre resided. Brother Andre busied himself by receiving visits from the sick who implored him to intervene of their behalfs in his prayers so that they could be cured.
However, he also held onto his dream of building a place of worship, an oratory, to honour Saint Joseph, the spouse of the Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus. With the help of his friends and offerings from the faithful, his dream was realized and the Oratory became the most important pilgrimage center dedicated to Saint Joseph in the world.
Though he is no more alive to see the Oratory take shape. He had installed a statue of Saint Joseph, and scattered a few medals on the ground and between the trees and succeeded in convincing his superiors of the necessity of building a little chapel. Once the land was acquired, Brother André and his friends put all their efforts into the project at hand. On October 15, 1904, a tiny chapel measuring four by five meters was inaugurated. The faithful could now come and pray to Saint Joseph on the slope of Mount Royal. However, this little chapel soon needed to be expanded in order to accommodate all of its visitors. Although the chapel has been renovated since then, its present state is exactly as it was at the beginning of its existence. The Oratory is now a seperate structure on the hill, in front of the original chapel.
Evening sky at dusk atop the Oratory is a sight not to missed. Note the structure on the front is the Notre Dam College where Br. Andre served as the superintendent.================================
Montrealers say that the city has produced the craziest of architects. Once a paranoid had a thought on people relocating themselves and carrying their "HOUSE" with them rather than household articles with them. The upshot is "Habitat '67 Moshe Safdie", a building with 354 prefabricated modules stacked n a manner that each one of them can be detached from the structure and shipped. Isn't that crazy !!!! Well since then not a single module has been detached.
Environment Canada's Biosphere- A centre for environmental education and is principally dedicated to environmental issues related to Great Lakes, ecosystem, climate change and sustainable development.
Pont Jacques Cartier (Pont- Bridge) : Connecting the island of Montreal to the Bonaventure expressway this bridge is 6 Kms in length. Ironically the cantilevered span on the bridge resembles our own "Howrah Bridge" on Hooghly.
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Montreal truly cosmopolitan in nature houses people following every relegion, Jews being one of them. The Montreal Jewish community is the most Orthodox of North American Jewish communities, explained by Quebec's french catholic heritage and its emphasis on relegion in society. Montrealer's are crazy about a special kind of bread baked by the Jewish, "BEAGLE". In Montreal they still follow the traditional method of baking beagles in wooden clay ovens and have shops dedicated to baking just beagles.
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