“Faith can move mountains”:
3 nuggets of wisdom from Saint Joseph’s Oratory | Historia Vitae

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Louisa Florentin

Airing this weekend: episode 7 of Historia Vitae: Treasures of Our Faith! We bring you to Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal. Tune in Sunday, February 26th at 8:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm PT, only on Salt + Light TV and Salt + Light Plus. “Faith can move mountains” It is a phrase we […]

From Downtown Chapel to St. André Bessette Church

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Mary Rose Bacani Valenti

Last week, the Downtown Chapel in Portland, Oregon, made a special announcement: they’re changing their parish name. A recent degree by the Archbishop of Portland will change the Church’s patronage from St. Vincent de Paul to the Congregation of Holy Cross’ first saint, St. André Bessette. For any of you who have seen the documentary […]

Celebrating the 74th Anniversary of St. André’s Death

Monday, January 3, 2011

Mary Rose Bacani Valenti

On Thursday, January 6th, the universal Church celebrates the 74th anniversary of the death of its first male Canadian-born saint – St. André Bessette. As you may remember, the end of last year was marked by the celebrations for St. André’s canonization on October 17th. Salt + Light also produced a documentary on his life […]

Journalist applauds Brother André doc…and S+L

Monday, November 15, 2010

Daniel Torchia

On Friday, staff at Salt + Light paused for a moment to watch the final cut of God’s Doorkeeper: Saint André of Montreal, one of our latest documentaries. It was quite an experience – beyond words. Thankfully a skilled journalist chronicled the experience. The article below was published in the National Post. Salt + Light […]

My Encounter with Brother André

Monday, November 8, 2010

Mary Rose Bacani Valenti

A week ago, Canada celebrated the canonization of Br. André Bessette at the Olympic stadium in Montreal. It’s been an exciting time for the Church in Canada! My time working on all things Br. André has now come to an end (I think, but who knows what the future always holds), so I wanted to […]

Prime Minister visits tomb of Saint Brother André

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Laura Ieraci

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Stephen Harper stopped in at St. Joseph’s Oratory on his way to the Olympic Stadium for the grand Canadian celebration for the canonization of Saint Brother André. He was greeted by Fr. Claude Grou, CSC, rector of the shrine that was founded by Saint Brother André more than a century ago. […]

Mass from Olympic Stadium highlights weekend programming honouring Br. André

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Mary Rose Bacani Valenti

I wrote the blog Encores for Brother André, mentioning the rebroadcast of the Canonization Mass and the airdates for my Catholic Focus: Remembering Brother André episode this coming weekend. But there’s much more Br. André to catch this weekend than that! So, check this out: 1. Rebroadcast of the Coverage of the Canonization Mass: Saturday, […]

Catholic Focus: Remembering Brother André

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Mary Rose Bacani Valenti

There were so many wonderful people I met and so many wonderful stories I heard during the filming for the documentary God’s Doorkeeper: St. André of Montreal. Unfortunately, I couldn’t include them all in the documentary! So we’ve decided to feature a special episode of Catholic Focus entitled “Remembering Brother André”. This episode will give […]

October 16th, an important date for Br. André

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Laura Ieraci

MONTREAL — Today, Oct. 16, is the eve of Brother André’s canonization. It is also a day of fine coincidence, call it Providence. It was on this day, in 1904, that the first, small, wooden chapel built by Brother André in honour of St. Joseph on the slope of Mount Royal in Montreal was inaugurated. […]

Brother André: Canonization this weekend

Friday, October 15, 2010

Mary Rose Bacani Valenti

This is certainly a weekend dedicated to Brother André Bessette. Check out our Salt + Light coverage schedule of the canonization of Br. André Bessette here. The live coverage in French begins on Saturday, October 16th at 7 pm ET. Host Sébastien Lacroix will be joined by Rita Sawaya in Rome and by Laura Ieraci […]