Please find the dates and highlights of the pastoral and liturgical year at the Oratory below.
Details of these special celebrations and special events will be in the calendar of events as they become available.
Special Celebrations in 2023
New Year and
Blessing of Families at the Oratory
Sunday, January 1
Anniversary of the death of
Saint Brother André (1937)
Friday, January 6 – 85thanniversary
Liturgical Feast of Saint André Bessette, CSC
Saturday, January 7
Blessed Basile Moreau, CSC
Friday, January 20
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 22
Novena to Saint Joseph
March 10 to 18
Feast of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary
Saturday March 19
Holy Week
Holy Thursday, April 6
Good Friday, April 7
Holy Saturday, April 8
Easter
Sunday, April 9
Feast of Saint Joseph, the Worker
Monday, May 1st
Month of Saint Brother André
- The entire month of August is dedicated to Saint Brother André
- Wednesday, August 9 − Birthday
(Alfred Bessette, 1845-1937)
Anniversary of the canonization of Brother André (in 2010)
Tuesday, October 17 – 13th anniversary
Anniversary of the foundation of Saint-Joseph’s Oratory (in 1904)
Thursday, October 19 – 119th anniversary
Commemoration of the faithful departed
Thursday, November 2
Christmas
Monday, December 25