El I-Oratory ka-Saint Joseph Yicawa enkulu enedome enkulu yobhedu eyakhelwe ukuhlonipha uSanta Joseph, ingcwele yaseKhanada. Esi sakhiwo sikhulu simi kumathambeka eNtaba iRoyale, kwisixeko saseMontreal, kwiPhondo laseQuebec.
Kwimbali yale ndawo kufuneka sibuyele kubomi buka-André owayengumzalwana oqhelekileyo we-Holy Cross owazinikezela ku-Saint Joseph (umyeni we-Virgin Mary). U-Alfred Besette owazalwa ngo-1845 kwaye eyinkedama eneminyaka eli-12, uMzalwana u-André wajoyina i-Order of the Holy Cross eneminyaka engama-25. Ukanti esinye sezabelo zakhe yayikukundwendwela abafundi abagulayo kwaye kungekudala wazenzela igama lokuba ngumphilisi ongummangaliso ngemithandazo yakhe ku-Saint Joseph.
Ngethuba elifutshane kwaziwa kakuhle ukuba bayakwazi ukunyusa imali yokwakhiwa kwendlu yamaplanga ngo-1904, kufutshane nendawo yecawa yangoku. Ngokubizwa ngokuba yi-Oratory ye-Saint Joseph, i-chapel yayinendawo ye-4 x 6 m2.
Ngamandla kaMzalwana u-André watsala abahambi ngezonqulo bevela kude kwaye wenza umsebenzi wakhe wokuphilisa kwade kwasekufeni kwakhe ngo-1937. Ngo-1916 kuphela, kwaxelwa amatyala angama-435 okunyanga. Wacebisa kwaye wathandaza nabagulayo, kodwa baphiliswa emveni kokuba emkile.
Ukuthandwa kuka-André kwakukukhulu kangangokuba wakhawuleza watsala umdla wabasemagunyeni becawa, kwaye kwasekwa ikomishini ekhethekileyo yokuvavanya isityholo sika-André sokunyanga kunye nokunyaniseka kwakhe ngo-1911. Ikhomishini yacebisa ukuba ezi ndwendwe ziqhubeke, zingakhange zigwebe ngemimangaliso.
UAndré wayethandwa ubomi bakhe bonke kwaye usakhunjulwa nanamhlanje ngobomi bakhe bokholo olulula, umthandazo oqhubekayo, kunye nobubele obungapheliyo. Xa wasweleka ngo-1937, abantu abasisigidi bafaka ibhokisi yakhe ngasemva ngaphandle kokubanda kobusika.
Iphupha lika-André yayikukwakha indawo enkulu yokugcina indawo kwi-Saint Joseph, yazaliseka ngo-1955, xa kwagqitywa i-basilica yangoku. UMzalwan 'uAndré wangcwatyelwa kwicawa. UPopu John Paul II wahlanjululwa (wabhengezwa "usikelelekile"), inyathelo elinye elingaphantsi kobungcwele, ngo-1982, wahlanjwa njengo-Pope Benedict XVI nge-17 ka-Okthobha ka-2010.
Indawo eNgcwele yaseSaint Joseph ikwindawo ephezulu eMontreal. Idome yayo yeyesibini ngobukhulu emva kweSt. Peter's Basilica eRoma. Ngaphakathi yimifanekiso eqingqiweyo ekumgangatho ophezulu, iglasi enamabala (ebonisa imifanekiso eli-10 kwimbali yezenkolo yaseCanada) kunye neminye imisebenzi yobugcisa.
Kananjalo ngaphakathi kukho imyuziyam enikezelwe eSaint-André, kumboniso osembindini wentliziyo yakhe eqholiweyo.