Elona Bandla likhulu eCanada

Ukuba unethuba lokuhambela Montreal Ukutyelela icawa enkulu eCanada akufuneki kuphoswe. Imalunga ne-OIsibhedlele saseSt (i-Oratory ye-Saint Joseph) etsala ngaphezulu kwe-3 yezigidi zeendwendwe minyaka le.

UMzalwana uAndré, owazalwa nguAlfred Bessette, wangena kwisikolo sabefundisi eSaint Joseph's Oratory, eMontreal ngo-1870. Ukugula kunye nesizungu waziwa kuluntu lonke lwamaKatolika ngendlela yakhe yokukhathalela kwabo banentswelo.

Ngomnyaka we-1904, i-chapel encinci yakhiwa kufuphi nekholeji apho angamkela khona abo banesidingo. Wababongoza ukuba bathandaze ku-Saint Joseph, owamamela izicelo zabo kunye nokunyanga izifo zabo kunye neentlungu zabo. Kungekudala, uMzalwan 'uAndré watsala abahambi ngezonqulo abathi bayigqwesa indlu encinci yecawa enkulu ebizwa ngokuba yi-crypt - eyakhiwa ngo-1917.

Kungekudala, i-crypt nayo yayincinci kakhulu, ke ngo-1924 ukwakhiwa kwetempile enkulu kwaqala ukwakhiwa. Iprojekthi le ayizange igqitywe de kwangowe-1967. Umzalwana uAndré wanyanzelisa ukuba le nkonzo ibizwe ngokuba yi-Saint Joseph, athi kuyo yonke imimangaliso ayenzileyo.

I-Oratory ka-Saint Joseph yakhiwe ngohlobo lwesi-Italian Renaissance. Idome ye-Copper Basilica, eyeyona ndawo iphakamileyo eMontreal, yeyesibini ngobukhulu kuhlobo lwayo emhlabeni, incinci kune-Basilica yase-St.

Ababhenkethi kufuneka banyuke ngaphezulu kwama-280 amanyathelo okufikelela kwisango eliphambili le-basilica. Nangona kunjalo, kukho izinyuko ezingama-99 ezahlukileyo ezigcinelwe abahambi abanqwenela ukukhwela emadolweni.

I-basilica ihleli malunga nabantu abangama-3.000 kunye neenkonzo zeholide kwigumbi lokuhlala zihlala zibamba ezo zininzi nangaphezulu.
Icawa yamaKatolika kudala yamkela oko kubizwa ngokuba yimimangaliso uMzalwana u-André, emnika udumo ngo-1982 ekuqwalaseleni abo baphiliswa kukuchukumisa kwakhe kunye nemithandazo yakhe.

Intliziyo kaMzalwana u-André ifunyanwa kwindawo ethembekileyo (indawo engcwele yezinto ezingcwele) kwimyuziyam yecawa. Ucele ukuba igcinwe kwicawa enikezela ukhuseleko kwisakhiwo nakubantu abangenayo.