ISonto elikhulu kunawo wonke eCanada

Uma unethuba lokuhambela Montreal ukuhambela isonto elikhulu kunawo wonke eCanada akumelwe kuphuthelwe. Imayelana ne-OIsibhedlela iSt. Joseph (i-Oratory of Saint Joseph) eheha izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu minyaka yonke.

UMfoweth 'u-André, owazalwa u-Alfred Bessette, wangena esikoleni sokufundela ubufundisi eSaint Joseph's Oratory, eMontreal ngo-1870. Wayengumuntu ozinikele kakhulu kwezenkolo owaqokwa okokuqala esikhundleni sokuba ngumuntu othwala impahla e-Notre-Dame College edolobheni. Egula futhi enesizungu waziwa kakhulu kuwo wonke umphakathi wamaKhatholika ngesimo sakhe sokukhathalela labo abaswele kakhulu.

Ngo-1904, kwakhiwa isonto elincanyana eduze nekolishi lapho ayengathola khona labo abaswele. Ubanxuse ukuba bathandaze ku-Saint Joseph, owalalela imithandazo yabo futhi welapha ukugula nezinhlungu zabo. Kungakabiphi, uMfoweth 'u-André waheha abahambeli abahambela isonto elincane isonto elikhudlwana - elibizwa ngokuthi i-crypt - elakhiwa ngo-1917.

Ngokushesha, i-crypt nayo yayincane kakhulu, ngakho-ke ngo-1924 ukwakhiwa kwesonto elikhulu kwaqala ukwakhiwa. Umsebenzi awuzange uqedwe kuze kube ngo-1967. UMfoweth 'u-André wafuna ukuthi leli sonto liqanjwe ngoSanta Joseph, athi zonke izimangaliso azenzile zenzeka kuye.

I-Oratory ka-Saint Joseph yakhiwe ngesitayela se-Italian Renaissance. Idome leCopper Basilica, okuyindawo ephakeme kunazo zonke eMontreal, liyindawo yesibili ngobukhulu yalolu hlobo emhlabeni, incane kuneSt. Peter's Basilica eseRoma ephakama ngamamitha angama-856 (236 metres) ngaphezu kogu lolwandle.

Izivakashi kufanele zikhuphuke ngaphezu kwezinyathelo ezingama-280 ukufinyelela emnyango omkhulu wesonto. Kodwa-ke, kunesitebhisi esinezinyathelo ezingama-99 eseceleni esibekelwe abahambi abafisa ukugibela ngamadolo abo.

Isonto lihlala abantu ababalelwa ku-3.000 XNUMX nezinsizakalo zeholide esontweni zivame ukuphatha lokho nokunye okuningi.
ISonto LamaKatolika kudala laqaphela okuthiwa izimangaliso uMfoweth 'u-André, lamnika isikhundla sobukhosi ngo-1982 ekuqapheleni labo abaphulukiswa ukuthintwa kwakhe nemithandazo yakhe.

Inhliziyo kaMfoweth 'u-André itholakala endaweni ethembekile (indawo engcwele yezinsalela ezingcwele) emnyuziyamu wesonto. Ucele ukuthi igcinwe esontweni ukuze kuvikelwe lesi sakhiwo nabantu abangena kuso.