Extracted from Wikipedia
Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, (French: Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal), is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine on Westmount Summit in Montreal, Quebec. It is Canada's largest church.
The dome is the third-largest of its kind in the world after the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire and Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.
The basilica is dedicated to Saint Joseph, to whom Brother André credited all his reported miracles. These were mostly related to some kind of healing power, and many pilgrims (handicapped, blind, ill, etc.) poured into his Basilica, including numerous Protestants. On display in the basilica is a wall covered with thousands of crutches from those who came to the basilica and were allegedly healed. Pope John Paul II deemed the miracles to be authentic and beatified Brother André in 1982. In October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI canonized the saint.
In 2004, the Oratory was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on the occasion of its 100th anniversary and on 2 April, Canada Post issued 'Saint Joseph's Oratory, Quebec' in the 2004 Tourist Attractions series.
The dome viewed internally
Good view of the town from the church
After visiting the church, the bus climbed up to Mount Royal. Had a good view of the city from this high point. Montreal Stadium can be seen.
Itinerary
Day 1 - Dinner at Penang Culture Restaurant, Terminal 2 ->Flight to Abu Dhabi -> New York
Day 2 - Flushing -> Lunch at Flushing Noodles -> Check in Radisson Piscataway , New Jersey -> Dinner from Cheng's Garden – delivery to Hotel Room -> Rockfeller Centre -> Times Square -> New York City Skyline from New Jersey
Day 3 - Breakfast at Sloatsburg Travel Plaza -> West Point Academy -> Woodbury Factory Outlet -> Lunch -> Dinner from Cheng's Garden – delivery to Hotel Room
Day 4 - New York City –> Wall Street -> Breakfast at subway -> Pass by Former Twin Tower -> Statue of Liberty -> Lunch at Intrepid -> Intrepid -> Metropolitan Museum of Art -> Empire State building -> Dinner at Midtown Buffet, Times Square -> Check in Crown Plaza Monroe South Brunswick
Day 5 - Philadelphi -> Breakfast at Philadelphi Bourse -> Independence Hall - > Liberty Bell -> Washington DC -> Air and Space Musem -> Capitol Building -> Smithsonian Castle - > McDonalds Lunch -> White House -> Korean War memorial -> Lincoln Memorial -> Vietnam War Memorial -> Buffet Dinner at Grand Buffet & Grill at Laurel -> Check in Sheraton Laurels
Day 6 - McDonald’s Breakfast -> Corning Glass Museum -> -> Lunch at Corning GlassMarket Cafe -> Niagara Falls -> Maid of the Mist -> Check in Quality Inn (Review) - > Dinner at Hard Rock Café -> Niagara Falls Illumination
Day 7 - Breakfast at Legends Bar & Grill -> Niagara Falls State Park -> Theatre Show -> Customs at Canada -> Niagara Falls, Canada -> Brunch at Skylon tower -> Toronto CN Tower -> Ontario Legislative Building, Queen's Park -> Toronto University -> Old City Hall -> Chinese Dinner at Forestview Chinese Restaurant（客满楼酒家） Toronto Chinatown -> Check in Delta Toronto East Hotel
Day 8 - Thousand Islands Cruise -> Brunch on board Cruise -> Ottawa Parliament Hill -> Rideau Canal -> Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal -> Mount Royal -> Dinner at Pho Bac, Montreal Chinatown -> Check in Delta Hotel, Trois-Rivières
Day 9 - Breakfast - > Quebec City -> Citadelle -> Brunch at Restaurant 1640, Auberge du Trésor -> Place d'Armes -> Shopping at Duty Free -> Boston Lobster Dinner at New Moon Villa, Chinatown -> Check in Holiday Inn Boston
Day 10 – Havard University -> MIT -> Boston Harbour Cruise -> Brunch at Quincy Market -> Quincy Market -> Travel to New York -> Check in Holiday Inn Express, Jamaica -> Subway to New York - > Dinner at Grand Central Station
Day 11 – Breakfast, Holiday Inn - > Flight to Abu Dhabi
Day 12 – Flight to Singapore Home Swee Home
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