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Pilgrimage

1958 30 min
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This short documentary by Terence Macartney-Filgate focuses on the never-ending pilgrimage to Montreal's St. Joseph's Oratory. A beautiful shrine set against Mount Royal, the Oratory draws pilgrims by the thousands every year – by plane, by bus, and on foot. What's the draw? Watch this film, and listen to Brother Placide Vermandère tell you all about it.

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This short documentary by Terence Macartney-Filgate focuses on the never-ending pilgrimage to Montreal's St. Joseph's Oratory. A beautiful shrine set against Mount Royal, the Oratory draws pilgrims by the thousands every year – by plane, by bus, and on foot. What's the draw? Watch this film, and listen to Brother Placide Vermandère tell you all about it.

  • director
    Terence Macartney-Filgate
  • producer
    Roman Kroitor
    Wolf Koenig
    John Spotton
  • executive producer
    Tom Daly
  • camera
    Terence Macartney-Filgate
    Wolf Koenig
  • editing
    Tom Daly
    Lucien Marleau
  • sound editing
    Frank Orban
    George Croll
    Stuart Baker

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