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They soon noticed his ardent devotion to Saint Joseph, foster father of Christ. Soon, too, they noticed the throngs of visitors that he was attracting.
In time, thousands of devout Roman Catholics were calling daily on the college porter, praying with him and leaving gifts of money. In 1896 the first chapel was built on a plot opposite the college. Later a bigger one was built, still later a third. Today the $6,000,000 Oratory of Saint Joseph is a great, concrete-domed structure topped with a neon-lighted cross that towers over Canada's "City of Churches." Ecclesiastical tribunals are already at work in Montreal, Providence, R.I., Ottawa, and St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, checking evidence and proceeding with the first steps that may lead to Brother Andre's canonization.
* But an uncle of Pierrette was last week reportedly trying to interest a New York syndicate in buying exclusive rights to pictures of her and her grotto.