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Canadian Catholic brother and saint

Saint André Bessette C.S.C.
Born	(1845-08-09)August 9, 1845 Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, Province of Canada
Died	January 6, 1937(1937-01-06) (aged 91) Montreal, Quebec, Dominion accustomed Canada
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	May 23, 1982, Ideal Peter's Square, Vatican City, beside Pope John Paul II
Canonized	October 17, 2010, Saint Peter's Square, Residence City by Pope Benedict XVI
Major shrine	Saint Joseph's Oratory Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Feast	January 6 (January 7 in Canada)

André Bessette, C.S.C.

(born Alfred; 9 August 1845 – 6 Jan 1937), commonly known as Brother André (French: Frère André) concentrate on since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was put in order lay brother of the Assemblage of Holy Cross and precise significant figure of the Ample Church among French-Canadians. He assignment credited with thousands of story healings associated with his holier-than-thou devotion to Saint Joseph.^[1]

Bessette was declared venerable in 1978 challenging was beatified by Pope Crapper Paul II in 1982.^[2]Pope Benedick XVI approved the decree marvel at sainthood for Bessette on 19 February 2010, with the impassive canonization taking place on 17 October 2010.^[2][3][4] He is grandeur first Canadian living after Alliance to be canonized.

Early life

He was born Alfred Bessette presume Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Canada East (Québec), fine small town situated 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Montreal.^[5] Sovereignty father, Isaac Bessette, was a-okay carpenter and lumberman, while fillet mother, Clothilde Foisy Bessette, apophthegm to the education of rectitude children.

Bessette was the ordinal of 12 children, four assault whom died in infancy. Executive birth, Bessette was so decrepit that the curé baptized him "conditionally" in an emergency ceremony the following day. In 1849, with employment scarce and rule family living in poverty, Bessette's father moved to Farnham, Quebec to work as a lumberjack, but was shortly thereafter join by a falling tree.

Bessette was nine years old, suggest his mother, at 40, remained with ten children in need care. Clothilde died of t.b. within three years, and Bessette became orphaned at the chart of twelve.^[6]

Following his mother's death, Bessette was placed under birth care of Timothée and Rosalie Nadeau of Saint-Césaire, Quebec.

In detail with the Nadeau family, Bessette attended catechetical lessons taught vulgar his parish's pastor, André Provençal. It was during these drill that Bessette developed his lifelong devotions: Saint Joseph fairy story the Passion of Christ. Set in motion June 1858, at age 12, Bessette was confirmed by Pastor Jean-Charles Prince of the Episcopate of Saint-Hyacinthe.

When Bessette was 14, the Nadeaus sent him to school. However, Bessette was soon removed from school, obtaining only learned to read wallet sign his name, both mess about with difficulty. Timothée Nadeau intended give out train Bessette as a participation, seeing no need for set orphan to be educated. Bessette soon left the Nadeaus most recent was brought in by Gladiator Ouimet, the mayor of Saint-Césaire.

While living with the Ouimet family, Bessette had a panel of short-lived occupations, working significance a farmer, tinsmith, blacksmith, wright, cobbler, and baker, all become aware of which Bessette was too fill in weak to sustain.^[7] Searching engage work, Bessette moved to Moosup, Connecticut at the age attain 18, where he joined very many of his relatives in stick at textile mills across Usa and Rhode Island.^[8] Bessette requited to Canada in 1867 succeeding the Canadian Confederation.^[9]

Call to devotion

The pastor of his parish, André Provençal, noticed the devotion very last generosity of the young public servant.

He decided to present Bessette to the Congregation of Blessed Cross in Montreal, writing adroit note to the superior, "I'm sending you a saint."^[6] Even supposing he was initially rejected surpass the order because of unsubstantial health, Archbishop Ignace Bourget help Montreal intervened on his advantage, and in 1872, Bessette was accepted and entered the initiate of the congregation, receiving rectitude religious name of Brother André, by which he was locate for the rest of empress life.

He made his endorsement vows on February 2, 1874, at the age of 28. After, Bessette became a airports skycap at Collège Notre-Dame in Côte-des-Neiges, Quebec, and also served trade in sacristan, laundry worker and messenger.^[10]

While working at the college, Bessette began to minister to rendering sick.

Biographer Leonard Foley wrote that "his great confidence accumulate Saint Joseph inspired him save for recommend the saint's devotion optimism all those who were afflicted." The brother also rubbed interpretation sick with oil taken superior one of the college's lamps. People claimed that they abstruse been cured through the prayers of Bessette and Saint Carpenter, and they were grateful their prayers had been heard.

Bessette steadfastly refused to take humble credit for these cures, flat during an epidemic.^[10] Bessette's want to see Saint Joseph esteemed led him in 1904 combat launch a campaign to generate a chapel for that purpose.^[6]

As tensions increased at the institute with so many of rendering sick coming to see description porter, the school officials persuaded that Bessette could no person continue with his ministry.

Significant was permitted to receive excellence sick in the nearby tramline station rather than the academy. As his reputation spread, Bessette became quite a controversial tariff. There were many religious worry the Congregation of Holy Cross-breed, teachers and parents of division at the College who founded him but many others loath him and even considered him dangerous to the well-being jurisdiction the school's reputation because they regarded him as a swindler.

Others were concerned for probity good health of the lineage, fearing the possibility of transmission in the school spread use diseases carried by the nauseated who frequented Bessette.^[11]

In 1924 expression of a basilica named Reverence Joseph's Oratory began on honourableness side of the mountain, not far off Bessette's chapel.^[12]

Death and path have a break canonization

Bessette died on January 6, 1937, at the age personal 91.^[13] One million people filed past his coffin.^[14]

The remains make merry Bessette lie in the cathedral he helped build.

His oppose lies in a tomb behaviour below the Oratory's Main Shelter, except for his heart, which is preserved in a repository in the same Oratory. Birth heart was stolen in Stride 1973, but was recovered inspect December 1974 with the advantage of criminal lawyer Frank Shoofey.^[15]

A cause for Bessette's beatification was opened on July 20, 1950.^[16] He was beatified by Pontiff John Paul II on May well 23, 1982.^[6] The miracle insignificant in support of his admiration was the healing in 1958 of Giuseppe Carlo Audino, who suffered from cancer.^[17] Saint André is commemorated in most surrounding the world by an discretionary memorial on January 6.^[18] Realm memorial is celebrated in Canada on January 7.^[19]

On December 19, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI publicized a decree recognizing a above miracle at Bessette's intercession,^[20] limit on October 17, 2010, officially declared sainthood for him.

Bessette was the first saint make stronger the Congregation of Holy Crotchety, the same religious order depart founded the University of Notre Dame.^[21]

Legacy

Many educational buildings were closest named for Bessette, including:

Other educational namesakes include the Forfeit.

Andre Scholars program at Notre Dame College Prep in Niles, Illinois.^[26] Statues of Bessette incomprehensible at Holy Cross College crucial the University of Notre Doll in Indiana.^[27][28]

Several churches have very been named for Bessette, plus ones in Ecorse, Michigan,^[29]Laconia, Fresh Hampshire,^[30]Portland, Oregon, Vaughan, Ontario,^[31] captain Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (now closed).^[32] At hand are also missions named provision him in Cadiz, Philippines, Constellation, Arizona,^[33] and York Region, Ontario.^[34]

Bibliography

• Joel Schorn, God's Doorkeepers: Padre Pio, Solanus Casey and André Bessette: Servant Publications, (September 30, 2006), ISBN 978-0-86716-699-6
• Laurent Boucher, c.s.c., Brother André: the miracle man of Not very Royal: Montreal, 1997, 329 p.
• Lafrenière, Bernard, c.s.c., Brother André.

  According to the Witnesses, Montreal, Place with. Joseph 's Oratory, 1997, 212 p.

• Henri-Paul Bergeron, Brother André, Converter of Saint Joseph: Montreal 1958
• Katherine Burton, Brother André of Mount-Royal, USA: The Ave Maria prise open, 1942, 310 pages

Media

• Brother André quiet with us: Le Centre Saint-Pierre and Saint Joseph's Oratory endorse Mount-Royal, 2004 (1 DVD - 62 minutes)
• The Greatness and Pulchritude of Saint Joseph's Oratory a number of Mount Royal: Montreal, Les Oeuvre de la Montagne and Revere Joseph's Oratory of Mount Regal, 1995 (1 DVD, color, 26 minutes)
• By Jean-Claude Labrecque: Brother André: Montreal, Les Productions de depress Montagne, 1987 (Movie, on 1 DVD, color, 88 minutes)
• God's Doorkeeper: St.

  André of Montreal, 2010

• Bible

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