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Saint Andr,

Pray for us

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Saint Brother Andre
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million visitors a year make the

ilgrimage to the oratory, some climbing the

83 steps on their knees.
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The doctors said there was no way he couldsurvive, and even if he did, his quality of life

would be almost nil, He was in irreversible

coma.
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The Relatives prayed to Brother Andr,

anointing the boy with oil bought at theoratory.

This healing was endorsed by the doctors

and the Church.
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A Loser by worldly standards:His name was Alfred Bessette. He was born on

August 9, 1845, and was so weak at his birth that

his parents baptized him themselves the very next

day, afraid he would not survive.
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A Loser by worldly standards:He was one of 12 children. Plagued by stomach

problems his whole life, he barely went to school.

His father, a woodcutter, was killed by a fallen tree

when Bessette was nine, and his mother died of

tuberculosis while he was still a teenager.
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Brother Andr would later say of her, I rarely

prayed for my mother, but I often prayed to her.
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A Loser by worldly standards:

Barely able to write his own name or read, he wasforced to find work and learn a trade. Alfred

would spend the next thirteen years wandering

from job to job with few belongings and little
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Alfred tried to make a living in spite of hisphysical weakness. For a time, he worked in

construction, then as a farm boy, a tinsmith, a

blacksmith, a baker, a shoemaker and a

coachman.
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In 1870, Alfred presented himself as a candidatefor novitiate of the Congregation of Holy Cross in

Montral. Because of his weak health, his

superiors had doubts concerning his religious

vocation.
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Toward the end of his novitiate year, hisreligious superiors decided they could not

accept him knowing that his poor health

would be an impediment.

Alfred sought out the Bishop of Montreal,Ignace Bourget, and begged him to intercede

with the Holy Cross superiors, saying My

only ambition is to serve God in the mosthumble tasks. The superiors relented and

admitted Alfred to vows as a consecrated

brother of Holy Cross on Feb. 2, 1874.
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Alfred had chosen the name Andr, in honorof his parish priest, Fr. Andr Provenal.

who sent him to Holy Cross, saying, I am

sending you a saint..

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His first assignment was as a porter or

doorkeeper of the College Notre Dame.

Speaking about his assignment as doorman, heonce quipped, "When I joined this community,

the superiors showed me the door and I

remained there for 40 years."

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Soon, Brother Andr started to welcome the sickand broken-hearted. He invited them to pray to

Saint Joseph to obtain favours. It was not long

before many people would report that their

prayers had been answered.

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But there is also the broader miracle of BrotherAndrs own life, the sheer unlikelihood of a halo

being fitted for this unlettered, chronically frail,

backward fellow mocked for ultra-piety by his

own Holy Cross brethren who lacked the stuff

of priesthood and barely got accepted by his order

for the inferior role ofbrother, the work crew of

religious community in those days!

Th h i i D Ch l d d
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The schools physician, Dr. Charette, slandered

Brother Andr as a fraud, calling him Brother

Greaser because of the St. Joseph oil Andr

applied on the sick while he was praying withthem. The doctor was soon to eat his own words.

His wife fell ill and began to hemorrhage; no

medical treatment could stop the bleeding. Fearingher imminent death, she begged her husband to

seek Brother Andrs intercession. The doctor was

upset with this request but accommodated his wifeand asked Brother Andr to visit her and pray for

her. His wife was miraculously healed. From that

time on, Dr. Charette became one of Andrs

su orters.
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Once a young woman came to him for healing.

Brother Andre was a bit upset by her low-cut

blouse. He apparently told her to go to the chapel

and apply some oil to the blouse so that it would

grow(!) and then come back and see him!!

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Brother Andr started to build a small wooden

chapel on the hillside of Mount Royal, in 1904, as a

way to honor Saint Joseph. Some of the money he

collected was by giving haircuts to the students.

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It became too small, and in 1917 a church was

built, called the crypt, with seating for 1,000

people and and is now used for daily services.
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Then, in 1924, construction of the basilica began,

and was completed in 1967. Brother Andr died on

January 6, 1937 and was beatified by Pope John

Paul II on May 23, 1982.
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After his death, in 1937, Brother Andr's heart

was removed and preserved as a potential object

of veneration.
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Saint Brother Andre

On March 16, 1973, the vial containing the heart

of Brother Andr was stolen from the Oratory by

thieves. The church officials refused to pay ransom

for it. The archbishop of Montreal declined the

deal, saying: BrotherAndrs heart is priceless so

we refuse to pay any price for it.
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It was not seen again until December 1974, when

an anonymous caller directed someone to a storage

locker in a Montral apartment building, where

the vial containing the heart was found. The

thieves were never found. As shown above, the

heart is now on display again, behind metal bars.
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