Andre Bessette
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(August 1845–April 6, 1937) Brother André (French: Frère André), and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a key figure in the Roman Catholic Church among French-Canadians, he was named venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1982.
Blessed André's decretion of sainthood was approved by Pope Benedict XVI on February 19, 2010, with the formal canonization taking place on October 17th 2010.
He is the first Canadian living after Confederation's canonization.
Early life
He was born Alfred Bessette in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Canada East (Québec), a small town located 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Montreal, a young city. Isaac Bessette, his father, was a carpenter and lumberman, but Clothilde Foisy Bessette, his mother, was concerned with the children's education. Bessette was the eighth of 12 children, four of whom died in infancy. Bessette was so weak at birth that the curé baptized him "conditionally" in an emergency service the following day. Bessette's father was killed shortly after being in 1849, with jobs scarce and his family members homeless. Bessette was nine years old and his mother, who was 40 years old, continued to care for ten children. Clothilde died of tuberculosis within three years, and Bessette became orphanaged at the age of 12.
Bessette was put under the custody of Timothée and Rosalie Nadeau of Saint-Césaire, Quebec, following his mother's death, according to Laurent Boucher, author of the book Brother André: the Miracle Man of Mount Royal. Bessette spent catechetical lessons with his parish's pastor, André Provençal, while with the Nadeau family. Bessette developed his two lifelong devotions: Saint Joseph and the Passion of Christ. Bessette was confirmed by Bishop Jean-Charles Prince of the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe in June 1858, at the age of 12. When Bessette was 14 years old, the Nadeaus began to send him to school. However, Bessette was soon dismissed from school, and she only learned to read and sign his name, which was a challenge. Timothée Nadeau intended to educate Bessette as a labourer, but there was no need for an orphanage to be educated. Bessette left Nadeaus quickly and was taken into custody by Louis Ouimet, Saint-Césaire's mayor. Bessette had a short career as a farmer, tinsmith, blacksmith, wheelwright, cobbler, and baker, but Bessette was too ill to support them while living with the Ouimet family. Bessette, a Connecticut and Rhode Island immigrant, moved to Moosup, Connecticut, where he joined many of his relatives in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Following the Canadian Confederation, Bessette returned to Canada in 1867.