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311:. When Bessette was 14, the Nadeaus sent him to school. However, Bessette was soon removed from school, having only learned to read and sign his name, both with difficulty. Timothée Nadeau intended to train Bessette as a labourer, seeing no need for an orphan to be educated. Bessette soon left the Nadeaus and was brought in by Louis Ouimet, the mayor of Saint-Césaire. While living with the Ouimet family, Bessette had a series of short-lived occupations, working as a farmer, tinsmith, blacksmith, wheelwright, cobbler, and baker, all of which Bessette was too physically weak to sustain. Searching for work, Bessette moved to 393: 1627: 324: 404:
became quite a controversial figure. There were many religious in the Congregation of Holy Cross, teachers and parents of students at the College who supported him but many others opposed him and even considered him dangerous to the well-being of the school's reputation because they regarded him as a charlatan. Others were concerned for the good health of the children, fearing the possibility of contagion in the school spread from diseases carried by the sick who frequented Bessette.
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As tensions increased at the college with so many of the sick coming to see the porter, the school officials decided that Bessette could no longer continue with his ministry. He was permitted to receive the sick in the nearby tramway station rather than the college. As his reputation spread, Bessette
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baptized him "conditionally" in an emergency ritual the following day. In 1849, with employment scarce and his family living in poverty, Bessette's father moved to Farnham, Quebec to work as a lumberman, but was shortly thereafter killed by a falling tree. Bessette was nine years old, and his
275:. His father, Isaac Bessette, was a carpenter and lumberman, while his mother, Clothilde Foisy Bessette, saw to the education of the children. Bessette was the eighth of 12 children, four of whom died in infancy. At birth, Bessette was so frail that the 1520: 295:. While with the Nadeau family, Bessette attended catechetical lessons taught by his parish's pastor, André Provençal. It was during these lessons that Bessette developed his two lifelong devotions: 315:
at the age of 18, where he joined several of his relatives in work at textile mills across Connecticut and Rhode Island. Bessette returned to Canada in 1867 following the Canadian Confederation.
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promulgated a decree recognizing a second miracle at Bessette's intercession, and on October 17, 2010, formally declared sainthood for him. Bessette was the first saint of the
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The remains of Bessette lie in the church he helped build. His body lies in a tomb built below the Oratory's Main Chapel, except for his heart, which is preserved in a
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on May 23, 1982. The miracle cited in support of his beatification was the healing in 1958 of Giuseppe Carlo Audino, who suffered from
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While working at the college, Bessette began to minister to the sick. Biographer Leonard Foley wrote that "his great confidence in
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Kalinowski, Bob (June 2, 2022). "Another Wilkes-Barre church to close; two others hosting town halls about more cooperation".
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in the same Oratory. The heart was stolen in March 1973, but was recovered in December 1974 with the help of criminal lawyer
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of his parish, André Provençal, noticed the devotion and generosity of the young man. He decided to present Bessette to the
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Garvey, Michael O., "Blessed Brother André to become first saint of Notre Dame’s founding religious order",
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Other educational namesakes include the St. Andre Scholars program at Notre Dame College Prep in
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Bessette died on January 6, 1937, at the age of 91. One million people filed past his coffin.
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of Montreal intervened on his behalf, and in 1872, Bessette was accepted and entered the
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approved the decree of sainthood for Bessette on 19 February 2010, with the formal
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Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum
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inspired him to recommend the saint's devotion to all those who were afflicted
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Blessed Andre has many Rhode Island connections | The Rhode Island Catholic
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Radio interview on the recovery of brother Andre's heart from CBC archives
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Stained Glass window with Andre Bessette at Stinson Remick Chapel at the
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mother, at 40, remained with ten children in her care. Clothilde died of
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was created from a revision of this article dated 18 June 2006
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within three years, and Bessette became orphaned at the age of twelve.
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taking place on 17 October 2010. He is the first Canadian living after
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Several churches have also been named for Bessette, including ones in
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Many educational buildings were later named for Bessette, including:
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Bessette was placed under the care of Timothée and Rosalie Nadeau of
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The Greatness and Beauty of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
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on the grounds of Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, QC, Canada
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God's Doorkeepers: Padre Pio, Solanus Casey and André Bessette
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Bessette was declared venerable in 1978 and was beatified by
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and also served as sacristan, laundry worker and messenger
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St. André French Immersion Catholic Elementary School in
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Saint André Catholic Elementary School, Brampton Ontario
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates
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October 17, 2010, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by
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Michael Enright and Frank Shoofey (26 December 1974),
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St. André Bessette Catholic Church, Ecorse, Michigan
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