St. André Bessette (1845-1937 ... A million people came to his funeral. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010, the first man born in Canada and the first member of the Holy Cross to ...

St. André Bessette (1845–1937 ... A million people came to his funeral. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010, the first man born in Canada and the first member of the Congregation ...

St. Andre was born Alfred Bessette in St-Gregoire-d'Iberville on ... During the six days and nights before his funeral, more than one million people filed past his coffin. Thousands gathered ...

Find today’s readings here. Today is the feast of St. André Bessette, whose story always stood out to me among the scores of “saint-of-the-day” assignments I undertook in grammar school.

St. Andre Bessette. Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI last October, he became the congregation’s first saint. St. Andre, a Canadian brother who died in 1937, was renowned for his humility and ...

Bessette, a Holy Cross brother born near Montreal, Canada, in 1845, was officially named a saint by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 17, 2010. The has served the Downtown Chapel for more than 100 years.