Saint of the Day 06/January/2022
Saint of the Day (January 06) ✠ St. Andre Bessette ✠ Born: August 9, 1845, Mont-Saint-Gr├йgoire, Canada Died: January 6, 1937, Montreal, Canada Feast: January 6 (January 7 in Canada) Canonized: October 17, 2010, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI Major shrine: Saint Joseph's Oratory; Montreal, Quebec, Canada Siblings: Claude Bessette, Isaie Bessette, L├йocadie Bessette Parents: Isaac Bessette, Clothilde Foisy Bessette Beatified: Pope John Paul II Canonized: October 17, 2010, Saint Peter's Square, Rome, by Pope Benedict XVI When Alfred Bessette came to the Holy Cross Brothers in 1870, he carried with him a note from his pastor saying, "I am sending you a saint." The Brothers found that difficult to believe. Chronic stomach pains had made it impossible for Alfred to hold a job very long and since he was a boy he had wandered from shop to shop, far...