(1845 - 1937)
He was born in Québec and joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1872: the parish priest sent this functionally illiterate, frail young man to the Congregation with the words “I am sending you a saint”.
He had great confidence in Saint Joseph and recommended prayer to him to all who were sick. So many were cured that Brother André himself was acclaimed as a miracle-worker, and when he died on 6 January 1937, a million people filed past his coffin. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on 17 October 2010.
„I thank God for giving me the grace to suffer; I need it so much!“
“Only a tool in the hands of providence; a lowly instrument at the service of St. Joseph” • “Put yourself in God's hands; He abandons no one.” • “It is with the smallest brushes that the Artist paints the best paintings.” • “Practice charity with your neighbor—and this doesn't mean only to give money to the poor.”
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