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The stunning recovery of a child who was involved in a traumatic street accident in 1999 was submitted to the diocesan tribunal in February 2005, the year when Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal celebrated its 100th anniversary. The report of this recuperation was submitted to the Vatican committees. Unanimously, the doctors, the theologians and then the Holy Father agreed that it was a scientifically unexplainable healing, and was attributed to Blessed Brother André because the child’s parents as well as friends of the family had addressed their prayers to him, hoping that the impossible might take place.

The liturgical feast of Saint André Bessette is January 7

• Brother André was canonized on October 17, 2010 in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI.
• The celebration was broadcast live in the middle of the night to Saint Joseph’s Oratory which was crammed to overflowing with prayerful pilgrims.
• He will now be called Saint André Bessette (or Saint Brother André in Canada).