Jan. 6 Thursday after Epiphany; Optional Memorial of St. Andre Bessette, religious; Epiphany (in some dioceses), Opt. Mem.

Saint André was born near Quebec, and entered the Congregation of the Holy Cross as a Brother. He performed humble tasks for over forty years and entrusted all of the poor and sick who flocked to his cell to the care of St. Joseph. During his life he was able to have a chapel built to the spouse of the Virgin Mary. After his death, the shrine grew into the great basilica known as St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal.