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u chaos of the upheaval the new government had not all the other brothers in his order, he too would have
replaced them. Except for the few whose parents were consecrated himself to the Pure Heart of St. Joseph,
able to provide some semblance of an education, an as was the desire of their holy founder, Blessed Basil
entire generation of French children grew up to be al- Moreau. Brother André was thus chosen by God to be
most completely illiterate. the instrument to witness to the world the awesome
In 1837, the association, which had grown to in- power and the great mission of Saint Joseph for our
clude both priests and brothers, took the name of time. V
Sainte-Croix (or Holy Cross). A short time after, Father
Basil founded a group of sisters known as the Mari- Significant Apparitions of Saint Joseph
anites, thus completing the Holy Cross family. • Cotignac, France — to Gaspard Ricard
n order to maximize their spiritual vigor, Blessed on June 7, 1660
Moreau chose to place all his religious under the • Knock, Ireland — to five witnesses
Ipatronage of the Holy Family. To each of the three on August 21, 1879
groups he dedicated a patron, consecrating priests to • Fatima, Portugal — to Jacinta, Francisco Marto
the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the brothers to the Pure and Lúcia dos Santos on October 13, 1917
Heart of St. Joseph, and the sisters to the Immacu- • Fostoria, Ohio (Our Lady of America) — to
late and Sorrowful Heart of Mary. He also established Sr. Mildred Mary Ephrem Neuzil in October, 1956
Mary, under her title of Our Lady of Sorrows, as pa- and on March 19, 1958
troness for all of Holy Cross. • Itapiranga, Brazil (Shrine of the Three Hearts)
Going back to our humble brother in Montreal, — to Edson Glauber from 1994-1998
Saint André Bessette, it can be noted that, along with

Stained glass windows depicting Fr. Moreau (notice the Three Hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph), and Brother Andre, in Stinson-Remick Hall Photos source: https://conradschmitt.com/project/university-of-notre-dame-stinson-remick-hall/
at Notre Dame Catholic University, Indiana. The University was founded by Rev. Edward Frederick Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

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