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January Saints
St André Bessette (1845-1937) “When things get tough, the tough get going” could be the motto applied to many saints who retained their vision for doing God’s work despite almost overwhelming odds. Alfred Bessette was born in Mon-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, the ninth of 13 children, four of whom died in infancy. His father, a lumberman, died tragically […]