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Born not far from Montreal, Canada on August 9, 1845. His father died when he was nine in a woodcutting accident and his mother died from tuberculosis when he was twelve. He was then adopted by a farmer uncle later that year.

CARLO ACUTIS
Died at the young age of fifteen, just like Andre's parents died when he was young and inspired others just like Andre's parents.

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When he was twenty-five, he joined a religious order as a doorkeeper, messenger, and maintenance man for the nearby Canadian college of Notre Dame. He became the caretaker of a nearby chapel to Saint Joseph, which he helped build, years later. Over a million people came to his funeral.

FRANCIS XAVIER
When he was young, he also joined a religious order and helped found that order. They are now one of the biggest orders in the world.

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He was born a christian, and though they didn't have much money, his mother made sure he had a steady Christian education from birth. From an early age, he had a steadfast and strong devotion to Saint Joseph and his childhood pastor recognized him as a saint.

JEROME
He also grew up in a christian household. His father taught him the church's teachings from a young age.

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He was dogged by sickness and bad health from birth. When he was adopted by an uncle, he was forced to work for his keep, but because of his poor health he couldn't hold a job for long. Over the next few years, he many jobs, but lost them because of poor education and health

CLARE OF ASSISI
She was ill for most of her life. Even in poor health, she remained cheerful and brought others to Christ.

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The Civil War began and ended while he was alive. Considering the fact that he lived in Canada, he could have been involved with organizations that helped slaves, and he would have been pushed to recognize the strife that putting yourself above others can cause.

FRANCIS XAVIER
He also lived during a time of war because, when Portugal was colonizing India, he went to spread the faith, and he made sure they were treated as family just like Andre Bessette would have been pushed to help African-Americans.

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There were many Byzantine Catholics coming to the U.S., but U.S. Bishops didn't understand their traditions and banned their rite, causing them to leave the Church. After hearing of this, he would have grown to understand those that are different than him and make efforts to serve everyone indiscriminately.

FRANCIS XAVIER
Just like during that time period when he was younger, people left the Church and became protestants because of the Church's bad decisions like U.S. Bishops made to Byzantine Rite Catholics.

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He is a saint because of his steady and patient will to honor Saint Joseph. He also collected nickels from haircuts to build a shrine to Saint Joseph, and, when an epidemic broke out nearby in a college, he volunteered to nurse, showing his unyielding resolve to serve others.

CARLO ACUTIS
Andre worked hard for money to build a chapel. Now Carlo might not have done haircuts, but he built a website on the Eucharist that touched people just like a chapel did and honored the Eucharist through it.

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He demonstrated humility and fortitude by keeping going despite how he was initially rejected from a religious order, the Congregation of the Holy Cross, when he tried to join, but he gained the support of a local bishop and was accepted, and he also thought of himself as only an instrument of divine powers and literally called himself, "Saint Joseph's little dog."

CLARE OF ASSISI
Clare caught the attention of the bishop in Assisi, and he encouraged her to join Francis of Assisi with his mission to help the poor.

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He would have relied upon the Acts story of how the community of the Early Church shared everything to justify his decision to join the Congregation of the Holy Cross and to help him get strength to ask others donations to build Saint Joseph's Oratory.

CLARE OF ASSISI
The story about taking care of the needs if all in the community would have inspired Clare. Along with Francis, she worked to give the poor what they needed.

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When someone was sick or injured, he would pray to Saint Joseph for them and then get some oils from a nearby chapel. He would then walk to their home; pray with them, thanking God for the suffering; and rub oil on them. After this exchange, they would be healed from their affliction.

FRANCIS XAVIER
He also helped heal people through God and the sacrament of reconciliation.

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He stood firm in his faith by continuing to heal people despite the skepticism that people held towards his miracle, he kept a constant devotion to Saint Joseph, and he was ready to give everything up to honor Saint Joseph.

ELIZABETH ANN SETON
She is similar because she had a constant devotion to Mary once she became Catholic. She was willing to give things up in order to create a boarding school for girls so they could grow closer to God.