Brother André: Canonization this weekend

Mary Rose Bacani Valenti

Friday, October 15, 2010

This is certainly a weekend dedicated to Brother André Bessette.

Check out our Salt + Light coverage schedule of the canonization of Br. André Bessette here.

The live coverage in French begins on Saturday, October 16th at 7 pm ET. Host Sébastien Lacroix will be joined by Rita Sawaya in Rome and by Laura Ieraci at the crypt in Saint Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal. Mass and a candlelight vigil will be followed by the Salt + Light premiere of the French documentary Portier de Dieu: Saint André de Montreal at 9:30 pm ET.

On Sunday, October 17th at 3:45 am ET, Sébastien Lacroix hosts the French coverage of the Canonization from Rome. Mary Rose Bacani will host the English coverage of the Canonization beginning with interviews in Rome at 9:30 am ET. The Mass coverage begins at 10 am ET. At 9 pm ET, Salt + Light will premiere the English documentary God’s Doorkeeper: St. André of Montreal.

And tune in on Monday, October 18th, at 4 am ET, for the Mass of Thanksgiving at Sant'Andrea delle Valle in Rome, to be presided by Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal. The coverage will be hosted by Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB.

Photo: Saint Joseph’s Oratory Archives

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