Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://ar-c.org/video/rEc3z43L0In.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Sacred Stories of Notre Dame: Michael Brennan 69 [VQwkk7cXznX] Health Updated on August 10, 2026 EDT — Published on August 10, 2026 EDT Michael Brennan ’69 had long prayed for peace through St. André Bessette—first for strangers, and later for his brother, Tom, who had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. On the morning Tom passed, Michael noticed a young man sitting quietly at the foot of the bed. He was there to comfort and pray, he said. When Michael thanked him and asked his name, the young man simply replied, “André.” “Was it an angel? A stranger with a coincidental name? Was it St. André himself? I still don’t know, but the peace and hope that that young man offered me and my family still remains.” Watch this year’s other Sacred Stories during Advent on our channel: @ndalumweb e9UpEB7Qm0z omuAq1zubJQ YaYimTMpAl7 SI8fRy9LQvz LgU5Oc9j0B4 EUqU5Btyk0g GzRH6pk3HqT mFkVCC2dwS6
Michael Brennan ’69 had long prayed for peace through St. André Bessette—first for strangers, and later for his brother, Tom, who had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. On the morning Tom passed, Michael noticed a young man sitting quietly at the foot of the bed. He was there to comfort and pray, he said. When Michael thanked him and asked his name, the young man simply replied, “André.” “Was it an angel? A stranger with a coincidental name? Was it St. André himself? I still don’t know, but the peace and hope that that young man offered me and my family still remains.” Watch this year’s other Sacred Stories during Advent on our channel: @ndalumweb e9UpEB7Qm0z omuAq1zubJQ YaYimTMpAl7 SI8fRy9LQvz LgU5Oc9j0B4 EUqU5Btyk0g GzRH6pk3HqT mFkVCC2dwS6