On January 6th, the men of St. André Bessette Residence celebrated the first feast of their patron saint since his canonization on October 17. As is tradition at OLSWA, the students honoured their saint by holding an open house for the Academy community. The celebration began with Vespers in St. Hedwig’s Church, led by OLSWA chaplain Fr. Paul Burchat. After prayer, the students and professors made their way to St. André’s House. There Fr. Burchat formally installed a first class relic of St. André, which was displayed for veneration throughout the evening. Special thanks are due to Jean-Paul Patenaude through whose efforts the relic was secured, and Deacon Robert Probert and his family who provided the reliquary in which it is housed. When the prayers and blessings concluded, the guests were treated to an evening of food, fellowship, and music. The men of the residence were happy to have a number of Jesuit seminarians in attendance, who had delivered a talk to them about the nature of vocations earlier that day. It was a pleasure to see that the residence of St. André’s, one of the Academy’s smallest, could give such a lovely evening to their guests. But then, as their patron said, “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.”