Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=fxe6TYUttJb Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Sacred Stories of Notre Dame: Michael Brennan 69 [4xb5bWvKpWZ] Health Updated on August 09, 2026 EDT — Published on August 09, 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 rH4u6mCYyDS lv2ugVoz7nz p4H0arp3geO AppWnmuJkA8 CZXtu9LvciF GAiEB6fghPh AKhzqKsxD80
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 rH4u6mCYyDS lv2ugVoz7nz p4H0arp3geO AppWnmuJkA8 CZXtu9LvciF GAiEB6fghPh AKhzqKsxD80