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For 40 years, he worked as a porter and began to minister to the sick, whom he prayerfully entrusted to the intervention of St. Joseph.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">So dedicated was Brother Andr\u00e9 to his flock, the story goes, that he once turned down a chance to meet the visiting king of England. Brother Andr\u00e9\u2019s reason: He was too busy taking care of the sick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">That kind of pastoral heart makes a deep impact on people. In fact, one million people turned out for his funeral in January 1937 amid harsh Canadian weather.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Brother Andr\u00e9\u2019s personal contact with the needy is a stellar example of Gospel charity\u2014a great example for those of us living in a screen-saturated age when face-to-face encounters seem fewer and further apart.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">This feast day might be a good moment to call to mind the need to keep the personal touch in our relationships.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">We might do that by focusing on the healing power of Jesus\u2014perhaps through our retreat guide called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/miracles-of-mercy-a-retreat-guide-on-the-healing-touch-of-jesus\/\">Miracles of Mercy<\/a>\u2014and the way he dealt with people on a personal basis.<span 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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith &amp; Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. His contributions to RCSpirituality include responding to\u00a0Ask A Priest\u00a0questions and sharing his insights in our\u00a0Weekly Newsletter.","url":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/author\/emcilmail\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188148"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=188148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}