%0 Journal Article
%T Saint Brother Andr¨¦ of Montr¨¦al and the Performance of Catholic Masculinity
%A Donald Luc Boisvert
%J Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses
%@ 2042-0587
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0008429819828211
%X Saint Brother Andr¨¦ (1845¨C1937), the founder of St. Joseph¡¯s Oratory in Montr¨¦al, remains one of the most popular religious figures in Qu¨¦bec. Much of his reputation as a saint rests upon the ways in which he is depicted in devotional texts and in Catholic religious imagery: humble, simple, silent and self-effacing. These are often the same characteristics attributed to St. Joseph. This article attempts to question such a facile and limited caricature of Brother Andr¨¦. While he certainly displayed forms of what I call a Catholic subordinate Josephite masculinity, one that was characteristic of some French Canadian men of that era, Brother Andr¨¦ was also able to move beyond such stereotypes in both his religious and public lives, thereby performing a less restrictive and more audacious form of masculinity
%K Christianity
%K gender
%K masculinity
%K saints
%K Brother Andr¨¦
%K St. Joseph
%K St. Joseph¡¯s Oratory
%K Montr¨¦al
%K Canada
%K Christianisme
%K genre
%K masculinit¨¦
%K saints
%K Fr¨¨re Andr¨¦
%K St. Joseph
%K Oratoire Saint Joseph
%K Montr¨¦al
%K Canada
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0008429819828211