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June 21: When he was 7, he experienced a spiritual awakening: he made a vow of perpetual virginity, dedicated his time to prayer, especially the Office of Our Lady.

August 31: Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne lived in seclusion, but his virtues shone so brightly that he was selected to become a Bishop.

July 4: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, born on April 6, 1901 in Turin, Italy, was strongly anti-communist and anti-fascist and never hid his political views. When Pope John Paul II beatified Pier Giorgio, he called him the “Man of the Eight Beatitudes.”

July 1: Junipero Serra, the indomitable apostle of California, was born on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea and received the name Miguel Jose in Baptism.

The Blessed Virgin Mary first gave the Rosary to St. Dominic of Guzman in a vision in 1208.

Due to a lack of proper understanding, many Catholics are confused and uncertain as to the unquestionable truth that the Holy Spirit assists the Church.

April 11: Saint Gemma Galgani is one of the Church’s mystics. She died on Holy Saturday in 1903 at the age of 25. Gemma was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1940.

December 8: Saint Romaric was a nobleman with considerable property, who gave up his title to become a monk and repurposed his estate into a monastery.

A woman named Claire receives a letter from a friend who died in a car accident and tells how her soul is damned to hell forever.