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Prayer is the light of the spirit. Prayer and converse with God is a supreme good.…I do not mean the prayer of outward observance but prayer from the heart, not confined to fixed times or periods, but continuous throughout the day and night.

St. Junípero Serra was a Franciscan priest, professor, and an intrepid missionary known as “The Apostle of California”. He was born to farmers Antonio and Margarita Serra, who named him Miguel in 1713.

“’Let Us make man to Our own image and likeness.’ He did not say this of the Heavens or of the stars, but of man – not, indeed as regards man’s body, but as regards his soul, which is endowed with a free will and is incorruptible, and in which he resembles God.” St. Thomas Aquinas (13th century, Doctor of the Church)

St. Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad was a convert, religious sister and a foundress.