With a group of friends she moved to a working-class city near Paris, a stronghold of the Communist Party, where they became "missionaries without a boat"--not crossing the sea but the borders of faith to bear witness to the gospel in friendship and solidarity.

Her spirituality was based on her Prayer of the Agenda: an awareness of the presence of God in all the ordinary activities of life. "Each tiny act is an extraordinary event in which heaven is given to us, in which we are able to give heaven to others."

Is there a book you recommend about her? She sounds fascinating.