Everyone needs a friend, a mentor. Here's the fascinating story of how an early Roman martyr befriended a twenty-first-century American and how that relationship led the author of I Ask St. Philomena to better appreciate and promote the Church's teaching on the Communion of Saints. Here's the history and tradition of devotion to St. Philomena -- how she influenced St. John Vianney in the nineteenth century, why she was later removed from the Chruch's calendar, and how her miracles have continued.