Balasar, Portugal - 1944 - Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa, together with her spiritual director, Fr Humberto Maria Pasquale, SDB, who encouraged Alexandrina to continue writing her diary, after noting the spiritual height she had reached. In 1944, Alexandrina became part of the "Pious Union of Salesian Cooperators", and placed the diploma in such a way that she could see it at any time. She offered herself to collaborate with her pain and with her prayers to the salvation of souls, especially the young.