From the Memoirs of Sister Mary Agnes, the last novice to be invested by Mother Maddalena: One thing I know for certain Reverend Mother did, was to have the Sisters have and show the deepest love and respect for one another. That was her constant exhortation to us at the chapter of faults and whenever she had the occasion to speak to us. “Charity, charity, "she would say, “the lack of it is the main thing that will deprive us of heaven, and the practice of it will bring us close to the Sacred Heart.”