On August 18, 1905, Mother Maddalena died. Mother Charitas, the Vicaress, described Mother Maddalena’s last moments: A few minutes after their entrance her cell was illuminated by a marvelous light from the crucifix which hung on the wall opposite the place where she lay on the floor. It beamed straight down on Reverend Mother with an effulgence and glory impossible to describe. Of the twenty-three Sisters present only twelve saw the miraculous light, and each in a different way, I felt certain, in an indescribable manner, that the Three Divine Persons of the Most Holy Trinity were present. The illumination lasted full thirty-five minutes. Reverend Mother looked at me as if to ask if I saw it. She smiled, as if she knew I had, and turned her eyes again to the crucifix. Then from the fullness and depth of my heart came the almost involuntary exclamation: ‘Sisters, God is present! and at that instant I saw Our Lord Jesus Christ in heavenly splendor and Glory come down to Reverend Mother. I thought of the winged Seraph imprinting the Stigmata on our Holy Father St. Francis. Words are powerless to express what I saw. No language of earth could describe it.