On February 26, 1878, Mother Maddalena and Mother Constance decided it was best if they leave the Cleveland Poor Clare monastery to the German Poor Clares.   They dearly loved the Sisters; but found it impossible to meld Italian and German languages and customs. Little did she know that the friend of her family – and one who bade them farewell when she left Italy – died on the same day.  (See February 26^th)
When the Servant of God and her companions came out of the entrance of the Convent of the Poor Clare's, she, seeing her friends and benefactors gathered there, remained true to herself. Miss Jennie McGrath, who was in that number, remembered the scene to her old age. When Mother Maddalena came out and saw us, she approached us and said: ‘You have always been good to us; you must now be good to them.                             
                                                   Father Albert Kleber, OSB