On October 27, 1875, Mother Maddalena Bentivoglio, the foundress of the Poor Clares in the United States, was told by Archbishop Wood of Philadelphia that he could not receive the Poor Clares in his diocese.  She wrote in her memoirs:

“Turning the corner of 18th Street, we passed the Cathedral, which we had not visited before. We entered to pour out our hearts before our dear Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, humbly entreating Him for light and strength. Looking around us we saw a beautiful painting of our Seraphic Patriarch S. Francis. Going on our knees, we fervently invoked our Blessed Father to aid us by his powerful intercession in heaven. Thus, comforted and strengthened, we left the Cathedral, ready to brave whatever new trials should be in store for us”

She was greatly disappointed, and it was several years of searching until a permanent foundation was finally made in Omaha.