Mother Maddalena recorded in her Annals for this day in 1895. (As much as possible, it is recounted in her broken English):
Sunday. The Catholic Knights of America were reunited in Omaha. In the evening at 8 o'clock the doors were closed, ready to go to bed. Very Rev. Fr. W. Choca V. G. accompany the Most Rev. Archbp. Gross of Oregon, he was in Omaha on occasion of the Catholic Nights, been their chaplain. We show them the choir opened the N.B. Sacrament after the Archbp. gave us an instruction on the Blessed Virgin, imitating St. Alphonsus Liguori he been a Redemptorist Father, the instruction was beautiful, and animated us to love our good heavenly Mother our only hope and guide in this Valley of tears after we went in the Community room where they sit and recounted us many facts, etc., We were all very pleased, he show, & told us that he would like to have in his Diocese a Community like ours, dedicated to prayer, and he hope it will be in the near future, he gave us his ring to kiss, and Rev. Mother was blessing with it many Sisters, we were all very happy as the M. Rev. Archp, was very fatherly with us.