Mrs. Lucia Caramello, a poor Italian woman who knew Mother Maddalena, said: Mother Maddalena was very charitable, She gave food and clothing to our family. When my youngest boy made his First Communion, Mother Maddalena bought his clothes for the occasion. She impressed me as being a very holy woman. She was not proud, but very, very humble and simple. She ought to be canonized for all the good she did to our family.