Mother Mary Magdalene, Sr. Rita of the Holy Spirit and Padre Pio

  
 



After the serious accident that took place in the seventies and the extraordinary grace granted by Padre Pio, Margareth Mathers (future Mother Mary Magdalene) went back to San Giovanni Rotondo several times together with English pilgrims. On one occasion she saw again Padre Pio, as solid as living flesh, standing in front of this Confessional. She used to tell everyone that he urged her to be "obedient".
22 May 2007. Funeral of Mother Mary Magdalene in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy). People felt the spiritual presence of Sr. Rita of the Holy Spirit. Mother Mary Magdalene heard about her from her novice Sr. Maria Veronica, whose grand-parents lived in Cercola (Naples) before the second world war and received frequent visits from Cristina Montella (Sr. Rita). Mother Mary Magdalene admired the heroical holiness of Sr.Rita. It was her wish to spread the news on Sr. Rita among the English catholic, but she was prevented by death.