 She returned to New York City briefly, only to go back to Rome, where, on 25 March 1904, she was welcomed as a guest by the nuns of the Carmelite monastery housed there; Mother Hedwig – the prioress – welcomed her after hesitating to accept her due to her weak health.However, she allowed her on the condition of a period of probation.Yet it was at this point she fell gravely ill and even had to receive the Extreme Unction.