In the presence of the Postulator Fr. Aquilino Reichert OFM Conv, the Bishop of the Diocese, the Vicar General Sr. M. Bernarda Hümpfner and the former Superior General Sr. M. Johanna Ankenbrand, the tomb that kept the mortal remains of Mother Frances was opened. In opening the coffin, the Servant of God's body was found intact, it was placed in a new wooden box and buried again in the cemetery of Castel Sant'Elia.