Year 1931. Twenty years after her death, Mother Frances was more alive than ever in the hearts of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother. And not only in them. Her holy life was embedded and preserved with silent reserve in the memory of many who had known her.
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In Castel Sant'Elia, the town where she spent the last years of her life and where she died, everyone still remembered the devout whisperings of the people who, on the day of her funeral, said, "Mother Frances does not need our prayers. She is a saint, and she is the one who must pray for us".
 
"A saint"; this unanimous certainty, which we call "fame of holiness", was the bold push to initiate Mother Frances' beatification process.
 
Let us relate the facts: In 1931, the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother elected Sr. M. Wendelina Bauer, a great admirer of Mother Frances' holy life, as General Superior. The new Superior immediately asked the delegates for their opinion on whether the first steps should be taken to open the Foundress’ beatification process.
 
Sr. Kiliana Jacobowski wrote: "The General Superior’s announcement aroused great joy in the hearts of the delegates.” Most of the sisters gathered in Rome for the General Chapter had known Mother Frances personally and had witnessed the holiness of her life.
​In this atmosphere of joy and enthusiasm the process of the beatification and canonization of Mother Frances soon began. The requirements for the introduction of the cause were all there: the exemplarity of life, the positive influence of the rich virtues, apostolic fruitfulness, and an edifying death.