Don Divo Barsotti was not afraid of declaring, in intense autobiographical tones, on his last visit to the nuns of Careggi: «Saint Maria Maddalena lives her mission of love for us… That is why I would like to entrust myself and all the community of San Sergio to Saint Maria Maddalena… She has been my friend, my help, my light on my way through life. We thank her so much for this. I would never have thought that here below we might be given a living and profound experience, especially one divine»
4. D. Barsotti, Riflessioni [Reflections] (12 July 2005), transcript, Careggi 2005.