Veronica left a framed memento of a very unusual event that occurred after a June 1972 vigil, which she described as follows:

"In June, 1972, after a vigil Mr. and Mrs. Fisher were at my apartment at 226-15A 69 Ave., Bayside, Queens, N.Y. when at approximately 12:52 a.m. a knock came upon the door, and standing on the stoop were several teen-aged young people who had hitch-hiked from Boston and Michigan to attend the vigil, but arrived too late. Feeling sorry for them, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and Veronica decided to take them back to the vigil site at St. Robert's to pray where our Blessed Mother had just appeared.

As they all said the Rosary, one of the Fishers, in shock (kneeling over to the left side of the statue by the flagpole) called to us, "come here!" And the youngsters and Veronica went over to see what was happening. There up on the flagpole and extending outward was a nun! From the chest up in view, looking down with a frown towards the convent or the new church building.

Saint Dominic appeared twenty minutes after Saint Rita 'evaporated' out of sight.

Witnessed by Veronica and Nicky Pera."

Later, Veronica wrote a note to the Fishers:

July 7, 1972

Dear Children of Mary:

The nun who appeared to us had a cross in her hands. This nun was not Saint Theresa or the Benedictine nun bilocating. The nun was Saint Rita of Cascia, a widow with two sons who later entered the Augustinian order convent at Cascia. She prayed for the conversion of sinners, those who lead lives of sin, particularly sins against Faith, such as leaving the one true Church and practicing a false religion, willful doubt, disbelief, denial, ignorance, and those who commit sin by exposing their Faith to danger.

Now we know why she came to us. Many saints are coming down.

Praise God and His holy name always.

Your loving friend in Christ,

Veronica J-M-J-T

P.S. I thought that the saint looked too old for Theresa, and there were no roses on her cross. I should have known.

[On December 24, 1972, Veronica told the pilgrims during the Vigil:]

Veronica: But the feast days, too—oh, I have another thing to tell you. You should come on the feast days because Our Lady is here all day on Her feast days. Oh, yes. We've had people come on the feast days, and miraculous things have happened. We had a nun, a nun—Saint Rita of Cascia appeared, and there are people to attest to that. We were very much shocked. We came on the feast day and Saint Rita of Cascia appeared to Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. They live in Verona, New Jersey. And myself and three little girls—young girls that had hitch-hiked all the way from Michigan to come to the Shrine, they also saw Saint Rita of Cascia.

And that evening I was so anxious, I was so anxious to tell my neighbor and bring her up because Saint Rita was here for hours, at the other side of the flagpole. When we came up again, we just arrived in time—three o'clock in the morning on the feast day—to see Saint Rita like fading away. It was just like evaporating. But then instead, all of a sudden we saw—there's no human way to explain it—this figure coming out. And then I knew later on it was Saint Dominic. And I can give you the name of the people that saw that. My neighbor—her name is Vicky P.—was with me at the time when Saint Dominic appeared, and she almost fainted right on the grass, it was such a shock to her. I thought it was quite funny.