March 28,1965 Mrs. Marie Ann Beaudion writes:
Dear father Palm, I must tell you that I thought the world of Little Rose. Every time you would go into her room, you would think you were in heaven and there was something that would draw you into that room. When I saw her, I said there was something not ordinary about her. It could not have been ordinary for all that she went through. I have seen everything. I would go up at night and stay up with her. Around midnight she would start to suffer and I spent many nights and many days with Rose before and after her sufferings. I bathed her and gave her many personal attentions. I would see the wounds form and bleed and on the next day, Saturday they were gone, and I would bathe her often and could see her hands and there was a dark circle on each of her hands, and a dark circle on each of her feet, and side too. And on Friday it was stuck on her hair with blood and I could see the complete Crown of Thorns encircling her head and her hair was full of blood. I saw her Blood begin to bubble from Rose's eyes and saw it stop. I saw it stop and saw her eyes on the next days and they were clear and beautiful. At one day I went up in the morning and she just received a rose in a box and her mother opened the box, and I was alone with her mother and and her mother said "A rose for you, Rose", and Rose smiled and said "I asked Jesus if He would not send me one to see if he was satisfied with what I was doing". She would ask for a white Rose and she would ask for a red one and a white or red one would come from people she never asked. "To other people did Little Rose appear normal?" To you I said no. Rose had a beautiful face but her body was like a skeleton.
Louis Gagnier, 707 High St, Lonsdale R.I.
Rose cured me. I dropped by accident acid in my eye. My eye was way down to my check. The doctor gave up hope. Rose was blind 2 weeks because of me. Her mother told me that Rose took my blindness. The doctor said;" It must have been a miracle" But being a doctor, he could not give me an explanation.
I personally knew this man, who is now deceased, and this account in fact DID happen!
Mrs. Alcide Grenier (Jeannete Lemire) Pacoag R.I. Sept. 24, 1960
Before I got married I had seen Rose only once. It was a picture I'll never forget. I can't explian why. It was a very pleasant evening I spent with her and I enjoyed it very much, talking with her. I visited her often afterwards.
Father palm; Have ever prayed to her after she died?
Alcide; Yes, and I am still praying very night her Novena (after she died). I am saying the Novena to Little Rose every night. I think it is through her that I am feeling the way that I do today: cured of bleeding ulcers. I am sure that she helped me.
Mrs. Lidia LeBlond, Hospice St. Antoine Sept 24, 1960
I lived fifty years in the Holy Family parish. I knew the Rose family very well. I remember when Rose was received as a nun. I was not there because there were to many people. I asked Rose for medals to cure me, because I had headaches for 10 years. After she cured me I had no more headaches or stomach pains. I had said all kinds of prayers ut never got relieved. Then Rose put her hand on my forehead and my headache disappeared. Rose could not lift her hand, so I had to help her lift her hand on my forehead. I had headaches and indigestion and stomach pains. But the next day they were all gone. I have confidence in that little girl. I pray to her often. She is wonderful.
Entry; June 11, 2010
Mildred Coyne of St. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore MD reports her cure of tuberculosis, Oct 17, 1949
Until six weeks ago, I never heard of "Little Rose" Ferron. The following is an account of exactly what happened to me in the last six weeks. On August 19th, I was admitted to the above general hospital with active tuberculosis, cavitation present. About Sept 10th, the doctors decided that since all the most modern methods had failed to give me any improvement, they would operate, removing part or all the infected lung. Since the surgery was of a speculative nature, I began a novena to Our Lady of Fatima and Lipa, to whom I have great devotion, asking that I be spared the surgery. On the day following, a visitor in the hospital hearing my sorrow from another patient, came into my room and introduced herself and told me of "Little Rose" and to say that she was going to request a priest friend of hers to bless me with a relic of the stigmatic. I listened attentively but in all honesty, I thought she was a little overzealous. Then I began to think that maybe this perhaps was a sign from Our Lady. And told the nursing sister on the hall that I had told "Blessed Mother" that if she wished me to be cured by the intercession of "Little Rose" to allow for improvement or cure to occur on the day I was blessed with her relic. Frankly, I never expected to be blessed with a relic. Exactly 3 weeks later on September 22, 1949, a young Redemptorist priest from whom I never met, appeared in my room and announced he had been sent to bless me with a relic of Little Rose, which he proceeded to do. To my utter amazement, the doctor ordered an X-ray on the same day, the repot on which was that the diseased area had cleared, and the cavity closed. Since that time I remained under observation; my temperature normal; my cough has completely disappeared and yesterday I received notice of my medical discharge from this hospital. Since the occurrence of the above events I have had the privilege of acquiring a relic of my own. I have experienced the fragrance of roses several times. The following are the people who witnesses the experience. Sister Sr.M. Anaciete of St. Joseph's Hospital in Baltimore, MD Rev. Theopolus Hodek, C.ss.R St. Wenceslaus Rectory Baltimore MD. Mrs Elizabeth Grabus, Baltimore MD.
Entry: June 13, 2010
Little Rose at Menham, N.J. In the library 30 Ladies made the retreat at Villa Pauline. 15 of them received the fragrance of both incense and roses, not only from Rose's picture in the library, but also at the landing just outside Father Boyer's room. On Saturday evening after supper, I walked into the library. I stopped short....a most wonderful wave of incense and roses was drifting toward me. I wondered where it came from, and looked at the four or five girls sitting under Little Rose's picture. I tried to inquire about it, but hardly spoken two words when several of the girls started talking at once. They assured me the fragrance was coming from Rose's picture. The fragrance was heavenly! What an inspiring sight it was to see this group huddled beneath the picture like baby chicks under a mother's wing! Little Rose in California . Miss Catherine O'Day reports other manifestations of fragrance: The fragrance I received during my trip to California took place in the home of Mrs. Vivian Smyth, San Francisco who was instantly cured of nine months! Flow of blood by using water by using water used in washing of Little Rose's feet after her death.
(Father Palm was given a bottle of bath water, and he would mix 5-6 drops of in a small bottle of water and instructed those who were in need of help, to use this and pray to Rose for a cure)
O'Day writes; In the summer of 1947, during my vacation trip to San Francisco, I met Mrs. Benett, the mother of Vivian Smyth. I told her about Little Rose and promised to send her a book on Little Roses life "She wears a Crown of Thorns". I sent her the book. Shortly afterward, Mrs. Benett informed me of the serious illness of her daughter and feared that if "Little Rose" didn't help her that there was no hope for her recovery. I answered her letter that I would have a Mass said for Roses's canonization and that I would send he some of Rose's water.
The next letter from Mrs. Benett brought much joy for ir told of Vivian's instant cure from one application of the water. Both Vivian and her mother promised to work to make Little Rose better known.
Vivian wrote to me after that and we corresponded for nearly a year before we actually met during the summer of 1948. We spent the whole day together during which time we made plans for trips to Oakland ans Sacramento where Vivian had friends and relatives she wanted me to meet. She wished me to tell them about my trip to Roses's home and about the fragrance I received on my first trip up there. One evening during my stay with Vivian, about 30 women who were members of the Legion of Mary, came to hear Father Palm S.J. talk about Little Rose. Vivian came over to where I was sitting and whispered; "wouldn't it be wonderful if Rose favored these people with the fragrance?", I nodded "yes". She then added, "Let's go into another room and pray the Novena and we could still hear Father Palm as we closed the door. He was speaking about the fragrance he had received from the crucifix blessed by our Lord for Little Rose. When we joined the group again, Father Palm WA standing in the center of the front room and was drawing a pair of rosary beads from his pocket. He told how they had given off the fragrance of incense and roses. One of the women, Mrs Franklin Fisher, who was sitting at the other end of the room, stood up and said "Why Father, I was just going to ask you if the beads were made of rose petals because the fragrance of roses coming from them. Mrs. Fisher was twelve to fifteen feet away from Father at the time. Practically the whole group, with the exception of three or four persons, smelled different fragrances from both of the crucifixes that father Palm had. Some received the fragrance of incense and others of roses. I myself, received a very faint fragrance of roses from the large crucifix.
Needless to say they were all deeply impressed with the way Rose favored all of these people. I'm sure they will never forget it.