Early in 1845, Bayley had the opportunity of visiting Mount Saint Mary's and St. Joseph's in Emmitsburg, where Mother Xavier introduced him to the assembled community, and he spoke to them about his affectionate devotion to the memory of his revered aunt, Mother Seton. The next day, Sister Sally Thompson, one of the seven women who had first come there with Mother Seton in 1809, showed him around the premises and pointed out every interesting spot, such as the room where Mother Seton died and her grave in the cemetery. "The memory of her virtues is as fresh as if she had left them but yesterday," Bayley wrote, "and all spoke of them in that simple unaffected manner that showed they had left an impression on their hearts never to be effaced—'the memory of the good is as a sweet odour.'"