TIMELINE OF THE PROCESS

After a lapse of twenty-five years, Rev. M. Maria Catalina Dychitan, RVM became the 4th Superior General in 1956. A definitive step was undertaken to retrieve the mortal remains of Mother Ignacia.  Excavation started on 30 August 1957 at the Pamantasan Ng Maynila, the former site of the Jesuit institutions during the 17th century, where Mother Ignacia was believed to have been buried.  After seven months of digging without positive results, the work was stopped.