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The Sisters of St. Francis celebrated their 150th anniversary Friday morning with a 10 a.m. mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tiffin.
Bishop Daniel Thomas of the Catholic Diocese of Toledo led the celebratory mass and lauded the Sisters’ legacy in his homily and......
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When St. Francis Home / St. Francis Orphanage, that is, the Citizens’ Hospital and Orphan Asylum, was founded 150 years ago, most of those who came were from the Tiffin area, but after 1871 when a new building was built, they came from all......
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WHEREAS, IN 1867 at the height of immigration from Europe and the aftermath of the Civil War in the U.S., Fr. Joseph Bihn, Pastor of St. Joseph in Tiffin, Ohio, purchased land to provide a home for orphans and elders....
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PUTNAM COUNTY — The Sisters of St. Francis in Tiffin, Ohio is currently celebrating the 150th Anniversary of its founding. Over the years, a significant number of their ranks have come from this area. 17 of the 19 Sisters shared answers to the questions......
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Appreciative of the values they learned growing up in a rural area, thankful for the teachers they themselves had, many of whom were also Sisters, and in possession of a deep faith that only seems to have grown with time - there are many......
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Charity, simplicity, hospitality and joy !
These are gifts we always want to share....
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From 1869 until 1936 when it closed, the orphans at Citizens Hospital and Orphan Asylum, more popularly known as St Francis Orphanage and St. Francis Home, were busy, but not all was work.
One job the girls were assigned to, taking turns, was to pump......
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