1867 - November 5, Rev. Joseph Bihn begins account for Citizens Hospital and Orphan Asylum with $5,000 paid for farm.
1867 - November 9 - First property deed is signed by Father Bihn for the purchase of 58 acres of land from Dr. Freeman E.......
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Until 1936, orphans, along with elderly men and women, were very much part of the life at the Citizens Hospital and Orphan Asylum. The children were busy. They studied for their classes. Some took music lessons. Siblings kept track of each other. They played.......
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Along with caring for the elderly, St. Francis Home (Citizens Hospital and Orphan Asylum) was founded to care for orphans. When the widow, Elizabeth Schaefer, moved on March 1, 1868, with her two daughters and her father to the farmhouse on the land Father......
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St. Francis Home grew in the number of residents after its founding in 1869. Between 1871 and 1888, the Home (Citizens Hospital and Orphan Asylum) purchased over 400 acres of land to help support and clothe all who came and to educate the orphans.......
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The new St. Francis Home grew. The first five years of the new Home saw the number of Sisters grow to 16 Sisters, 49 orphans from 31 families being received, a community of religous Brothers being established, and more older men and women making......
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A yearlong celebration is planned to mark the foundation of the Sisters of St. Francis and of St. Francis Home 150 years ago. June 4, 1869, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, was the foundation date, but already in 1867, the pastor of St.......
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