School was very much a part of an orphan’s life at St. Francis.  One former orphan remembered the classroom for grades 1-4 was on the ground floor of the school...



150th Anniversary of the Sisters of St. Francis of Tiffin, Ohio. Mass was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church in Tiffin on June 28, 2019. Bishop Daniel Thomas, of the Diocese...



TIFFIN — “We ask for the great blessing,” said Bishop Daniel E. Thomas last Friday, June 28, during a special Mass recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Sisters of St....



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...



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...



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,...



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...



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...