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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 built in 1890 on the site of the first farmhouse, and that for grades......
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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 of Toledo, presided in celebrating the Holy Eucharist....
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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. Francis of Tiffin, OH. “That the Lord may continue to speak through our hearts.......
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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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