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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