St. Francis Home, although in a new building in 1961, was a “home for the aged” rather than a “nursing” home just as it had been from its founding. The original requirement for entrance into the Home, in fact, was being able to walk......
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Father Bihn, who with Elizabeth Schaefer, founded St. Francis Home, had specified that the aged who...
Continue Reading As pastor of St. Joseph Church inTiffin, Father Joseph Bihn saw the need after the Civil...
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Pictures from our 150th anniversary open house celebration on October 3rd.
Continue Reading The orphanage at St. Francis closed in 1936. By 1935, the number of orphans being...
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Clear Night, Bright Star by Sister Jane Frances Omlor is now published and is available to...
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The celebration began with an opening song and prayer in the St. Francis Convent Chapel followed...
Continue Reading Since its beginnings in 1869 caring for displaced orphans and elderly people after the Civil War...
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Alongside the education of the children of St. Francis Orphanage in school subjects, the spiritual life...
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