150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—January
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...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—December
Father Bihn, who with Elizabeth Schaefer, founded St. Francis Home, had specified that the aged who came to St. Francis Home were to pay a nominal sum to help defray...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—November
As pastor of St. Joseph Church inTiffin, Father Joseph Bihn saw the need after the Civil War not only to provide a home for poor children, but also a home...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—October
The orphanage at St. Francis closed in 1936. By 1935, the number of orphans being cared for in all orphanages was decreasing yearly, largely because of the provision in...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—September
Alongside the education of the children of St. Francis Orphanage in school subjects, the spiritual life of the children who came was not neglected. Father Bihn had directed that...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—August
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...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—July
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...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—June
From 1869 until 1936 when it closed, the orphans at Citizens Hospital and Orphan Asylum, more popularly known as St Francis Orphanage and St. Francis Home, were busy, but not...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—May
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...
150 Anniversary, Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Corner—April
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,...