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Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania Photograph of First Convent
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Title
Sisters
of
St
.
Francis
of
Sylvania
Photograph
of
First
Convent
Subject
Education
Ohio Women
Religion in Ohio
Nuns
Churches
Catholic Church
Place
Toledo (Ohio)
Sylvania (Ohio)
Lucas County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
the
original
residence
of the
Sisters
of
St
.
Francis
,
which
was in the
former
St
.
Benedict
Church
on
Dexter
Street
in
Toledo
,
Ohio
. The
sisters
lived
on the
second
floor
and
classes
were
conducted
on the
first
floor
. In
August
1917
, the
congregation
purchased
89
acres
of
land
in
Sylvania
,
Ohio
,
which
is
now
the
Franciscan
campus
. The
photograph
measures
6.5
"
x
6
"
(16.51
x
15.24
cm)
. A
new
Franciscan
community
was
formed
on
December
8
,
1916
, in the
diocese
of
Toledo
,
Ohio
at the
request
of the
Most
Reverend
Bishop
Joseph
Schrembs
. There was at the
time
a
lack
of
trained
teachers
to
educate
a
large
number
of
Polish
immigrants
in the
area
. The
new
foundation
was
formed
by the
Sisters
of
St
.
Francis
of
Rochester
,
Minnesota
,
who
ran
St
.
Hedwig
School
in
Toledo
. The
sisters
who
were
sent
to
staff
two
small
schools
opening
in the
area
constituted
the
twenty-three
member
nucleus
of the
new
foundation
, and
Sister
M
.
Adelaide
was
chosen
to
lead
the
new
community
. By
2002
the
Sisters
of
St
.
Francis
of
Sylvania
,
Ohio
numbered
252
members
,
who
were
engaged
in
teaching
,
healthcare
,
parish
work
, and
other
ministries
throughout
the
United
States
and
Haiti
.
Date of Original
1916
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Sisters of St. Francis
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1673_1820948_001.tif
Image Height
2225
Image Width
2727
File Size
1916.155 KB
Format
picture
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