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	FRANCISCIAN SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. ~~Arriving~~ in ~~Iowa City~~ in ~~1875,~~ the ~~sisters relocated to Dubuque after~~ Mother M. Xavier Termehr ~~happened~~ to ~~meet Bishop [[HENNESSY~~, ~~John\|John HENNESSY]]~~ on ~~a train ride~~.		FRANCISCIAN SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. The order originated in Herford, Germany in 1864 where the needs of homeless and hungry children became the focus of Mother Xavier Termehr. Soon other young women asked to join her. With the encouragement of the local pastor and bishop, the sisters staffed an orphanage and went to homes of the elderly who needed nursing care. They ministered on the battlefields of the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars. (1)

	~~Focusing their efforts~~ in ~~Iowa on the education of the children of German immigrants, the sisters also established an orphanage and home for women in the 600 block of Bluff Street~~. The order ~~also established hospitals including [[XAVIER HOSPITAL]] in Dubuque and others in LeMars, Iowa and Emporia~~, ~~Kansas~~.		In 1875 a new law ordered religious communities not involved in hospital work to either disband or emigrate. The order of 29 members wanted to remain a religious community, even though this meant exile. (2)

	Over the years the mission of the sisters changed. From being teachers, many worked closely in Dubuque with people from the Marshall Islands. Others raised money for building wells in Africa and South America.		A priest from Iowa who had visited the sisters invited them to Iowa City. They arrived September 8, 1875 and established the first Catholic orphanage in the state. They also nursed the sick in their homes and took English lessons. Bishop [[HENNESSY, John\|John HENNESSY]] of Dubuque met Mother Xavier and told her of his intent to open a German Catholic Orphan Asylum, and of his wish that they would take over this work. Mother Xavier and the rest of the order moved to Dubuque in December of 1878. (3)

			Once the sisters became proficient in speaking English, their services as teachers were requested by an ever-growing number of pastors and bishops. In 1876, sisters of the order were teaching in two schools and by 1915, 44 schools. In addition to teaching, they staffed a home for the aged, a boarding house for working women, the domestic service department of the Dubuque seminary, and a second orphan home in Sioux City, Iowa. (4) In Dubuque, the sisters established an orphanage and home for women in the 600 block of Bluff Street. The order established hospitals including [[XAVIER HOSPITAL]] in Dubuque and others in LeMars, Iowa and Emporia, Kansas. (5)

			Over the years the mission of the sisters in Dubuque changed. From being teachers, many worked closely in Dubuque with people from the Marshall Islands. Others raised money for building wells in Africa and South America. (6)

	Among the sisters in Dubuque was [[HUEWE, Helen\|Helen HUEWE]].		Among the sisters in Dubuque was [[HUEWE, Helen\|Helen HUEWE]].
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	Jacobson, Ben. "Strong Sisterhood," ''Telegraph Herald'', August 21, 2016, p. 6A		1. "History," Sisters of St. Francis. Online: http://www.osfdbq.org/who-we-are/history/

			2. Ibid.

			3. Ibid.

			4. Ibid.

			5. Jacobson, Ben. "Strong Sisterhood," ''Telegraph Herald'', August 21, 2016, p. 6A

			6. Ibid.

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	Over the years the mission of the sisters changed. From being teachers, many worked closely in Dubuque with people from the Marshall Islands. Others raised money for building wells in Africa and South America.		Over the years the mission of the sisters changed. From being teachers, many worked closely in Dubuque with people from the Marshall Islands. Others raised money for building wells in Africa and South America.

			Among the sisters in Dubuque was [[HUEWE, Helen\|Helen HUEWE]].

			The 1987 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 595 Clarke Dr.

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FRANCISCIAN SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. Arriving in Iowa City in 1875, the sisters relocated to Dubuque after Mother M. Xavier Termehr happened to meet Bishop [[HENNESSY, John|John HENNESSY]] on a train ride.

Focusing their efforts in Iowa on the education of the children of German immigrants, the sisters also established an orphanage and home for women in the 600 block of Bluff Street. The order also established hospitals including [[XAVIER HOSPITAL]] in Dubuque and others in LeMars, Iowa and Emporia, Kansas.

Over the years the mission of the sisters changed. From being teachers, many worked closely in Dubuque with people from the Marshall Islands. Others raised money for building wells in Africa and South America.

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Jacobson, Ben. "Strong Sisterhood," ''Telegraph Herald'', August 21, 2016, p. 6A

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