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St. Francis, Blessed Sacrament begin search for new principals for 2022-23 school year

May 9, 2022 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Two Quincy parochial grade schools are looking for new principals for the 2022-23 school year. Lori Shepard announced her resignation as the principal of St. Francis Solanus School in a March 14 letter. She taught art and religion and was the campus minister at Quincy Notre Dame for 18 years, then served as […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: Blessed Sacrament, Christie Bliven, Lori Shepard, St. Francis School

The St. Francis School Fire of 1899: Consider a donation to the 12 Little Angels Collection

December 6, 2021 — by Muddy River News

St. Francis Solanus Parish has a “12 Little Angels Collection” to honor the girls lost in the fire. The funds provide tuition assistance to children attending St. Francis School.

Filed Under: Local Matters, Quincy Tagged With: St. Francis Church, St. Francis Fire, St. Francis School, St. Francis School fire

The St. Francis School Fire of 1899: Grief and Sacrifice

December 6, 2021 — by Carolyn Freas Rapp, Muddy River News Contributor

This is the final part of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: St. Francis Church, St. Francis School, St. Francis School fire

The St. Francis School Fire of 1899: A City Mourns

December 5, 2021 — by Carolyn Freas Rapp, Muddy River News Contributor

(This is the fifth of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.)  Read Part 1: Prosperous Quincy of 1899 Read Part 2: Christmas is Coming to Quincy Read Part 3: The Cry of Fire Read […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: St. Francis Church, St. Francis School, St. Francis School fire

The St. Francis School Fire of 1899: Gripping Disaster

December 4, 2021 — by Carolyn Freas Rapp, Muddy River News Contributor

(This is the fourth of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.)  Read Part 1: Prosperous Quincy of 1899 Read Part 2: Christmas is Coming to Quincy Read Part 3: The Cry of Fire All […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories, Uncategorized Tagged With: St. Francis Church, St. Francis Fire, St. Francis School, St. Francis School fire

The St. Francis School fire of 1899: Quincy was prosperous, growing and looking forward to Christmas

December 1, 2021 — by Carolyn Freas Rapp, Muddy River News Contributor

(This is the first of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.) This story takes place 122 years ago, on Dec. 22, 1899. The event, which people still remember more than a    century later, […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: St. Francis Church, St. Francis School, St. Francis School fire

School children to be protected by street closure near St. Francis Church

May 12, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Father Steven Arisman, pastor at St. Francis Solanus Church, vividly remembers the first time he realized something needed to be done about traffic on a stretch of College Street that runs from 17th to 18th Street between the church and the grade school. “There was one lady who (turned west off 18th Street), […]

Filed Under: Commmunities, Noteworthy, Quincy, Top Stories Tagged With: Amy Stevens, Chuck Bevelheimer, Dan Brink, Father Steven Arisman, St. Francis Church, St. Francis School, street closure, Underbrink's Bakery

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