St. Francis Normal became a four-year, state approved institution, which became Marian College. In 1937, Mother Clarissa Dillhoff, who had led the community since 1926, took the preposterous step to move Marian College from Oldenburg to the site of the former Allison estate in Indianapolis. This venture was undertaken to provide college education for lay women. Accredited by the Indiana State Department of Education in 1944, Marian became the state s first Catholic co-educational college in 1954 and continues today as a liberal arts college with strong professional programs. Throughout almost a century and a half, in the spirit of the young Mother Theresa Hackelmeier, the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis have continued to venture courageously from Oldenburg to carry out the Catholic Church s vital mission to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Mother is welcomed in New York.
Arrival in Oldenburg . Mother Antonia plants seeds for future . Prof. Probest instructs Sisters in pedagogics . Sisters kept perpetual adoration . Orphans were taught many skills .