Souvenir Postcard

ID: 743 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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The architectural beauty of St. Francis is highlighted in this postcard issued as part of a series depicting Waco's historical buildings.

This file appears in: St. Francis on the Brazos

St. Francis on the Brazos

By Amanda Sawyer

The founding of St. Francis on the Brazos in 1924 marked the return of Franciscan missionaries to central Texas after a century’s absence. At the invitation of Rev. C.E. Byrne, the bishop of Galveston, Spanish Franciscan missionaries settled in Waco…