Subserie 23 - 485 Windermere Road

12 cm of textual records
6 photographs : col.

This subseries primarily contains a history of the activities and events by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario at St. Joseph’s Residence at 485 Windermere Road, London. This became the Sisters’ primary residence in 2007. It was the first facility in the City of London to achieve Gold Certification under the Canada Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system. Sister Donna Quinlan wrote the annals from 2009 to 2011, and Sister Mary Lillian Kuntz from January 1 to December 31, 2012. Sister Donna Quinlan and Sister Mary Lillian Kuntz recorded various meetings such as House Meetings, Futuring Team Core Members Meetings, Federation Ecology Committee Meetings, Liturgy Meetings, Transition Team Meetings, Chapter Planning Committee Meetings, Material Resources Committee Meetings, Website Committee Meetings, Food Committee Meetings, Eating Locally Committee Meetings, Future of Medaille House Meetings, and Truth and Reconciliation Meetings. The Sisters also wrote about the community participating in various thematic retreats, conferences, and workshops. This subseries documents collaborative community projects undertaken at St. Joseph’s Residence, such as the Environmental Leadership Program with the Catholic Central High School, and a Falls Research Study with physiotherapy students at University of Western Ontario in London.

This subseries event program brochures for the Rite of Dedication at St. Joseph’s Chapel in 2007 and for the Sisters of St. Joseph Associate Commitment and Missioning in 2008. There is a printed handout related to the LEED® rating system, a speech given by Sister Margo Ritchie at the Installation Ritual of the 2007 to 2011 Leadership Team, and an invitation for St. Anne Catholic School’s 50th Anniversary. There are also photographs depicting the construction of the residence.

In addition, there is an oversize bound volume titled Chronicles of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Diocese of London, Ontario. This bound volume contains information starting from the early foundational history of the arrival of the Sisters of St. Joseph to London, Ontario, golden jubilees, obituaries, apostolic briefs, ceremonies of reception, first vows, and profession. It documents various openings such as the Maidstone Mission in 1930, the New Wing of St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1931, and the opening of the Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse in 1954. It also contains letters from Sisters in Rome, Italy and Bordeaux, France. The is also another bound volume titled Archives and Obituary Notices 1868-1947. It contains records related to the Mount Hope Orphanage and has lists of deceased Sisters. It also has notes, correspondence, obituaries, news clippings, Minutes of Elections in the years 1920, 1923, 1929, and 1935, as well as the General Chapter Minutes and a Financial Report in 1935, that are pasted inside.