Subserie 01 - Alma Street

4 cm of textual records
1 photograph : col.

This subseries contains a history of the activities of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, during their ministry from Alma Street in London, Ontario. The Sisters of St. Joseph lived in two separate Community Houses on Alma Street. There are short historical summaries and drafts that document their work in the fields of healthcare, education, and counselling at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, St. Joseph’s Hospital Pediatric Centre, St. Joseph’s Hospice Palliative Care Unit, London Psychiatric Hospital, Diabetic Education Centre, Regional Cancer Centre Chemotherapy Department, Wellspring (a support center for people living with cancer), Internos/InterNos (a detoxification clinic, previously a home for teenaged girls), London-Middlesex Detention Centre (also referred as the London Jail), and Sir John A. MacDonald School in London, Ontario. The files in this subseries record the spiritual and social service work provided by the Sisters within the parishes of the Holy Cross Parish, St. Andrew’s Parish, St. John the Divine Parish, and St. Peter’s Parish. In addition, there is a photograph of the exterior of a Community House on Alma Street.