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Mother Margaret Coughlin, the General Superior from 1947-1959, wrote monthly letters addressed to the local Sister Superiors and Sisters. These newsletters contain rules about Sisters’ activities, such as prayers and chapel decorum, and permissions related to the vow of poverty. Mother Margaret also wrote about Superiors’ meetings, Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse activity, the School of Music, Mount St. Joseph Academy briefs, and academic achievements.

This subseries is made up of email correspondence from the leadership team to the congregation. It contains updates on Sisters’ activities as well as news from the transition team who were managing the changes that resulted from the amalgamation of the four congregations, which took place in 2012. Updates in these newsletters pertained to the collaboration with the hospice in London, the management of the technological aspects of amalgamating four different congregations, and an affirmation of the importance of spiritual ministry in London after the closing of the Medaille Retreat House.

This subseries contains a single newsletter with information on staffing changes, retreats, Sisters moving to new residences, and notices of jubilees. There is also information on a workshop hosted by the Council General Treasurer and the Congregational Leadership Circle attending the Canadian Religious Conference.

The Transition Team for the amalgamation of the four separate congregations in Hamilton, London, Peterborough and Pembroke, authored this newsletter. News items concern the process of deciding the name of the new congregation, legal issues, various committees giving updates on their part of the process, and the development of a new website for the amalgamated congregation.