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This series contains a historical summary of the activities of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario at the Elginfield Novitiate House in the community of Elginfield, Ontario. Novice Sisters Teresa Ryan, Suzanne Chevalier, Kathy O’Keefe, and Sister Rosary Fallon resided at the Novitiate House in Elginfield from December 2, 2000, to August 24, 2002. This series chronicles the events and activities of the novices during their novitiate. The annals includes topics such as attending retreats; workshops and classes in preparation of first vows; listening to presentations on the mission, ministry and charism of the Sisters of St. Joseph; going to lectures at Brescia College and King’s University College in London, Ontario; dialogue around the concept of religious community; participating in inter-community classes with the Good Shepherd Sisters in Toronto, Ontario; learning to set up living wills; helping to organize World Youth Days in parish activities in Lucan; travelling to North Bay, Ontario, for the 150th anniversary of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph; organizing an open house at the Novitiate House; and discussing current affairs such as the news of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City, USA. The historical summary also records more mundane activities, such as on moving in and out of Elginfield; the comings and goings of visitors to the Novitiate House; celebrating birthdays, Winter Solstice, and Christmas; and house repairs and general upkeep, including maintenance of the well, replacing the refrigerator timer, repairing the security sensor lights, grass resodding of the back lawn, cleaning out a bird’s nest in the kitchen exhaust fan, and the installation of five new windows.