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This subseries contains advertisements and news clippings regarding the Canadian western missions in Alberta by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There are promotional materials, pamphlets, and news clippings from September 28 to October 3, 2011, that pay homage to the pastoral, health care, education, and social work of the Sisters. The subseries primarily concerns Service Through Christ, a statue that was part of the Catholic Sisters’ Legacy Recognition Project. The statue is located on the grounds of the Alberta Legislature building in Edmonton. The statue is a tribute that recognizes the Catholic Sisters of 74 congregations, including the Sisters of St. Joseph, in the caring of the sick, poor and disadvantaged in the cities, towns, and rural areas in Alberta. There is a printed letter, signed by six Bishops representing the Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories, dated September 28, 2011. The main topic of the letter is an announcement of an event for the unveiling of the statue. Also included are two printed event programs advertising the Catholic Sisters’ Legacy Recognition Project, one is for a Dedication Ceremony, and the other is for a Celebration Mass as part of the unveiling ceremonies.

This series documents the activities of the Alberta mission of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There are annals and historical summaries, reports, promotional materials, pamphlets, event programs, newspaper articles, correspondence, lists of Sisters on missions in western Canada, a photograph, and a digital video disc. These items showcase a legacy of mission work undertaken by the Sisters in pastoral care, education, and healthcare in the Archdiocese of Edmonton. There is a historical summary of mission activities from 1972 to 1983, authored by Sister Catherine Cunningham. Topics in this summary include teaching in the Edmonton catholic school district, social and cultural events in the region, celebrations, trips, retreats at Sylvan Lake, and the placement of new Sisters in the west. In addition, there is a compilation by Sister Cunningham titled, 50 Golden Years in Canada’s Golden West, with topics on the convents in the parishes of St. Bride’s and Sacred Heart in Alberta, Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, and Maple Ridge in British Columbia, as well as in Alberta hospitals at Rimbey, Killam, and Galahad. The compilation also contains newspaper articles on the Sisters’ professions at the Sacred Heart Convent in Edmonton with photographs of the Sisters and clergy. There are lists of names of the London Sisters who were stationed in the west and a 1926 photograph of the first group of Sisters to go west. The series also contains records on the Catholic Sisters’ Legacy Recognition Project conducted by the Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories. This includes the unveiling of the statue Service Through Christ, a 2011 Annual Report by Covenant Health, and the film A Legacy of Service – A Film in Honour of the Countless Women Religious Who have Served in the Province of Alberta for over 150 Years, directed by Eric Spoeth.

This subseries contains a digital video disc of the film A Legacy of Service – A Film in Honour of the Countless Women Religious Who have Served in the Province of Alberta for over 150 Years. The film was part of the Catholic Sisters’ Recognition Project, a production initiated by the Covenant Health, Canada’s largest Catholic health care organization to celebrate the contributions of religious women, including the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, to healthcare in Alberta. It was directed by Eric Spoeth.

There is a printed DVD cover with a photograph of a statue on the front, and a large group photograph of Sisters on the back. There is also a 2011 Annual report by the Covenant Health that covers the previous 2010 to 2011 year-in-review of accomplishments, celebrations, and service of the Catholic community in Canada. Inside the folder of the report is a loose-leaf letter dated December 2, 2011. The letter is an announcement of the collaboration between the Covenant Health and the Catholic community to pay tribute to the legacy of the Catholic Sisters in Alberta.

This subseries contains several historical summaries of the activities and events in the Archdiocese of Edmonton by the Congregation of the Sister of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. Of noteworthy consideration is a historical summary on the western houses in Alberta from 1972 to 1983, written by Sister Catherine Cunningham. Topics include the events and activities of the Sisters’ Canadian western mission in the field of education, such as: teacher meetings, school re-openings in September, open house visits and school reunions, and the Edmonton Catholic School District. Sister Cunningham also recorded day-to-day activities like celebrations, year-end outings, religious retreats and workshops, weather reports, spring house cleaning, Community days at Sylvan Lake cottage, the annual Klondike Days fair and exhibition, and the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. The summary also includes a list of Sisters who worked in the western missions, the transfer and appointments of Sisters and new apostolates, the funeral of Monsignor James Alexander MacLellan on January 24, 1981, and a map of the five dioceses of Alberta from 1912 to 1959. Sister Cunningham also compiled a report, 50 Golden Years in Canada’s Golden West. This report contains pages of printed photographs assembled as collages. The pictures comprise individual and group portraits of the Sisters formally dressed in their holy habits, as well as pictures of Archbishops, Reverend Fathers, and friends. This compilation also has an illustrated diagram, that include the names of 17 Sisters, each in a cross with their year of passing from 1945 to 1971; and it contains early news clippings from 1928, 1930, and 1933, on the religious ceremony, reception and profession of the Sisters at the Sacred Heart Convent in Edmonton. This subseries has two notebooks, one dated from January 2, 1933, to October 8, 1938, and the other dated from July 30, 1938, to August 27, 1940, about the activities of the Sisters at the Sacred Heart Convent. In addition, there is a historical summary from 1650 to 1997, that has several printed pictures of the Sisters. The author of these documents is unknown.