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This series contains records concerning the involvement of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the London diocese in education in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. There are three yearbooks from St. Patrick’s School where the Sisters worked as principals, teachers, and librarians. The yearbooks contain photographs and information on the students, staff, school activities, St. Patrick’s Church, St. Joseph’s Convent, Norman Byrne’s (chairman of the Separate School Board) reception of the Bene Merenti Medal, and advertisements from local businesses. The school began a mining course for high school seniors in the 1961-1962 school year and it is highlighted in two of the yearbooks. Since mining was so important to the community, with two gold mines located in Yellowknife at the time, one of the yearbooks is titled Au-197 as “Au” is the Latin abbreviation of gold and 197 is gold’s atomic composition by weight.

This series contains chronicles documenting the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario from 1853 to 1979. The records are chronological accounts of daily life and major events at specific locations. Most include an index or chapter list. Several of the chronicles have photographs, correspondence, event programs, and news clippings pasted or tucked within. One chronicle, “Sacred Heart Convent Motherhouse 1950-1952 X9”, is made up almost entirely of news clippings. Some also have transcriptions of relevant correspondence included, such as letters about the founding of the Sisters of St. Joseph in North America. The chronicles are a mix of primary recollections and secondary summaries of history.

Several of the chronicles were compiled, written, and collected by Sister Genvieve Hennessey. Variations of these chronicles are included, some of which are annotated, and there are inconsistencies between the versions. Sister Genevieve’s the “Chronicles of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London,” recounts the Sisters’ history from 1868 to 1928, the “Diamond Jubilee Books,” recount the Sisters’ history from 1868 to 1928 and 1933, and there is an addendum added to some versions of each volume which provide accounts up to 1954. Among these histories, there are also accounts by Mother Margaret Coughlin, Sister Placidia Walsh, and Sister Callistus Arnsby which detail local activities and pilgrimages to Rome and France.

The chronicles frequently note religious events and internal activities of the community such as receptions and professions, jubilees, election of congregational leaders, ordinations, changes to habits, and visits of prominent religious figures. Other topics concern the Sisters’ missions and ministries, such as travel arrangements, properties, events for the orphans, and the Sisters’ involvement in healthcare and education. Deaths of Sisters, clergy, and prominent figures, such as King George VI are also frequently mentioned, sometimes with the obituaries included. Local disasters and events are also frequent topics, such as the 1881 Victoria Steamboat Disaster, the 1925 fire at Mount St. Joseph, the 1929 fire at the Ingersoll convent, the 1935 earthquake, the 1937 flood of the Thames River, the first provincial election at which the Sisters voted in 1937, and the smog from the 1950 Alberta wildfires. There are also mentions of global events, particularly those that impacted the Sisters’ and their missions.

This series contains records concerning the involvement of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the London diocese in the field of education in St. Thomas, Ontario. While the records mention interactions with the Elgin County Roman Catholic Separate School Board and other schools in St. Thomas, the records in this series are all from or about St. Joseph’s High School. Material includes a feasibility study, yearbooks, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, and drama festival programs. The correspondence primarily concerns administration, funding, alumni events, and the Sisters who worked at the school. The major topics of the material are the Sisters’ employment, administrative concerns, the school’s drama department, and coordination of alumni events. There is also an annotated script for the play TUB by James W. Nichol, which the school performed in 1971.

This series contains the annals of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, regarding their missions and ministries at different residences in London. These include a range of accommodations such as bungalows, split-level homes, townhouses, and high-rise apartments in the region and are referred to as Community Houses, Community Homes, or Community Apartments. The series provides a window into the leadership, administrative and support roles assigned to or voluntarily taken up by the Sisters and the services they provided in the field of healthcare, education, social welfare, and spiritual care. The records present document the Sisters work in collaboration with and for a range of organizations, including hospitals and infirmaries, specialized medical clinics in psychiatry and pediatrics, nursing homes and long-term care residences, neighborhood social welfare and community centers, correctional facilities and prisons, elementary schools and high schools, colleges and universities, and parish churches. Other examples documented include the Sisters of St. Joseph’s outreach ministry abroad, such as the Dominican Republic, South Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, and Perú.

The series also contains records of the administrative work performed by the Sisters associated with the daily functioning, programming, and future planning of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, such as records from committees and retreats. This series also documents an assortment of other Community House activities related to the Sisters’ ministry like engaging in professional and spiritual development, pursuing higher education degrees, organizing celebrations, Jubilees, funerals, departure ceremonies for missions in Perú, fundraising, preparations for auction sales and bazaars, as well as attending religious events and Sisters reception and profession ceremonies.

The records in this series include historical summaries, news clippings, correspondence, and lists of Sisters. In addition, this series contains one scrapbook, one bound volume, two photo albums, and loose photographs.

This series contains the history of Josephs’ House that was founded and operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. Josephs’ House served as initial interim accommodation for newly arrived refugees sponsored by the Community and refugee claimants who landed in London. The Sisters resettled sponsored refugees and assisted refugee claimants towards gaining permanent residency through the Canadian citizenship and immigration process. This series contains short histories, correspondence, lists of refugees, news clippings, and a photograph all related to the refugee ministry at Josephs’ House in London, Ontario. In addition, there is a photo album that contains photographs and negatives depicting Sisters, priests, construction workers, refugees, and volunteers at Josephs’ House on Dundas Street East in London, Ontario. The photographs depict different rooms inside the house, as well as the exterior and interior renovations at Josephs’ House. There are photographs of the residents at Josephs’ House participating in different activities such as: children playing with toys, having fun in the snow, and decorating a Christmas tree; students studying the English language, preparing meals, and rearranging furniture; and Sisters performing various household tasks. There are also photographs of celebrations, social gatherings, holidays, and trips to Gibbons Park and Storybook Gardens in London, Wildwood Conservation Area in St. Mary’s, Niagara Falls, and Ottawa.

This series consists of some brief information by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario during their ministry at St. Peter’s Seminary in London, from 1912 to 1980. There are several lists of the Sisters of St. Joseph on staff who were stationed at St. Peter’s Seminary and employed in housekeeping from 1912 to 1980. There is correspondence from 1967 to 1970 addressed to Mother M. Julia (Cecilia) Moore and letters dated from 1972 to 1973 addressed to Mother Mary Brendan. These are concerning the financial administration of the Sisters’ employment at St. Peter’s Seminary. There is also correspondence from 2005 and 2018, from Katsu Iguchi, a survivor of the Japanese internment camps in British Columbia, wishing the Sisters of St. Joseph a happy Christmas and thanking them for the care they gave him while working at St. Peter’s Seminary. There are news clippings from St. Peter’s Seminary, The Alumni Bulletin, related to the work of the Sisters, and their move from the Seminary to Mount St. Joseph (also referred to as the Motherhouse). In addition, there is a landscape photograph of the front exterior of St. Peter’s Seminary in 1926, and a close-up photograph of a commemorative plaque that was presented to the Sisters of St. Joseph.

This series contains a history of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario’s Holy Family Retreat House mission in Oxley, part of the urban community of Harrow within the town of Essex, Ontario. The Holy Family Retreat House served as a spiritual center for individuals or groups and provided overnight accommodation and kitchen service. The Sisters lived on site and took professional care of the sprawling property located on the shores of Oxley Beach from 1950 to 1959. This series contains a song sheet of hymns, and an invitation announcement to a book launch honouring former directors, staff, and supporters of the Holy Family Retreat House. In addition, there are photographs of the exterior back patio and the chapel inside the Holy Family Retreat House, which features a hanging wall relief carved in wood by John Rylko.

This series contains the chronicles of the mission at Pain Court, Ontario by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. The Sisters lived at St. Joseph’s Convent in the parish of Pain Court and taught a bilingual French and English educational program to French native speaking students at Dover Number 3 and St. Catherine’s School from 1923 to 1950. There is a short history on the founding of the early French settlement in the parish of Pain Court from 1728 to 1922. Records in the chronicles document varied lessons in music, art, and religion that the Sisters instructed and the school activities they participated in such as picnics at Rondeau Park and field trips to a printing press and sugar factory in Chatham, Ontario. In the chronicles there are several lists: a list of Sisters stationed at Pain Court from 1923 to 1950, a list of priests who served in Pain Court from 1728 to 1980, and a 1922 list in French of donors and their donations (statues, cross, ciborium, missal, chasuble, pedestal, balustrade, lamps, chandelier, and altar stone, linen, and tablecloths). This series also contains correspondence from Sister M. St. Anne to the Sacred Heart Convent, London, related to a road traffic accident involving Reverend Mother Constance Dunn, Sister Hilda Brossoit, and Miss Page of the Windsor Catholic Children’s Aid Society and correspondence requesting the loan of a traditional habit for a historical play. There are news clippings related to a 1937 fire that burnt down the Immaculée (Immaculate) Conception Church, the 1980 Québec referendum, and French-Canadian culture thriving at Pain Court. There are several postcards featuring the Immaculée Conception Church with St. Joseph’s Convent in the background. In addition, there are photographs depicting the exterior of St. Joseph’s Convent, the Immaculée Conception Church engulfed in flames, Sister Anne Marie Renaud’s Grade 8 students participating in school events, the St. Thérèse Sodality junior group, first communions, Saint Jean de Baptiste celebration, and Father L’Heureux at Belle River in 1925.

This series contains the records from the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's ministry in Tillsonburg, Ontario. Tillsonburg is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, and Attawandaron. The Sisters of St. Joseph of London came to Tillsonburg in 1937 and opened a religious vacation school to teach catechetics. Later that year, construction began on converting a church into a school and the Somer family sold their home on Venison Street to become a convent. In September 1938, the Separate School of Tillsonburg, later St. Mary’s School, opened with two teaching Sisters. In 1961, a Mr. G. Livingston sold his home on Rolph Street to the Sisters who turned it into a convent and school of music. The Sisters were involved in education in Tillsonburg and would commute to schools in the surrounding area, such as Woodstock and LaSalle, as teachers and principals. The Sisters also taught music and catechetics and did various other parish ministries. The Sisters closed their last residence in Tillsonburg in 1987. The records present in this series include annals, news clippings, photographs, sheet music, event programmes, histories, lists of Sisters and pastors, correspondence, and a booklet on Gerry Livingston.