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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.

This series contains a short historical summary from 1996 to 1998 about Sister Ellen Topping and Sister Kateri Ghesquiere of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph on their mission in Brampton, Ontario. From July 1996 until 1998, Sister Ellen Topping and Sister Kateri Ghesquiere of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, lived on Lisa Street in Brampton, Ontario. The City of Brampton is 173km east of London and resides within Treaty 19 (Ajetance Purchase of 1818) Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee, Huron, and Wendat Nations. In 1995, in her role as a Crisis Worker, Sister Ellen helped to open the Chemical Withdrawal Centre in Brampton, a rehabilitative facility for people recovering from substance addiction and alcohol use disorder. She was on staff until the Spring of 1998, when she moved to Guelph, Ontario to work at the Homewood Health Centre. Sister Kateri provided health care consultancy in her role as the Vice Chair of the Board of the Catholic Health Association of Canada from 1996 to 1997, and then as Chair from 1997 to 1998. She was also the driving force in establishing the St. Joseph’s Health Care Society of London, Ontario. She chaired the Health Care Ethic Guide Revision Committee and served on its Board of Directors. At the end of July 1998 Sister Kateri decided to move to London, Ontario. The records document the challenges of the opening and management of the healthcare facility, Chemical Withdrawal Centre, in Brampton, and trips the Sisters made to nearby Toronto, Niagara Falls, and Hamilton, Ontario.

This series contains the history of the Maidstone, Ontario mission of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There is a historical summary on the foundation of Maidstone Cross (later known as Maidstone) from 1843 to 1929, and chronicles of the Sisters’ activities and different events in the parish of Maidstone from 1930 to 1979. Some topics include postulants received, first and final vows, meetings of Provincial Superiors, conventions and public lectures attended by the Sisters, Liturgical singing, summer activities, students and their achievements (public speaking contests, school classes, choirs, music, and awards), celebrations, jubilees, and obituaries of Sisters and the Maidstone community. There are several lists, such as lists of priests stationed at Maidstone Cross (Maidstone), Sisters who served in Maidstone, Sisters who taught at St. John’s School of Essex, and names of people Christmas cards were given to. There is correspondence related to the blessing of St. Joseph’s Convent of Maidstone, meeting of school trustees to discuss finances, Sisters withdrawing from St. John’s School of Essex, renovation cost, and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the parish of St. Mary’s in Maidstone. There are news clippings related to the renovations and expansion of St. Mary’s Separate School, the sale of schools in Maidstone and surrounding area, farewell ceremony for the Sisters of St. Joseph in Maidstone, the Sisters of St. Joseph concert band and choir rehearsing for a centennial event, Sisters of St. Joseph celebrating 100 years of service in London, Ontario, and Sister M. Joanne and Sister Maria Stella moving to Peru. This series also contains a certificate on the inception of a student scholarship in recognition of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s presence in Maidstone. There are also printed pictures of when Sisters entered St. Joseph’s Order from 1881 to 1966. The Sisters include Sister Mechtilde Suan McCarthy in 1881, Sister Vincent Margaret Halford in 1892, Sister Adelaide Telma McAuliffe in 1932, Sister Agatha Genevieve Halford in 1932, Sister Elaine Flood in 1959, and Sister Elizabeth Sexton in 1966. In addition, there is a 1964 photograph of the staff at St. Mary’s Separate School that depicts Sister Edmund Isber, Sister Adoloratta, Sister Alexandre, and Sister Marietta.

This series contains a historical summary of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario’s activities during their western mission in the parish of St. Patrick, in Haney, a designated heritage site in the City of Maple Ridge, British Columbia. There are chronicles from 1956 to 1985 on the events and activities at St. Joseph’s Convent of Haney (also known as Maple Ridge) where the Sisters resided, and the business and academic affairs at St. Patrick’s School where they served as teachers and administrators. At St. Patrick’s School, the Sisters taught students from kindergarten to high school. These chronicles were drafted and written by Sister Mary Esther in a diary format. The series also contain lists of Sisters who were stationed at the Haney (Maple Ridge) Mission, as well as in other missions in British Columbia, such as in Kelowna, Rutland, and Oliver. There is also a magazine produced by the students at St. Patrick’s School commemorating the Sisters’ twenty-five years of teaching service at the school. The series also includes photographs, newspaper articles, and correspondence that document the Sisters’ accomplishments at St. Patrick’s Parish in the field of education and spiritual care. In addition, there are two guestbooks containing a log of the people who visited Haney’s (Maple Ridge) Convent, and a scrapbook related to the historical accomplishments of the Sisters in the Parish of St. Patrick, in British Columbia.

Responding to the need for more teachers, the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London opened St. Anne’s Convent at 1948 St. Mary’s Gate, Windsor, in 1946. Windsor is located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which is an alliance between the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. The Sisters who resided at this convent taught at elementary schools and gave music lessons at the convent. The Sisters sold this property in 1961.

This series contains annals, lists of Sisters who resided here, historical summaries, news clippings, photographs, and a brochure for the sale of the convent.

St. Joseph’s Manor in Windsor, Ontario, a receiving home for children, was demolished in 1969 for the construction of the Roy J. Bondy Centre. This was a new receiving and assessment centre for the Windsor Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society. The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario operated both facilities. The centre was occupied on March 19, 1970, and officially blessed on September 13, 1970. The centre was designed to provide short-term care to 21 children between the ages of four and 15, with space for four Sisters to live on-site. The Sisters cared for the children, assessed their needs and created long-term care plans, and provided spiritual care. The Sisters would arrange for weekly eucharists, baptisms, and first communions with the chaplain. In March of 1971, a mother-and-child day care program began at the centre. The Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society decided to transform the Roy J. Bondy Centre into a residential treatment centre for boys in 1980. The Sisters withdrew and opened a foster home for disabled children on Belleview Street, which eventually moved to St. Rose Avenue in 1982. Windsor is located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which is an alliance between the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. This series contains correspondence between Sisters about annals, copies of the annals of St. Joseph's Manor from 1934 to 1962, and histories of the Roy J. Bondy Centre.

This series contains a history of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario’s activities in St. Brides, Alberta. History of St. Bride’s Settlement, Alberta, is a written history authored by Sister M. Winnifrid Downs covering 1927 to 1956. It was an assignment submitted on July 31, 1956, for a history summer school course at the University of Alberta. The essay topics include immigration policies, the original and later settlers, and the development and progress of St. Brides, with 47 photographs, maps, land plot diagrams, a pamphlet, a list of pioneer families who arrived in St. Brides in 1927, and a letter with an envelope to Sister Mary Winnifrid in Edmonton from Father MacDonell in Inverness-shire, in Ireland, on vows taken on April 14, 1956. There are also lists of of Sisters who taught or were missioned to St. Brides from 1934 to 1964, as well as correspondence about collecting information to create a history of St. Brides, and newsclippings on the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of St. Brides Parish. There are printed pictures and photographs of the Sisters poised in from of St. Brides Convent in the mid-1950s, and photographs of the condominium residence of Sister St. Bride and Sister Rose Ellen in Edmonton. In addition, there is a photograph of a wooden and metal engraved plaque that was awarded to the Sisters for their fifty years of service in St. Brides from 1927 to 1977.

This series contains the records from the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's ministry in Łutselkʼe, previously known as Snowdrift, Northwest Territories, from 1983 to 1986 and 1994 to 1999. Łutselk’e is the home of the Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation and is part of Treaty 8 Territory. While there the Sisters taught at local schools, gave music instructions, did parish ministry, and participated in various local committees. The records include correspondence, photographs, the September 1983 issue of Oblate Mission, reports on the feasibility and needs of the mission, house meeting minutes, architectural drawings of the rectory, maps of the area, and chronicles of the Sisters activities.

This series contains the constitutions of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. These include various drafts and final versions of the constitutions and directories the Sisters have developed over the years, their mission statements, as well as various translations and editions of early the constitution of the Sisters of St. Joseph by Father Jean-Pierre Médaille. Some of the material is bound while other material is loose-leaf pages. There is also the constitution from the Sisters’ mission in Peru. Along side the constitutions and directories are correspondence and a pamphlet.

This series contains the records of St. Joseph’s Manor, Windsor. St. Joseph’s Manor opened December 13, 1934, at 19 Sandwich Street East as a temporary home for children until Catholic foster homes could be found. The manor would be under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. While at the manor, children received medical and dental care, attended nearby Catholic schools, and had access to a library, a recreation and games room, and a tennis court in 1940. A Ladies’ Auxiliary was established in 1935 to raise funds for the manor. Between 1940 and 1941, ten British “child guests” (nine English and one Scottish) stayed at the manor until a social worker with the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society could arrange foster homes. In January of 1969, the Supreme Court of Ontario Grand Jury recommended the immediate evacuation of the manor due to it not meeting the Ontario Fire Marshal’s building requirements. The children temporarily resided at a farmhouse until the Roy J. Bondy Children’s Centre opened in 1970. The banister and light fixtures of the manor were moved to the Hiram Walker Museum before St. Joseph’s Manor was demolished in 1969. Windsor is located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which is an alliance between the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi.
The records present include annals, historical summaries, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, annual reports of the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society for the County of Essex, and mass bulletins. The annals recount the daily activities of the Sisters in caring for the children and arranging for foster homes, holidays and celebrations, renovations and decorations to the building and chapel, and comments about world events, such as the Second World War. The annals are from St. Joseph’s Manor, as well as later foster care facilities such as 253 Belleview Avenue and 7770 St. Rose Avenue. Within the annals are medical statistics and reports from the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society.