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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.

This series contains the records of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's ministries in West Lorne, Ontario. West Lorne is within McKee Treaty 2, 1790, and is on the traditional territory of the the Mississauga, Anishinabewaki, and Neutral Peoples. On August 31, 1957, at the request of Rev. J. B. O’Donnell, the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario came to West Lorne. A white frame house beside St. Mary’s Church was converted into their convent. While there, the Sisters were teachers and principals at St. Mary’s Elementary School and taught Catechism on Saturdays. The convent was closed June 30, 1972. The Sisters returned to London and the convent was sold and moved to a new location to accommodate the construction of a new St. Mary’s Church. The records present include chronicles, historical summaries, news clippings, photographs, correspondence, an invitation, and an information booklet on St. Mary's Parish, West Lorne, and St. Helen's Mission, Wallacetown.

This series contains the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's records from the Adult Spirituality Centre in Windsor, Ontario. The Adult Spirituality Centre at Holy Redeemer College was created in collaboration by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary of Ontario, and the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer of Toronto in 1989. There the Sisters offered directed retreats and prayer courses. The centre closed in 2001. The records present include a certificate and letter of appreciation, brochures, a news clipping, bookmarks, and a programme for the closing of the centre. While labeled as annals, there are not any annals or chronicles present.

This series consists of transcripts of oral history interview with Sister Elizabeth “Betty” Berrigan (1934-2020), conducted by Sister Marjorie Fitzpatrick (1929-2024) as part of the U. S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s oral history project. There is also correspondence, a description of the project, list of participants, and a calendar.

This series contains the records created and accumulated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of London During their time in Woodstock, Ontario. In 1913 Reverend Mother Celestine McCarthy was asked to send Sisters to staff the Separate Schools in Woodstock, Ontario. The Sisters resided at St. Joseph’s Convent on Delatre Street and opened St. Joseph’s Academy of Music. In 1940, the Sisters also operated Vacation School. The Sisters in Woodstock taught at St. Mary’s School and St. Rita’s School, as well as St. Francis School, Princeton. In 1956, the Sisters moved to 210 Vansittart Street. In 1975 the Sisters withdrew from their convent in Woodstock, though they continued to commute in to teach from Tillsonburg. In 1987, the Sisters rented a townhouse on Blandford Street in Woodstock for Sisters to conduct their ministry until 1990. There are annals, correspondence, news clippings, historical summaries, lists of Sisters in Woodstock, inventories of the Sisters' possessions, and photographs. Woodstock is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabek, Attiwonderonk, and Mississauga.