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This sub-series is comprised of letters related to the Guatemala mission sent to and from the Sisters of St. Joseph during and after their time there. There are letters discussing applications for visas, passports and Guatemala Tourist Cards. There are also several letters of reference for passport applications. Other travel correspondence concerns flight and vaccination information. There is also correspondence between the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Capuchin Sisters of the Third Order. These letters detail how the Sisters’ post-1979 financial support was used. Updates are provided about the Nutritional Centre and Colegio San José, including the number of students enrolled at the school, courses offered, and the number of children and families being served by the Nutritional Centre. There is a 1996 letter from the Nutritional Centre, where photographs of children being cared for were provided. The sub-series also contains correspondence between the General Superior, Sister Marina Flaherty, and Sister Esperanza who worked with the Sisters at the Colegio San José. There are also letters between Sister Marina and the Sisters in Guatemala, in which details about the Guatemala mission and the Hamilton community are exchanged, providing glimpses of the Sisters’ projects and daily lives. Correspondence detailing the 1976 earthquake and the damage it caused to Teculután also form this sub-series. One letter written on February 25th, 1976 by Sisters Aloysia Fischer, Mary O’Sullivan, Madeleine Graf, and Anastasia Ward to Sister Marina Flaherty provides a personal account of the earthquake. Other letters discuss post-earthquake restoration projects and the money which was raised for aid.

This subseries contains correspondence between the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, with Laurie Lashbrook of the Lashbrook Group of London, Ontario from May 22 to June 21, 2001. The subject of these documents concerns the design and contents of a “Memory Brochure,” a large pamphlet summarizing the Sisters’ history in Alberta. There are drafts of memories, timeline, milestones, list of Sisters in Edmonton, and lists of deceased Sisters. There are lists of items given to Laurie Lashbrook such as photos, postcard, map, pamphlet, and cards for background information, and pre-production press proofs, printed copy blocks. In addition, there are forty-two 120mm, E-6 transparency negatives of various objects to be printed on the pamphlet such as crosses, rosaries, teacup and saucer, bell, lace doily, and a lace making bobbin. The final version is titled In the Spirit of the Sisters of St. Joseph: A Tribute to the Regional House in Edmonton, Alberta.

This sub-series consists of one letter and a watercolour painting from James Ravenscroft. The watercolour painting is Jesus with Sweetgrass and depicts Jesus with sweetgrass, a feather, a pipe, and a drum beside a tree with the sun in the background and reflected in the water. The painting was a study by James Ravenscroft and was gifted to Sister Margaret Ferris. James Ravenscroft’s letter to Sister Margaret details the symbolism of the painting and gives personal updates on how he is doing in the “North.”

This file contains copies of the Sisters agreement with Chief Desmoulin and council, an in-kind application to the Catholic Healing and Reconciliation Evaluation Committee by the Missionary Oblate Sisters for this ministry, and correspondence about the application.

This file contains correspondence regarding Sisters' salaries and taxes, Sisters ministry in Paris, and researching the records of the Brant County Roman Catholic Separate School Board.