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This sub-series contains correspondence between Sisters including about the Mission Effectiveness Program offered in 2007 and a Lay Leaders Program. There is also correspondence about the International Centre in Le Puy-en-Velay, France and newsletters from the Centre giving updates on various programs including the Young Adult Program and Global Ministry. There is correspondence between the Federation and the International Centre. There is also a vision statement, financial reports, and a budget report and minutes from the Governing committee. The records comprise correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and meeting minutes.

This sub-series consists of activity reports used by the administration to track the progress of Congregational activities, as well as Assembly committee reports and Chapter reports. Summaries of Congregational activities include a monthly calendar keeping track of administration, community life, staff, community outreach and strategic planning. The Assembly committee reports include reports on vocation and from the donations committee, formation committee, governance committee, Leadership/membership committee, member to member committee, Motherhouse strategic planning committee, and systems committee. The Chapter report contains information on matters preceding the Chapter, including membership, ministries, response to societal issues, temporal affairs reports and appendices.

This series contains newsletters pertaining to the congregation. The early newsletters were generally written by the General Superior and addressed to the Sisters of the congregation. Some later newsletters pertained to the amalgamation of four congregations to become The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada in 2012.

This newsletter includes notes from the Council primarily concerning the amalgamation of the congregations. It includes messages from Sisters, announcements for events pertinent to the community, and news about community work and engagements as well as about travel and international work. It also contains entries about Indigenous relations and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. A few of the newsletters discuss the Occupy Movement, a series of protests on income disparity.

The Transition Team for the amalgamation of the four separate congregations in Hamilton, London, Peterborough and Pembroke, authored this newsletter. News items concern the process of deciding the name of the new congregation, legal issues, various committees giving updates on their part of the process, and the development of a new website for the amalgamated congregation.

This newsletter provided information from the General Council, who are the elected leadership. It contains news on various social justice initiatives including a response to the September 11, 2001 crisis and the following war in Afghanistan, moral and sustainable agriculture, child poverty, pastoral work with lesbian and gay persons, the congregation’s commitment to ecology, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, boycotts on various corporations for unethical practices, the growing gap between rich and poor, and equitable hiring practices. The subseries also contains reports on the work of the congregation on the trafficking of women and children, as well as work with refugees. Other items include notices of jubilarians’ celebrations, leadership team portfolios, Council calendars, important dates, and information on retreats. Finally, the subseries contains thank you notes that bereaved Sisters published to thank other Sisters for their support. This newsletter demonstrates the effect of the Internet on the congregation: there was an interest in transitioning to sending various newsletters and printed materials through email to facilitate access and save on postage costs, and there is news about the development of the congregation’s website.