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This series contains summaries, administrative records, correspondence, and news clippings related to the history of St. Stephen’s House at English Street and St. Stephen’s House at Gower Street in London, Ontario and highlights the nursing ministry of Sister St. Patrick (Monica Mary) Joyce, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. Sister St. Patrick dedicated 56 years of her service to people recovering from alcohol and chemical addiction. St. Stephen’s House at English Street and at Gower Street were long-term residential treatment facilities established and managed by Sister St. Patrick that provided rehabilitative programs for people in addiction recovery. There is a short biography documenting the work of Sister St. Patrick. There is a news clipping from the 1976 London Free Press titled, “Most men on Skid Road are war veterans,” by Wendy Koenig. There is correspondence on donations made to St. Stephen’s House from The London Foundation, in 1985; and correspondence on a print of Westover in Thamesville, Ontario, that was gifted to Sister Patrick Joyce from the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, in 2006. In addition, there is a scrapbook that contains short histories on St. Stephen’s Houses, correspondence from the Addiction Research Foundation of Canada in appreciation of Sister St. Patrick’s long nursing career and her innovative treatment methods. In the scrapbook, there is a printed picture of Sister St. Patrick Joyce, various news clippings related to her ministry, and the first Annual Report of St. Stephen’s House at English Street, London, Ontario, from 1982 to 1983.

This series contains short histories, minutes, first house meetings, and the quarterly and financial reports of Theophany, an experimental community group of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, from 1972 to 1983. Various Sisters who were members of Theophany lived first at a house on Grosvenor Street then at Wellington Street in London. They sought personal growth through a communal life of daily group praying and by the spontaneous sharing of their prayer experience. There is a list of Sisters who were stationed at the Theophany Community House from 1972 to 1983 and priests who celebrated Mass for the Sisters at the house from 1972 to 1974. There is correspondence from Mother Mary Brendan, Superior General. One letter is to Sister Loretta Janisse related to her appointment as the Co-Ordinator of the Theophany Community, from 1974 to 1975, and other letters encourage the Theophany Sisters to have co-responsibility and accountability to each other, and to the Community. In addition, there is a printed picture given by Sister Elaine (Marie Noel) Cole in 2020. The printed picture is a photograph of the first group of Sisters who resided at the Theophany Community House that was taken on September 23, 2006, at a social gathering in anticipation of the closing of the Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse in London. In addition, there is a scrapbook that contains photographs with slogans and text cut-out from magazines. Photographs in the scrapbook depict Sisters, priests, and guests at the Theophany Community Houses at Grosvenor Street and at Wellington Street.

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.

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.

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.

This series contains a short historical summary of the western mission in Killam, Alberta in the Archdiocese of Edmonton by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. The Sisters established and operated Our Lady of Fatima Separate School in Killam from 1952 to 1992. The historical summary covers a date range from 1954 to 1976. Starting in 1976, the staff at the Our Lady of Fatima School consisted of lay personnel. In this historical summary, there are topics on the founding of the school, building construction, official opening and renaming of the school, renovations, addition of extra classrooms including a science laboratory, increase of student enrollment, expansion and growth from an elementary to junior to a senior high school, scholastic exams, bus transportation, school trips, parent-teacher days, and the retirement and hiring of teachers. In addition, there is a photograph of a “Annual Hall of Fame Awards 1990” plaque from the Killam Chamber of Commerce which was given to Sisters Lourdes Thomas, Mary Kevin Moran, and Rose Ellen Donnelly.

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.

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 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 records of Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The traditional name for Yellowknife is Sǫ̀mbak’è and it is located the Chief Drygeese Territory as well as Treaty 8 Territory. It is the traditional land of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. The Sisters of St. Joseph first came to the Northwest Territories in August of 1953 to teach at the Catholic schools in Yellowknife. When the first Sisters arrived, the convent was not yet ready, and so they slept in a “tar-paper shack” across from St. Patrick’s Elementary School. While the Sisters moved into their convent in New Town in the fall, the building was not completed until March 13, 1954. St. Patrick’s High School opened in 1961, and the Sisters taught there as well. It was destroyed by a fire in April of 1964, and the students were temporarily taught at Akaicho Hall and St. Patrick’s Elementary. The replacement school opened the following November. In 1978 St. Joseph’s Elementary School opened, named in honour of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s service. In 1987 the Sisters moved to a new convent on School Draw. The Sisters were also involved in parish ministry, assisted with transportation, taught music, lead Scouts troops, and sat on various committees. As of 2025, individual Sisters continued to live and minister in and around Yellowknife. Records present include chronicles, historical summaries, publications, maps, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, fabric crests, copies of and original art prints, and a scrapbook. Throughout this series, offensive historical terminology for Indigenous Peoples are used.