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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 news information on the activities of Bishop John Fergus O’Grady during his tenure as the Bishop of the Diocese of Prince George, British Columbia from 1972 to 1984. There is a newspaper article, “Challenges but no igloos for O’Grady’s frontier apostles,” written by Annette Westley, and published in the Western Catholic Reporter, on January 23, 1972. There is also a news bulletin that provides an account on the “Portrait of a Diocese – Prince George, British Columbia,” by June Lang Corcoran, and published in Canadian Catholic Review, June 1984. These newsclippings provide information about Bishop John Fergus O’Grady and his mission work in Prince George, British Columbia. Sister Loretto Healy of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario was part of Bishop O’Grady’s the Frontier Apostolate program in the Diocese of Prince George from 1972 to 1977. In addition, there is a photograph of a wooden timber church where Sister Loretto attended Mass.

This series contains annals for the Perú mission of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. Records are in the English and Spanish language. There are historical summaries, notebooks, legal documents, lists, correspondences, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, promotional material, a scrapbook, artwork, photo albums, and loose photographs. These items provide a glimpse into the northern Perú mission work and humanitarian aid carried out by the Sisters in the Zaña Valley Parish from 1962 to 1994. These records document the activities and events of the Sisters in pastoral care, social activism and advocacy, in the fields of healthcare, education, and community development. Some highlighted topics included in the records are the: founding and early history of the Perú ministry, the teaching, nursing, and counseling in the rural areas, the sale and transfer of motor vehicles and property, the opening and closing of a medical clinic called the Consultorio San José, the establishment of a women’s centre named Our Lady of the Magnificat (also known as Centro Vacacional), the formation of local leaders within the church and society, and the new ministries which emerged from working with the residents to build up ecclesial communities, charismatic prayer groups, pre-marital and family counseling, and the theological training of youth leaders, lay catechists, and worker apostolates that resulted in current day parishes led by Peruvian laity, religious workers, and priests.

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 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 a short historical summary of London Sister Claire-Marie Alice Pageau’s western mission in Oliver, British Columbia, from 1974 to 1978. The topics include Sister Claire Marie’s role as a Catechist and Coordinator of Religious Education. There is a short list of Sisters who visited her in Oliver in June 1976. In addition, there is a photograph of Sister Carolyn and Sister Margaret standing with a parishioner in front of Sister Claire-Marie Alice Pageau’s residence, a cabin style cottage in Oliver, British. Columbia, in 1976.

This series contains material from the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's involvement in Nicaragua. It primarily includes the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch and Sister Marie Celine Janisse, Sister Janet Zadorsky, and Sister Teresa Ryan's work assisting refugees near Managua, Nicaragua from December 1998 to January 1999, with another visit in 2000. There is correspondence, news clippings, and a disassembled scrapbook. There are also photographs from Sister Theresa Carmel Slavik and Sister Patricia Hogan's visit to Nicaragua in 1983.

This series contains historical summaries of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario during their western mission in the Diocese of Nelson, British Columbia from 1970 to 2010. There is a chronicle of the activities of Sister Mary Lillian Kuntz in her role of administering the Marriage Tribunal in the Nelson Diocese from 1983 to 2010. She documents her academic pursuit to gain a degree and license in Canon Law at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa; tasks such as acting as secretary in meetings; and her travels, both for leisure and to attend retreats and conferences, to British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, Canada as well as in Montana, Utah, and Washington, USA. She also includes accounts of celebrations, the purchase of replacement cars, weekly potluck dinners and card playing referred as the Bridge Club, watching the Grey Cup games and the Winter Games in Nelson, and observing salmon spawning at Kokanee Park in British Columbia.

This series also contains a historical summary from 1994 to 1998 of the activities at the Anawim House of Prayer in Nelson, British Columbia. Sister Lynn Rouleau, Director, and Sister Mary Zimmer, Assistant Director operated a property complex of seven buildings that comprised the Anawim House of Prayer. The topics in the summary include managing the programs and groups of people who used the premise for meetings, workshops and conferences such as Spiritual Direction for personal contemplation, Youth Groups, Children’s Day Camp and Beach Campfires, Catechetical Workshops, Senior’s Health Rights Information Sessions, and retreats. There is also a short summary of the activities at St. Theresa’s Parish in Kelowna (Rutland) from 1970 to 1985, with a focus on the development and implementation of the Canadian Catechism Series, a teaching aid book for catechists.

This series has a list of Sisters who served in British Columbia, Nelson from 1985 to 1998, Kelowna (Rutland) from 1970 to 1992, and in Osoyoos, Oliver, and Trail, from 1975 to 1980. There is material related to the passing of other religious figures in the area. There is a printed program in memory of Nelson Bishop Wilfred Emmett Doyle, who passed in 2003. There is also correspondence, newspaper clippings, and obituaries on Reverend Edward Clement Doyle, who was passed in 1980. Finally, there is a May 14, 1980 program in memory of Reverend Edward Clement Doyle.

In addition, there are panoramic photographs of the Anawim House of Prayer and the Chapel in Nelson in 1994, and a photograph of Bishop Wilfred Emmett Doyle, two Sisters, and children in a church in Trail, British Columbia.

This series contains the business history of the Mount St. Joseph Guest Wing operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There are financial records such as activity reports, statistical comparison reports, and payment reports. There are also bills no. 98, 99, and 182 from the City of London which are related to a smoke-free workplace, general prohibitions of public places, and sign requirements. There is also correspondence between the guest wing contact person, Sister Valerie Van Cauwenberghe, and the General Superior, Sister Mary Diesbourg, regarding the operation and administration of the Mount St. Joseph Guest Wing and correspondence between the Sisters regarding increasing the number of accommodations for the guest wing. There are also memorandums and faxes to the Sisters from Tonda Construction Limited and Southwest Doors & Hardware Limited regarding renovations. In addition, there is the April 1997 Friends From the Mount Newsletter, coordinated by Larry and Eve Babcock. This newsletter contains articles written by former guests and patients on their experiences at the Mount St. Joseph Guest Wing, a historical timeline of organ donation milestones in the medical field from 1682 to 1993, jokes, riddles, comics, and a recipe. There is also a sales bill from IBC Computer Distributors and two pamphlets for the guest wing outlining the rules, regulations, and accommodations.

This series contains a short historical summary written by Sister Marie Loma Laprise of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario during her western mission in St. Joseph’s Parish, Mission, British Columbia from 1980 to 1985. Sister Marie wrote about her desire to be assigned to a Western house, and how she was given permission to work as a cook and housekeeper in the convent at Haney (Maple Ridge) and in the rectory at Mission, in British Columbia. Topics in the historical summary also include working with Fathers John Tritschler, Agnelo Pinto, and Paul Thomas, taking care of the Fathers when they fell ill, household maintenance, driving to Haney (Maple Ridge), visiting and counselling parishioners, and celebrations. There is a news clipping about St. Joseph’s Church of Mission with a printed picture of. There is also correspondence, including handwritten letters and homemade cards of appreciation for Sister Marie’s service in Mission from the Fathers. One of these is an illustrated poster card given to Sister Marie from the Fathers, executed by the Poor Clare Sisters of St. Clare's Monastery in Mission, British Columbia.