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CA ON00279 F01-SF13-S003 · Series · 1961, [between 19-? and 2015]
Part of Sister Mary Leo Kirwin sous-fonds

This series contains memorabilia from Sister Mary Leo’s life of volunteerism, both with the Red Cross and with underprivileged women.

CA ON00279 102-0000-5 · File · 1970-1983
Part of Scrapbooks series

This file contains the pages of a scrapbook by Sister Leona Colterman of Sisters of St. Joseph of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada about her ministry in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A. with the City of St. Jude Catholic Church. With this ministry she initiated and directed the St. Jude Social Service Centre to provided care for those in need and training to local case-workers. There are booklets, pamphlets, and news clippings about St. Jude's and the services it provides, accounts by Sister Leona, correspondence about her ministries and reports, presentations, and correspondence about the centre. There are also photographs and slides of the staff of St. Jude's Social Service Centre, those receiving support from the services, staff from Gunther Air Base, and the Boy Scouts at Young Forte Village.

CA ON00279 102-0000-6 · File · 1976-1982
Part of Scrapbooks series

This file contains the pages of a scrapbook by Sister Leona Colterman of Sisters of St. Joseph of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada about her ministry with the Tekakwitha Wickiup and the Saskatchewan Interfaith Pastoral Care Association in Regina, Saskatchewan as well as Groves Park Lodge, Renfrew, Ontario. The Tekakwitha Wickiup, founded in 1976, was a centre which provided counseling, community space, prayer, and information for accessing social services to those in need, particularly among the First Nations community. It encourages self-help and self-sufficiency with a focus on assisting with access to housing and employment. Sister Leona Colterman and Brother Henri Bisson directed the centre. There is correspondence, news clippings, reports, pamphlets, and booklets about the centre. There are also some photographs of community events. Groves Park Lodge is a long-term centre and Sister Leona was also the president of the Groves Park Lodge Auxiliary. There are news clipping and photographs about her activities there as well as meeting minutes.