This series consists of newsletters produced by the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Hamilton diocese. These newsletters cover various topics and events, such as healthcare and pilgrimages, discussions about daily life including feast days and projects, messages from Sisters, as well as news about the surrounding geographical locale. A list of deceased Sisters and family members, information about ministries, memorial biographical sketches, and Chapter information are also topics included in the newsletters. These newsletters are important sources for gaining a better understanding of the Sisters’ daily lives and learning more about their charitable works and efforts. Sisters were very actively engaged in charitable work, with several projects occurring, such as hospital work, orphan care, and missions aiding Canadian Indigenous communities, as well as helping the poor in developing countries. Locations of Sisters’ missions and ministries include, but are not limited to, Fort St. James, Neyaashiinigmiing [Cape Croker], Kenilworth, Guelph, Jamaica, Kitchener, Hamilton, Guatemala, and Fort St. John.
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (Hamilton, Ont.)This file contains newsletters written by the Sisters in Yellowknife. The newsletters detail their ministries, mainly with the schools, and social activities across the Northwest Territories.
Issues of Imprint newsletter magazine, newspaper clippings, summary of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Diocese of London's contributions to the health field.
The subseries consists of the Sisters’ Council report for the community newsletter written in 1974, as well as newsletters by the Sisters’ Council from 1970-1974. There is a report of the Board of Governors of the Diocesan Council meeting in March 1974, a list of members of the Executive Committee of the Sisters’ Council of 1971-1972, and a membership list for the Sisters’ Council. There is also the first newsletter published by the Sisters’ Committee of the Essex Deanery in January 1966.