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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 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 the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's records from the Adult Spirituality Centre in Windsor, Ontario. The Adult Spirituality Centre at Holy Redeemer College was created in collaboration by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary of Ontario, and the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer of Toronto in 1989. There the Sisters offered directed retreats and prayer courses. The centre closed in 2001. The records present include a certificate and letter of appreciation, brochures, a news clipping, bookmarks, and a programme for the closing of the centre. While labeled as annals, there are not any annals or chronicles present.

This series contains the records from the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's ministry in Tillsonburg, Ontario. Tillsonburg is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, and Attawandaron. The Sisters of St. Joseph of London came to Tillsonburg in 1937 and opened a religious vacation school to teach catechetics. Later that year, construction began on converting a church into a school and the Somer family sold their home on Venison Street to become a convent. In September 1938, the Separate School of Tillsonburg, later St. Mary’s School, opened with two teaching Sisters. In 1961, a Mr. G. Livingston sold his home on Rolph Street to the Sisters who turned it into a convent and school of music. The Sisters were involved in education in Tillsonburg and would commute to schools in the surrounding area, such as Woodstock and LaSalle, as teachers and principals. The Sisters also taught music and catechetics and did various other parish ministries. The Sisters closed their last residence in Tillsonburg in 1987. The records present in this series include annals, news clippings, photographs, sheet music, event programmes, histories, lists of Sisters and pastors, correspondence, and a booklet on Gerry Livingston.

This series contains the records of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's ministries in West Lorne, Ontario. West Lorne is within McKee Treaty 2, 1790, and is on the traditional territory of the the Mississauga, Anishinabewaki, and Neutral Peoples. On August 31, 1957, at the request of Rev. J. B. O’Donnell, the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario came to West Lorne. A white frame house beside St. Mary’s Church was converted into their convent. While there, the Sisters were teachers and principals at St. Mary’s Elementary School and taught Catechism on Saturdays. The convent was closed June 30, 1972. The Sisters returned to London and the convent was sold and moved to a new location to accommodate the construction of a new St. Mary’s Church. The records present include chronicles, historical summaries, news clippings, photographs, correspondence, an invitation, and an information booklet on St. Mary's Parish, West Lorne, and St. Helen's Mission, Wallacetown.

This series is a general history of the events and activities of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario’s ministry in the Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta from 1922 to 2019. This series covers the founding history of the Sisters in France and the spread and growth of their sisterhood to eastern then western Canada. The series contains historical summaries, chronicles, and lists of the Sisters activities in Alberta. A number of the records are related to the properties, such as real estate insurances, invoices, property estimations, floor plans, and records concerning the leasing, sale and purchase of houses in Edmonton with a focus on two houses, one on 143rd Street and the other on 148th Street. There are business letters, donation lists, newspaper clippings, and a 1958 city map of Edmonton that documents the contribution of the Sisters’ service in education and social work in the parishes of central Edmonton. Highlighted is the Sisters’ volunteer work that supported the homeless people. There is correspondence, newsletters, and letters of recognition of volunteer work that document the Sisters and their partnerships with social welfare organizations such as the Boyle Street Co-op Youth Unit, the Elizabeth Fry Society, and the Edmonton People In Need Shelter Society (P.I.N.S.). There are also reports, pamphlets, and summaries of the Sisters’ activities at some of these organizations. There are also two noteworthy booklets, a Silver Jubilee souvenir booklet covering 1913 to 1938 and the Chronicles of Sisters of St. Joseph, Edmonton, ALTA covering 1922 to1962. In addition, there are photographs of the Sisters at the closing ceremonies of the St. Joseph’s Convent Regional House in 2001, in Edmonton, a news article about Sister Ethel Steinkey going to assist in New York after 9/11 and lists of the burial plots of deceased Sisters in three cemeteries in Edmonton. There are also photo albums that primarily contain photographs, as well as a list of Sisters, printed pictures and a news clipping related to the Sisters of St. Joseph’s western mission at St. Joseph’s Convent (Regional House), in Edmonton, Alberta.

This series contains the records created and accumulated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of London During their time in Woodstock, Ontario. In 1913 Reverend Mother Celestine McCarthy was asked to send Sisters to staff the Separate Schools in Woodstock, Ontario. The Sisters resided at St. Joseph’s Convent on Delatre Street and opened St. Joseph’s Academy of Music. In 1940, the Sisters also operated Vacation School. The Sisters in Woodstock taught at St. Mary’s School and St. Rita’s School, as well as St. Francis School, Princeton. In 1956, the Sisters moved to 210 Vansittart Street. In 1975 the Sisters withdrew from their convent in Woodstock, though they continued to commute in to teach from Tillsonburg. In 1987, the Sisters rented a townhouse on Blandford Street in Woodstock for Sisters to conduct their ministry until 1990. There are annals, correspondence, news clippings, historical summaries, lists of Sisters in Woodstock, inventories of the Sisters' possessions, and photographs. Woodstock is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabek, Attiwonderonk, and Mississauga.

This series contains the personal account of a previous Sister of St. Joseph of London, Ontario who taught and was involved in various committees and parish work in Fort Liard, Northwest Territories from 1990 to 1995. The traditional name for Fort Liard is Echaot’ı̨ e Kų́e, and it is the traditional territory of the Acho Dene Koe Nation, and it part of Treaty 11 Territory and Métis Local 67. The individual who conducted this ministry has since withdrawn from the community.

The series contains oral histories and autobiographies of some of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the London Diocese. Many of the oral histories included were conducted for the Federation Collaborative History Project. The Federation includes the Congregations of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Toronto, Hamilton, London, Peterborough, Pembroke, and Sault Ste. Marie. The oral histories included in the Federation project are those of a select few Sisters. These Sisters are Noella Armstrong, Mary Doyle, Augustine Long, Margaret Ferris, and Cathleen Flynn. The Sisters discussed memories of their childhood and their lives before entering the convent, the call to service, and stories of their years preparing to become a professed Sister. This series includes digital and printed transcripts of oral history interviews with the Sisters, e-mail correspondence regarding the Federation oral history project, and a newspaper clipping.