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This series consists of transcripts of oral history interview with Sister Elizabeth “Betty” Berrigan (1934-2020), conducted by Sister Marjorie Fitzpatrick (1929-2024) as part of the U. S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s oral history project. There is also correspondence, a description of the project, list of participants, and a calendar.

This series contains material related to the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's efforts to support Las Vuelas, El Salvador, primarily through the non-governmental organization, SalvAid. SalvAid's Twin Community program links rural communities in El Salvador to Canadian cities and organizations. Windsor is Twin City Project with Las Vueltas, Chalatenango, Windsor District Labour Council is with Cooperative of Las Vueltas, the Sisters of St. Joseph of London were twinned with Church of Las Vueltas, Chalatenango in 1988 and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton were twinned with Valle de Jesús, Chalatenango. Sister Sue Wilson traveled to El Salvador in 1990.

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 the annals of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph's community house at 88 Chestnut Street Hamilton, Ontario. The annals document the ministry of the Sister who lived at the house and in the area. The Sisters ministries involved health care, social services, parish ministry, and education.

This series consists of the annals from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton at 273 Elgin St., Brantford, Ontario and a news clippings celebrating the Sisters’ 125th year in Brantford. Topics in the annals include the Sisters’ ministries, travel plans, daily life, holiday celebrations, health, and attendance to the arts, including the May 1996 bomb scare at the performance of Joseph at the Sanderson Centre in Brantford. Brantford, Ontario is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg and is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and adjacent to Haldiman Treaty territory. The residence on Elgin Street, Brantford was opened after the two last Sisters moved out of the Sisters’ residence at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Brantford. Here, the Sisters did pastoral ministry and pastoral care.

This series contains the records from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton's ministry in White River, Ontario working with the Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (formerly known as Pic Mobert) First Nation. Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg First Nation is an Ojibwe community and are part of the Anishinabek Nation and Nokiiwin Tribal Council. In 2002 Sisters Susan Kerrigan and Jude Stradiotto of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton moved to White River to work with Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg First Nation. While there they did parish, social service, and health care ministry such as conducting home visits, supporting youth, operating a foot care clinic, and supporting the Mobert Church among other activities. The Sisters left in 2020. This series contains correspondence, newsletters, a copy of the agreement between the Sisters and Band Council, and an application to the Catholic Healing and Reconciliation Evaluation Committee by the Missionary Oblate Sisters for this ministry.

This series contains material created and collected by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton during their ministry teaching at Holy Rosary School in Milton, Ontario. Milton is located on the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and Haudenosaunee people.

In March 1954 construction began on Holy Rosary School. Three Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario arrived in Milton to teach: Sister M. Emmanuella (Mary Rose) Runstedtler, Superior, Sister M. Majella (Catherine Maud) Conway, principal, and Sister M. Claudia (Marian) Rossignoli, a teacher. The Sisters moved into Holy Rosary Convent, originally the John Dewar House. The school opened that September with 70 students, increasing to 105 after Christmas, in a two-room schoolhouse. An additional four rooms were built in 1955 and two more in 1957. The Sisters also taught music and did parish ministry. The Sisters left Milton in 1984. In 1999 a new school structure designed for 487 students was built in place of the original building.

Present here are annals, pamphlets, programmes, invitations, correspondence, historical summaries, news clippings, prayer cards, a financial record book, the January 1954 issue of the Generalate Newsletter, a certificate for the 25th anniversary of the mission, and photographs.

This series contains the annals documenting the activities of the Sisters of St. Joseph living at 150 Elm Ridge Drive, Kitchener, Ontario. The records primarily concern their social activities and individual ministries.

This series contains material related to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's mission to Red Lake, Ontario. Red Lake exists on the traditional lands of the Anishinaapek, specifically the Lac Seul and Wabauskang First Nations, and is within Treaty 3 territory. The records present include the mission annals, historical summaries, publications, photographs, reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, event schedules, and material from the memorial Mass for Rev. Joseph Chavely.

Bishop John O’Mara requested a pastoral team to serve the Diocese of Thunder Bay, specifically Red Lake, Balmertown, Ear Falls, and Pikangikum First Nation. Two Diocesan priests, a married couple, and three Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario formed the team. Two Sisters arrived in Red Lake with the team on September 19, 1981. The third Sister, Sister Rose Gabriel, spent the first year of the mission studying the cultures of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Eight other Sisters would also be involved in this mission over time. While based in Red Lake, they also worked in the surrounding area, primarily Balmertown, Ear Falls, Pikangikum First Nation, and occasionally North Spirit Lake First Nation. The Sisters in Red Lake worked as parish workers and administrators of St. John’s Church and St. Theresa’s Church, served in the field of healthcare, and were teachers and principals at St. John’s Elementary School. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton left Red Lake in 2002.

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.