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This subseries includes material related to the life of the Sisters at Mount St. Joseph, the closing of Mount St. Joseph, the new residence on Windermere Road, the care centres at Mount St. Joseph and Windermere Road, and the various concerns of the community during these times.

Notable content in this subseries about the Sisters’ residences includes minutes from a meeting on May 19, 1998 concerning potential renovations at Mount St. Joseph, an agenda from a motherhouse strategic planning meeting featuring a brief history of the motherhouses in London, a speech from the closing of the guest wing at Mount St. Joseph, speeches from the sod turning ceremony at the new residence on Windermere Road, the House Blessing for the new residence, tour scripts and a presentation about the construction and LEED standards of the new residence, material related to the decoration of the new residence’s chapel including designs for stained glass windows by Ted Goodden Stained Glass, and the Crossing Into Our Future newsletter concerning the transition between residences. Also included is material from the 2006 reunion with former members of the congregation held at Mount St. Joseph (which includes a copy of the reunion newsletter from 1984.) There is correspondence concerning the Sisters’ donations to the Thames Talbot Land Trust. There are minutes from the meetings of the Leadership Circle with the Community Life Co-Ordinator concerning the operation of the Sisters’ residences and the Sisters’ activities. Related to the care centres, there is orientation material, procedural guidelines, proposals, and reports regarding the operation of the facility and medical services (including Sister Nancy Sullivan’s report Leisure and Recreation in the Care Centre of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London), a job description for a chaplain, and meeting minutes.

Additionally, there are minutes, summaries, and notes from the Contact Group, a group to communicate the concerns and thoughts of the community to the Congregational Leadership. Also found is “What is Rising From the Rubble,” a reflection by Sisters on the trial of Father Charles Sylvestre for sexual abuse in 2006.

Material includes participant (Sisters, volunteers, and staff) lists, event schedules, pamphlets, histories, memoranda, correspondence, invitations, a poem, scripts for ceremonies, presentation slides, clippings, meeting minutes and outlines, newsletters, notes, and reports.

This series contains a historical summary of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Pembroke’s ministry in Mount St. Patrick, Ontario from 1989 to 2004. The records were compiled by Sister Mary King who lived and worked in the rectory of Mount St. Patrick from 1989 to 2004. There is a list of Bishops of the Pembroke Diocese from 1898 to 1993. Topics include, but are not limited to, replacement of the old 1866 parish rectory and the building of a new 2-bedroom bungalow attached to the church in 1998, pilgrimage to and the blessing of St. Patrick’s Holy well and shrine, St. Patrick’s Day Feast and procession, celebrations, trips, and daily activities. Records also include news clippings, and colour photographs of the Mount St. Patrick’s church, shrine, and holy well, as well as the Sisters, choir girls and altar boys.