This subseries contains: schedules, leadership style notes, spiritual exercises, prayers, workshop notes, “coming soon” reminders and “welcome” sheets, musical sheets for prayers and songs, short writings about the congregational history, correspondence related to the community gatherings, reviews of new publications, ceremonies and celebrations, talks, corporate stances, and photocopies of articles or short book chapters. It also contains printed brochures with prayers, theological reflections, other kinds of spiritual reflections, and conferences.
This subseries contains a history of activities authored by Sister Claire Marie (Alice) Pageau of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, during her ministry with the Blessed Sacrament Parish in London. On July 15, 1998, the Community Townhouse at Gatewood Place, London, Ontario, was opened by Sister Claire Marie Pageau and on July 25, 1998, Sister Kateri Ghesquiere joined her at the residence.
Sister Claire Marie Pageau wrote about their individual and shared pastoral services, including their participation in the Spiritual Discernment Committee. Sister Claire Marie Pageau also recorded the ministry of Sister Kateri Ghesquiere as a Healthcare Consultant and a Board Member of the Catholic Health Alliance of Canada (CHAC) and her own position as the Eucharistic Minister at the Blessed Sacrament Church. In 2004, Sister Kateri Ghesquiere decided to end her ministry with the Blessed Sacrament Parish. Sister Claire Marie Pageau vacated Gatewood Place to move into a new residence at Huron Street on January 6, 2005, and continued her ministry with the Blessed Sacrament Parish until the Blessed Sacrament Church was canonically closed on June 30, 2006.
In addition, there is a photograph contained in this subseries of Sister Claire Marie Pageau standing in front of the Community Townhouse at Gatewood Place.
Subseries consists of meeting minutes specific to the volunteers involved with the garden. Also consists of the correspondence between Sisters of St. Joseph and other organizations.
This fonds consists of records that pertain to St. Joseph's Hospital, Galahad, Alta. More specifically, it consists of written histories about the hospital, commemorative materials related to the hospital, and hospital administrative materials.
St. Joseph's Hospital (Galahad, Alta.)This subseries contains a short history and autobiographical account on the activities performed by Sister Valerie Van Cauwenberghe of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario while she lived in an apartment complex designed for community living for seniors on Gainsborough Road in London from December 8, 2006, to December 10, 2008. Sister Valerie documented her work at the Gainsborough Road Community Apartment with the residents. She wrote that she previously lived in the same apartment building from Fall 1997 to April 1, 2003, and served on a committee to help formulate the residents’ Constitution. Upon her return in 2006, she gave prayer service twice a month and planned and conducted an annual service for the residents. Sister Valerie also wrote about her role as a Lector, reading Sacred Scripture out loud on a weekly basis during Mass at St. George Catholic Church, in the community of Byron.
Also in this subseries, Sister Valerie documented her Ministry of Leadership. She wrote about being a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London Leadership Team and having to attend monthly Council Meetings. She was appointed Acting Executive Director by the Canadian Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada to lead the “Oneness Project,” a committee formed to oversee the potential amalgamation of the Congregations in Canada. Sister Valerie documented her work as a Board member of the International Centre of the Sisters of St. Joseph, a global coordinating group consisting of Sisters of St. Joseph from all over the world. She recorded her travels to Federation Leadership Assembly meetings in Pennsylvania in the USA and to Le Puy-en-Velay and Lyon in France. In addition, Sister Valerie wrote about an article she authored titled “Teachers and Children,” in Issue 592 of Seminar, a monthly education journal based in New Delhi, India, that was published in December 2008.