Subseries contains documents, photographs, and newsclippings about the construction and move to the new Sisters’ Residence from the Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse. There are programs, song sheets, and correspondence about the turning of the sod at the new building on June 20, 2005. The subseries contains newsclippings and construction pamphlets pertaining to the new Sisters’ Residence, mainly on the environmentally friendly building design which won the Sisters of St. Joseph the Urban League’s Green Brick Award.
The subseries consists of records pertaining to the strategic planning of the new Sisters’ residence. These include Volume 1 of the Final Report- Motherhouse Strategic Planning Committee from September 2001, a photograph of the proposed Sisters of St. Joseph Residence, and newspaper clippings about the purchase and renovation of the residence. A timeline for strategic planning for February 2005 to January 2007, a Mount St Joseph asset optimization study, along with Crossing Into Our Future and Crossing Over newsletters from the Motherhouse Strategic Planning Committee are included. Intersessional Group reports and agendas from the Discernment Group Weekend Session held in November 2003 are included in the series. An Ecology Committee Report, Site Evaluations, and an Ecological Inventory Interim Report contain information specific to the new building site property.