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This subseries contains a short historical summary of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, during their ministry at the Pine Lawn Avenue Community House in the Holy Cross Parish from July 1, 1977, until it closed on June 30, 1978. This subseries documents the various roles and activities of Sister Nancy Wales, Sister Dorothy Ann Howley, Sister Joanna Roks, and Sister Francis Walton at Pine Lawn Avenue. Bishop Carter appointed all of the Sisters residing at the Pine Lawn Community House to serve as Auxiliary Ministers of the Eucharist at the Holy Cross Church in the Holy Cross Parish. Their ministries also included Sister Francis Walton in the position of the Acting Superintendent of the London and Middlesex Roman Catholic School Board, Sister Nancy Wales as an elected member of the Parish Council, and Sister Dorothy Ann Howley and Sister Joanna Roks conducted local house visits to parishioners. In addition, this subseries contains correspondence from the Sisters outlining the reasons for a request to move to a different community house addressed to Sister Mary Brendan (Cathleen) Flynn, Superior General. In addition, there are photographs of Sister Loretta Manzara, Sister Nancy Wales, Sister Angela Shannon, Sister Dorothy Ann Howley, Sister Joanna Roks, and Sister Francis Walton at the Pine Lawn Community House during an open house event and at Christmas in 1977.

This subseries primarily contains a history of the activities and events by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario at St. Joseph’s Residence at 485 Windermere Road, London. This became the Sisters’ primary residence in 2007. It was the first facility in the City of London to achieve Gold Certification under the Canada Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system. Sister Donna Quinlan wrote the annals from 2009 to 2011, and Sister Mary Lillian Kuntz from January 1 to December 31, 2012. Sister Donna Quinlan and Sister Mary Lillian Kuntz recorded various meetings such as House Meetings, Futuring Team Core Members Meetings, Federation Ecology Committee Meetings, Liturgy Meetings, Transition Team Meetings, Chapter Planning Committee Meetings, Material Resources Committee Meetings, Website Committee Meetings, Food Committee Meetings, Eating Locally Committee Meetings, Future of Medaille House Meetings, and Truth and Reconciliation Meetings. The Sisters also wrote about the community participating in various thematic retreats, conferences, and workshops. This subseries documents collaborative community projects undertaken at St. Joseph’s Residence, such as the Environmental Leadership Program with the Catholic Central High School, and a Falls Research Study with physiotherapy students at University of Western Ontario in London.

This subseries event program brochures for the Rite of Dedication at St. Joseph’s Chapel in 2007 and for the Sisters of St. Joseph Associate Commitment and Missioning in 2008. There is a printed handout related to the LEED® rating system, a speech given by Sister Margo Ritchie at the Installation Ritual of the 2007 to 2011 Leadership Team, and an invitation for St. Anne Catholic School’s 50th Anniversary. There are also photographs depicting the construction of the residence.

In addition, there is an oversize bound volume titled Chronicles of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Diocese of London, Ontario. This bound volume contains information starting from the early foundational history of the arrival of the Sisters of St. Joseph to London, Ontario, golden jubilees, obituaries, apostolic briefs, ceremonies of reception, first vows, and profession. It documents various openings such as the Maidstone Mission in 1930, the New Wing of St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1931, and the opening of the Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse in 1954. It also contains letters from Sisters in Rome, Italy and Bordeaux, France. The is also another bound volume titled Archives and Obituary Notices 1868-1947. It contains records related to the Mount Hope Orphanage and has lists of deceased Sisters. It also has notes, correspondence, obituaries, news clippings, Minutes of Elections in the years 1920, 1923, 1929, and 1935, as well as the General Chapter Minutes and a Financial Report in 1935, that are pasted inside.

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.