This series contains personal reflections and accounts by Sister Margaret Ferris about her travels. There are three travel diaries in this series: one from her trips to Quebec, Canada from 1959 to 1963, one from her travels to Peru and Florida, USA in 1981, and one from her pilgrimage to Le Puy, France in 2003. There is also a typed chronicle of the 2003 pilgrimage entitled Pilgrimage 2003 A Return to Our Roots and a lace bookmark from Le Puy. A large scrapbook from Sister Margaret Ferris’s trip to California, USA from 1984 to 1985 is also present. The scrapbook contains drawings and personal accounts by Sister Margaret, photographs, clippings, and ephemera from the trip. Locations of note within the scrapbook include Detroit, Oakland, San Francisco, Muir Woods National Monument, Berkeley, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Pasadena, Monterey, Reno, Carson City, and Lake Tahoe.
This file contains annals in a bound volume with photographs, news clippings, loose pages, and pamphlets attached inside. Topics include moving, travel, renovations, liturgical service, visiting the ill, meals, weather, holidays and celebrations, furniture sales, retreats, workshops, he 25th anniversary of Blessed Sacrament Church, and the Sisters’ ministry at St. Leo’s School, St. Mary’s School, St. Paul’s School, St. Basil’s Church, and St. Pius Parish.
This file contains itemized financial reports of income and expenses for St. Joseph's Convent, Brantford.
This file contains financial records related to the insurance of the convent, lists of Sisters in Brantford and their ministries (some written on the back of advertisements for school sound systems), notes related to Sisters' involvement in education, a list of rules for teachers in New York in 1872, itemized lists of expenses, notes on religious life, a detailed description of the linen to be used for cornets and bands in the Sisters' Habits, a service guide from Mother M. Alacoque's funeral, an obituary for Rev. Hugh J. Hayes, and a copy of "The Sacred Congregation on the Discipline of the Sacraments An Exclusive Instruction" from the Chancery Office of the Diocese of Hamilton. There are invitations, a news clipping, a list of gifts, a list of invited guests, and a list of Sister attendees for the Centennial Jubilee in 1959. There is also correspondence related to looking for Brantford annals, the early years of the convent, the loaning of the Canadian Register, renovations, and the Sisters' involvement in education.
This file contains a photograph album from St. Joseph's Convent on Pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario. The photographs depict the building, Sisters, holidays, a snow storm, Sister Stephanie Vince attaining her doctorate, feast days, jubilees, Marygrove Retreat, and St. Basil's School in 1965.
This file contains a photograph of Sisters Seraphina, Redemption, Barbara, Francis, Vanier, Noella, Consolata, Mildred, Rene, Jane Frances, Caroline, Germaine, Jeanette, Theophane, and Rita in front of St. Joseph's Convent, Brantford.
This file contains a summary of the Sisters' involvement in the field of education in Brant County by Sister Stephanie Vincec and questions from a interview Sister Sheila Fortune did on Bethany House, a ministry for abused women.