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This file contains the annals of the vocation house at 68 Bond Street South, Hamilton prepared by Sister Mary McIntyre and Sister Rosanne Logel. The annals document the ministries and social activities of the Sisters as well as major events within the Congregation, Hamilton, and globally. There are also photographs, pamphlets, newsletters, and correspondence attached.

This series contains records that document the history of the Community House mission at the corner site of Queens Avenue and Williams Street in London by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. Different groups of Sisters of St. Joseph lived together in a housing complex on a site that comprised two addresses, 534 Queens Avenue and 471 Williams Street. The records document the activities of individual Sisters assigned to a range of ministries and various community outreach projects that operated within the house. These activities were in the fields of education, health care, social services, and pastoral work. There are short essays, summaries, and visual records that document the seven iterations of the Community House at 534 Queens Avenue: Fontbonne Hall Home for Children, Madame Vanier Children’s Services, Internos, Withdrawal Management Service of the St. Joseph’s Detoxification Centre (also known as Detox Centre/Clinic), Women’s House (also known as Women’s Residence, Home for Women in Need, Home for Women in Transition, and the Women in Transition House), Streetscape, and My Sisters’ Place (also known as My Sister’s Place). There are records that document the ministries of the Sisters in their service of establishing and managing each of the seven community outreach projects undertaken at the Community House.

This series also contains the chronicles of Fontbonne Hall Home for Children, Madame Vanier Children’s Services, Internos, and the St. Joseph’s Detoxification Centre (Detox Centre), lists of Sisters stationed at the Community House, speeches authored by Sister Nancy Wales, correspondence regarding the administration of the various community projects, promotional pamphlets advertising the types of social services the Sisters offered at the Community House, and newspaper articles related to the official opening and closing events of the different social programs. There are invitation cards related to the farewell celebration of the Community House, artworks portraying the Community House and surrounding landscape, and an architectural blueprint plan of the property.

In addition, there are photo albums and loose photographs and negatives. These photographs depict the interior and exterior of the Community House. The photographs also depict the Sisters of St. Joseph interacting with staff members, professional colleagues, and guests who are participating in various activities and attending events at the Community House such as: celebrations, holidays, committee meetings, spiritual retreats, day trips, and regional outings.

This file contains a typed version of the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's motherhouse, St. Joseph's Convent from 1852 to 2012. There is also a historical summary of the Sisters' foundation in Hamilton and correspondence related to the annal entries.

These annals chronicle the daily lives of Sisters Ann Marshall, Katrina Rooney, and Nancy Sullivan while they performed charitable works in Annotto Bay, Jamaica. These records discuss their efforts in healthcare and education, including their donation to fix critical water problems in the Infirmary as well as setting up several educational programs to help children to learn and read. The annals also provide nuanced detail by describing the Sisters’ living quarters, thoughts about their works, and about the town itself. The sub-series also includes Katrina Rooney’s photographs. These images show Katrina Rooney teaching in school, posing with community members, and relaxing in her leisure time. These images offer a “snapshot” of life in Annotto Bay. A larger photo album along with a folder of photographs also makes up this sub-series. The album’s images provide further examples of Annotto Bay life. This sub-series also has records that detail the 2001 murder of Father Martin Royackers, who also lived and worked in Annotto Bay. He was a member of the Upper Canada Province of the Canadian Jesuits and had served Annotto Bay for six years. This news shocked and saddened the Congregation. They were upset to hear the news of the violent attack in a place they considered as a home. The Sisters set up a memorial liturgy in response to the news. The sub-series also included several drawings from children to the Sisters.

This file consists of a handwritten account of the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Hamilton to Chetwynd, British Columbia between 1976 and 1982, along with supporting photographs and documentation. This file contains a postcard, a letter to the Sisters in Hamilton informing them of the mission opportunity, correspondence between church leaders in British Columbia and the Sisters, a scrapbook page with newspaper clippings of the pre-fabricated house plans for the Sisters’ home in Chetwynd, photographs of the Sisters, priests, and parishioners in British Columbia at a variety of events and locations, copies of newspaper and magazine articles, a diocesan convention programme for November 1977, records of donations given to the mission, correspondence between Sisters, newsletters and newsletter clippings, a poem by Sister Stephanie Vincec, song lyrics, and a pamphlet with a timeline of the life of Sister Veronica Schaefer.

This file contains the annals of the community house at 44 Crosthwaite Avenue, Hamilton. The annals cover the Sisters' social activities and ministries. There is also a summary of the reinternment of Mother Martha von Bunning.

This file contains annals documenting the Sisters' ministries and social activities in Kenilworth, Arthur, and Mount Forest, Ontario.

This file contains annals written by Sister Regis McLaughlin, the secretary treasurer from 1963-1983.