This subseries contains the history of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, during their mission in St. Thomas, Ontario. There are historical summaries and short drafts about the various groups of Sisters who resided at St. Joseph’s Convent on White Street in St. Thomas, when it first opened in 1879 until its closing in 1994. The Sisters were assigned ministries in teaching, social work, and spiritual guidance in the Parish of Holy Angels. From 1994 to 2004, Sister Mary Boer was the last remaining Sister living in St. Thomas. She lived alone in a Community apartment on the second floor of a house on Wellington Street. In this subseries, Sister Mary Boere chronicled her education ministry as a teacher at William Sherlock Morrison School and Monsignor Morrison Catholic School. Sister Mary wrote about her retirement in 1996, after thirty-one years of teaching and her work as a Pastoral Assistant at the Holy Angels’ Parish, helping with the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program, Baptism and other sacramental preparations, and starting an Associate Group that met monthly with Sister Doreen Kraemer as the animator. Sister Mary documented her professional development activities including starting a Pastoral Visitor’s course in 2004, at the Elgin General Hospital, and she wrote about her post-graduate work with patients in a program under the care of Reverend Adele Miles, the Pastoral Care Consultant. There is a postcard from Father Leo James Slatterie to the Sisters; invitation cards for the silver jubilee of Sister Mary Brendan and centennial celebration commemorating the Sisters’ presence at Holy Angels Church; event program brochures for Sister Patrice Ritchie’s Religious Profession, and the 25th Anniversary of Mount St. Joseph, in London, Ontario; and a booklet titled Fiftieth Anniversary of Ordination, Right Reverend Thomas West, Domestic Prelate, 1876-1926. This subseries also contains news clippings related to Sister Mary Boere, Reverend Mother Mary Julia (Cecilia) Moore, Reverend Charles Thomas McManus, and the murder of Johanna Hassel in Holy Angels’ Church in 1977.
This subseries contains histories of St. Joseph’s Convent in St. Thomas of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, covering the history from 1879 to the 1980s There is a notebook outlining the history from 1928 to 1934 which includes news clippings a about funeral announcements, St. Joseph’s High School Commencement, Reverend William H. McNabb’s departure to China, and the resignation of Monsignor Thomas West as parish priest of Holy Angels’ Church. Also pasted inside the notebook is correspondence from the Roman Catholic Separate School Board regarding teacher transfers and assignments. There are other short stories in this subseries on the Separate Schools in Elgin County. This subseries also contains a brochure for the fiftieth anniversary of the Ordination of the Right Reverend Thomas West in1926, and the opening of the Holy Angels’ Catholic Separate School in 1925. In addition, there is a 1959 photograph of Sisters in St. Thomas. There is also a photograph album with invitations and photographs of St., Joseph’s Convent’s centennial and the staff of St. Joseph’s High School.
This file contains the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's ministry in Seaforth, Ontario. Topics in the annals include but are not limited to: the Sisters' ministries and social activities, activities at the schools, the blizzard of 1971, deaths, jubilees, holidays, music recitals, events in Seaforth, music recitals, and world events. There is also a list of Sisters who served at this mission.
This file contains annals documenting the Sisters' activities in Seaforth and a letter chronically the activities of the Sisters in Seaforth from 1979 to 1983. Topics include, but are not limited to: re-opening the convent, Mass, jubilees, social activities, celebrations, a communion, the Sisters' ministries, and the rent of the house. There is also a list of furniture.
This file contains the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's ministry in Simcoe. Within the annals is a 1940 jubilee programme, a news clippings celebrating Reverend J. A. Finn, and a list of priests at St. Mary's Rectory. Topics in the annals include, but are not limited to: the Sisters' ministries and social activities, major world events, school activities, student achievements, and events in Simcoe.