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This series contains the annals of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, regarding their missions and ministries at different residences in London. These include a range of accommodations such as bungalows, split-level homes, townhouses, and high-rise apartments in the region and are referred to as Community Houses, Community Homes, or Community Apartments. The series provides a window into the leadership, administrative and support roles assigned to or voluntarily taken up by the Sisters and the services they provided in the field of healthcare, education, social welfare, and spiritual care. The records present document the Sisters work in collaboration with and for a range of organizations, including hospitals and infirmaries, specialized medical clinics in psychiatry and pediatrics, nursing homes and long-term care residences, neighborhood social welfare and community centers, correctional facilities and prisons, elementary schools and high schools, colleges and universities, and parish churches. Other examples documented include the Sisters of St. Joseph’s outreach ministry abroad, such as the Dominican Republic, South Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, and Perú.

The series also contains records of the administrative work performed by the Sisters associated with the daily functioning, programming, and future planning of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, such as records from committees and retreats. This series also documents an assortment of other Community House activities related to the Sisters’ ministry like engaging in professional and spiritual development, pursuing higher education degrees, organizing celebrations, Jubilees, funerals, departure ceremonies for missions in Perú, fundraising, preparations for auction sales and bazaars, as well as attending religious events and Sisters reception and profession ceremonies.

The records in this series include historical summaries, news clippings, correspondence, and lists of Sisters. In addition, this series contains one scrapbook, one bound volume, two photo albums, and loose photographs.

This series contains annals documenting the history of the mission at Loughlin House in London by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. This series documents the work positions that were assigned to individual Sisters such as leadership positions within the Community, teaching at Catholic Central High-School in London, working with the Marriage Tribunal in Toronto, conducting a Beatitudes Retreat at Mount St. Joseph, and working in health care. There is a list of Sisters who were stationed at Loughlin House from 1976 to 1985. This series has a guestbook given by Sister Margaret Ann Jacobson to the Loughin House Community that has hand-written signatures of people who visited the residence from January 5 to April 11, 1976. There are photographs that depict the exterior of the Loughlin House, the house chapel in 1981, and an event that marks the transformation and renaming of the Loughin House into LIFT House, a social housing project. There is a program brochure related to the official opening of the LIFT House on June 19, 1992. In addition, there is a laminated hand-drawn sketch produced with coloured pencils that illustrate the Loughlin building titled “LIFT House 446 Queens Ave.”

This series contains the records from the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's ministry in Łutselkʼe, previously known as Snowdrift, Northwest Territories, from 1983 to 1986 and 1994 to 1999. Łutselk’e is the home of the Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation and is part of Treaty 8 Territory. While there the Sisters taught at local schools, gave music instructions, did parish ministry, and participated in various local committees. The records include correspondence, photographs, the September 1983 issue of Oblate Mission, reports on the feasibility and needs of the mission, house meeting minutes, architectural drawings of the rectory, maps of the area, and chronicles of the Sisters activities.

This series contains the history of the Maidstone, Ontario mission of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There is a historical summary on the foundation of Maidstone Cross (later known as Maidstone) from 1843 to 1929, and chronicles of the Sisters’ activities and different events in the parish of Maidstone from 1930 to 1979. Some topics include postulants received, first and final vows, meetings of Provincial Superiors, conventions and public lectures attended by the Sisters, Liturgical singing, summer activities, students and their achievements (public speaking contests, school classes, choirs, music, and awards), celebrations, jubilees, and obituaries of Sisters and the Maidstone community. There are several lists, such as lists of priests stationed at Maidstone Cross (Maidstone), Sisters who served in Maidstone, Sisters who taught at St. John’s School of Essex, and names of people Christmas cards were given to. There is correspondence related to the blessing of St. Joseph’s Convent of Maidstone, meeting of school trustees to discuss finances, Sisters withdrawing from St. John’s School of Essex, renovation cost, and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the parish of St. Mary’s in Maidstone. There are news clippings related to the renovations and expansion of St. Mary’s Separate School, the sale of schools in Maidstone and surrounding area, farewell ceremony for the Sisters of St. Joseph in Maidstone, the Sisters of St. Joseph concert band and choir rehearsing for a centennial event, Sisters of St. Joseph celebrating 100 years of service in London, Ontario, and Sister M. Joanne and Sister Maria Stella moving to Peru. This series also contains a certificate on the inception of a student scholarship in recognition of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s presence in Maidstone. There are also printed pictures of when Sisters entered St. Joseph’s Order from 1881 to 1966. The Sisters include Sister Mechtilde Suan McCarthy in 1881, Sister Vincent Margaret Halford in 1892, Sister Adelaide Telma McAuliffe in 1932, Sister Agatha Genevieve Halford in 1932, Sister Elaine Flood in 1959, and Sister Elizabeth Sexton in 1966. In addition, there is a 1964 photograph of the staff at St. Mary’s Separate School that depicts Sister Edmund Isber, Sister Adoloratta, Sister Alexandre, and Sister Marietta.

This series contains a short historical summary written by Sister Marie Loma Laprise of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario during her western mission in St. Joseph’s Parish, Mission, British Columbia from 1980 to 1985. Sister Marie wrote about her desire to be assigned to a Western house, and how she was given permission to work as a cook and housekeeper in the convent at Haney (Maple Ridge) and in the rectory at Mission, in British Columbia. Topics in the historical summary also include working with Fathers John Tritschler, Agnelo Pinto, and Paul Thomas, taking care of the Fathers when they fell ill, household maintenance, driving to Haney (Maple Ridge), visiting and counselling parishioners, and celebrations. There is a news clipping about St. Joseph’s Church of Mission with a printed picture of. There is also correspondence, including handwritten letters and homemade cards of appreciation for Sister Marie’s service in Mission from the Fathers. One of these is an illustrated poster card given to Sister Marie from the Fathers, executed by the Poor Clare Sisters of St. Clare's Monastery in Mission, British Columbia.

This series contains the business history of the Mount St. Joseph Guest Wing operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There are financial records such as activity reports, statistical comparison reports, and payment reports. There are also bills no. 98, 99, and 182 from the City of London which are related to a smoke-free workplace, general prohibitions of public places, and sign requirements. There is also correspondence between the guest wing contact person, Sister Valerie Van Cauwenberghe, and the General Superior, Sister Mary Diesbourg, regarding the operation and administration of the Mount St. Joseph Guest Wing and correspondence between the Sisters regarding increasing the number of accommodations for the guest wing. There are also memorandums and faxes to the Sisters from Tonda Construction Limited and Southwest Doors & Hardware Limited regarding renovations. In addition, there is the April 1997 Friends From the Mount Newsletter, coordinated by Larry and Eve Babcock. This newsletter contains articles written by former guests and patients on their experiences at the Mount St. Joseph Guest Wing, a historical timeline of organ donation milestones in the medical field from 1682 to 1993, jokes, riddles, comics, and a recipe. There is also a sales bill from IBC Computer Distributors and two pamphlets for the guest wing outlining the rules, regulations, and accommodations.

This file contains the annals from Mount St. Joseph in Hamilton, Ontario, news clippings, a prayer for the 2002 sod turning at the Motherhouse for a new infirmary building, Chapter agendas, Hamilton Out of the Cold Program Coalition Vol. 7 No. 1, correspondence about the sale of Mount St. Joseph, and programmes, invitations, and pamphlets for various events, including the celebration of success at Sacred Heart School, Kenilworth.

This file contains the annals from Mount St. Joseph in Hamilton, Ontario.

This series contains historical summaries of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario during their western mission in the Diocese of Nelson, British Columbia from 1970 to 2010. There is a chronicle of the activities of Sister Mary Lillian Kuntz in her role of administering the Marriage Tribunal in the Nelson Diocese from 1983 to 2010. She documents her academic pursuit to gain a degree and license in Canon Law at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa; tasks such as acting as secretary in meetings; and her travels, both for leisure and to attend retreats and conferences, to British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, Canada as well as in Montana, Utah, and Washington, USA. She also includes accounts of celebrations, the purchase of replacement cars, weekly potluck dinners and card playing referred as the Bridge Club, watching the Grey Cup games and the Winter Games in Nelson, and observing salmon spawning at Kokanee Park in British Columbia.

This series also contains a historical summary from 1994 to 1998 of the activities at the Anawim House of Prayer in Nelson, British Columbia. Sister Lynn Rouleau, Director, and Sister Mary Zimmer, Assistant Director operated a property complex of seven buildings that comprised the Anawim House of Prayer. The topics in the summary include managing the programs and groups of people who used the premise for meetings, workshops and conferences such as Spiritual Direction for personal contemplation, Youth Groups, Children’s Day Camp and Beach Campfires, Catechetical Workshops, Senior’s Health Rights Information Sessions, and retreats. There is also a short summary of the activities at St. Theresa’s Parish in Kelowna (Rutland) from 1970 to 1985, with a focus on the development and implementation of the Canadian Catechism Series, a teaching aid book for catechists.

This series has a list of Sisters who served in British Columbia, Nelson from 1985 to 1998, Kelowna (Rutland) from 1970 to 1992, and in Osoyoos, Oliver, and Trail, from 1975 to 1980. There is material related to the passing of other religious figures in the area. There is a printed program in memory of Nelson Bishop Wilfred Emmett Doyle, who passed in 2003. There is also correspondence, newspaper clippings, and obituaries on Reverend Edward Clement Doyle, who was passed in 1980. Finally, there is a May 14, 1980 program in memory of Reverend Edward Clement Doyle.

In addition, there are panoramic photographs of the Anawim House of Prayer and the Chapel in Nelson in 1994, and a photograph of Bishop Wilfred Emmett Doyle, two Sisters, and children in a church in Trail, British Columbia.

This series contains material from the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's involvement in Nicaragua. It primarily includes the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch and Sister Marie Celine Janisse, Sister Janet Zadorsky, and Sister Teresa Ryan's work assisting refugees near Managua, Nicaragua from December 1998 to January 1999, with another visit in 2000. There is correspondence, news clippings, and a disassembled scrapbook. There are also photographs from Sister Theresa Carmel Slavik and Sister Patricia Hogan's visit to Nicaragua in 1983.