Sister Marie Angela Aubert wrote over 140 short plays while she was treasurer for the Guest Wing at the University Hospital in London, Ontario. This series contains correspondence concerning the plays, scripts, and recordings of performances. The plays are cover a wide variety of religious subjects such as the Passion, the Immaculate Conception, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, and many other stories from the Bible. 140 of the plays are specifically inspired by the Good News Bible. Some of the scripts are annotated with the names of the actors. There is also "Make the Bible Come Alive," a pamphlet with five scripts of Sister Marie Angela Aubert’s plays. 140 of the plays were granted Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat, which means the content of the plays has been deemed of good standard and in keeping with the teachings of the Church. The letters from the Bishop of London, the Most Rev. John M. Sherlock, D.D., and Rev. J. Murray Watson, M. Div. granting these declarations are present. For more information on this, see F01-SF05-S002. Accompanying the computer disks are two letters, one from Sr. Patricia Edward, FSP and one from “Brad” concerning the return of the disks.
This series contains correspondence with the Bishop of London concerning the doctrinal and moral content of 140 of the short plays written by Sister Marie Angela Aubert. For more information on the plays, see F01-SF05-S002. Most Rev. John M. Sherlock, Bishop of London, asked Rev. J. Murray Watson, M. Div, to become Sister Marie Angela Aubert’s Censor Librorum, an authority who reviews text for the Church. Father J. Murray Watson granted Sister Marie Angela Aubert’s plays Nihil Obstat in 1996. Nihil Obstat is an official declaration that the text contains no doctrinal or moral errors and is in keeping with the teachings and views of the Church. It was issued again in 1997. In 1997, Bishop Sherlock also granted the plays Imprimatur. Imprimatur authorizes the publication of material and guarantees that the content is of good standard. The plays were reviewed in 2006 with Rev. Michael Prieur acting as Censor Librorum and the Bishop of London at the time, Most Rev. Ronald P. Fabbro, C.S.B., again granted Imprimatur with a recommendation for a minor revision to play #144. The letters detailing these events are present.
This series contains material related to Sister Marie Angela Aubert’s involvement in high schools and education. She spent much of her life working as a teacher at various institutions. Much of the material present here concerns her involvement with the Catholic Central High School (CCH) Business Club, the Junior Achievement Program at O'Leary High School, and her articles on education. Sister Marie Angela Aubert taught at Catholic Central High School in London, Ontario and supervised the CCH Business Club. The club’s primary focus was doing typing for students, teachers, and school publications like the Knightrider Magazine and the yearbook. The club was also involved in fundraising activities and arranged for speakers to come to the school and give talks about business, education, and employer expectations. Material in this series related to the CCH Business Club’s includes the CCH Business Club’s newsletters, invitations, memorandums, member lists, a goal list, and an article about the club written by Sister Marie Angela Aubert. Sister Marie Angela taught business and religion at O'Leary High School in Edmonton, Alberta and there she involved the grade 12 Business Management class in the Junior Achievement Program, a program aimed at teaching youth entrepreneurship and business skills. As part of the program, students developed companies to promote and operate. The students created Gemco, which sold handmade jewelry, and J. A. Enterprise, which sold personalized mugs. Material related to the Junior Achievement Program includes material from displays, correspondence, weekly sales summaries, photographs, and news clippings of coverage of the program and advertisements. There are also invitations to banquets, awards lists, and thank-you notes from Sister Marie Angela's time at these schools. This series also includes five educational serial publications with articles written by Sister Marie Angela. There are four issues of Contact (November/December, 1977; March/April, 1979; January/February, 1980; and November/December, 1981), which was a quarterly service publication of Gage Education Publishing, Ltd. sent free of charge to all business and economics teachers in Canada. Sister Marie Angela's articles are “A New Method of Teaching Introductory Accounting,” “Producing Class Magazine Is Exciting Typing Motivation,” “Creativity Should Be Encouraged, Not Stifled,” and “Is it “IE” or “EI? ALICE” Helps!” Also in this series is Synoptic, Spring 1979, Vol. XIX, No. 2, a publication of the Business Education Council of Alberta Teachers’ Association which features Sister Marie Angela’s article “Involvement in Toastmistress Club Enhances Communications Teaching.”
Sister Marie Angela Aubert was the Coordinator of R.C. [Roman Catholic] Jail Ministry Volunteers to Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre in London, Ontario. She gave communion services and lead-ins to readings to the men at this detention centre. This series contains annotated scripts for communion services and lead-ins to readings. Some scripts are typed while some are handwritten.
This is a collection of histories and reference material, including publications and photocopies of historical documents and correspondence, created and collected by the Sisters illustrating the foundation and history of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. Topics range from the founding of the religious order of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Le Puy, France by Father Jean Pierre Médaille in 1648 to the activities of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the diocese of London, Ontario from their foundation to the early 2000s. A major focus of the material is on the founding of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London as a branch of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto and the establishment of an independent congregation. Many of the Sisters wrote accounts, chronicles, booklets, and essays on their history, some of which were published. Drafts and published versions of these writings are included here alongside histories written by those from outside the congregation. There are also various photocopies of records from the late 1800s related to the early history of the Sisters. This includes publications on their history, correspondence about establishing the community (though there are also some original correspondence), Acts of Profession, Acts of Reception, the 1871 Act of Incorporation and the 1915 and 1938 amendments. There are, however, original documents from the late 1800s and early 1900s as well, such as photographs of Sisters, “History of the Sisters of St. Joseph,” (which was written at Sacred Heart Convent, London), and an excerpt from a manuscript by Bishop R. H. Dignan. The approbation decree and pontifical rights from the Holy See in Rome for Sisters of St. Joseph of London’s are also present. The material in this collection also includes photographs, postcards, a photo album, and news clippings.