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12 photographs of a fancy dinner originally in a photo album.

This series contains the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's mission in Paris, Ontario. There are also historical summaries, news clippings, photographs, lists of Sisters stationed on this mission, and a poem.

Paris is part of Brant County which is located on the traditional lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River, and the Attiwanderonk. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario’s founded their first mission outside Hamilton in Paris, Ontario in 1858. Mother Bernard Dinan was the first superior of the Paris mission. She was accomponied by Sister Ambrose Collins and Siste Agnes O’Donohoe. The Sisters lived and taught in the same building. The school would eventually become Sacred Heart School. While in Paris, the Sisters also taught music and catechetics and served as organists, sacristans, and homemakers. This mission lasted until 1977.

This series contains the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario related to their motherhouse, St. Joseph's Convent. There are also scrapbooks, news clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes, a photograph, and a drawing related to the annals.

In 1852, Mother Martha von Bunning, Sister Aloysius Walker, and Sister M. Joseph McDonnell of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto arrived at the first convent at MacNab Street and Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The Sisters moved to St. Joseph’s Convent at Park Street and Colbourne Street in 1857. The Sisters cared for orphan girls, taught music, taught in the separate schools, visited hospitals, prisons, the sick and the poor, and served as sacristans, homemakers, and catechetics teachers.

The Sisters remained in this convent for 94 years until the second motherhouse, St. Joseph’s Convent on Northcliffe Avenue in Dundas, opened in 1951. It was designed by Marani & Morris Architects and spans a length of 250 feet to accommodate approximately 200 residents. It used a variety of locally sourced materials, such a sandstone from Credit Valley Quarries and limestone from Niagara Falls. The building had a copper roof, 125-foot-tall bell tower, and 12-foot steel cross. The bell, a gift from Sophia MacNab, was originally from Dundurn Castle. The convent was built by Pigott Construction and was completed in time to celebrate the Sisters’ 100th anniversary in Hamilton.

The Sisters departed from St. Joseph’s Convent in January 2020 and the property was sold.

Hamilton is located on the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. The land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant and the Between the Lakes Purchase of 1792.

This file contains a historical summary and the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's time in Woodstock, Ontario. There is also a list of the Sisters who ministered in Woodstock.

One page report on the closing of St. Joseph's Hospital chapel.

This subseries contains a short history on St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake in Kingsville, Ontario, by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake was a beach cottage destination for Sisters embarking on a summer vacation. The historical summary includes information on the previous owners of St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake when it was known as Woodland Cottage before the Sisters owned the property and building. There is correspondence about a stained-glass window that was installed in 1967 in the chapel of the summer house. There is also a compiled list of codes of conduct to be observed whilst visiting St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake. In addition, there is a photograph of the exterior of the summer beach cottage and a photograph of the interior of the chapel at St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake.