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The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario first came to Sandwich (which would become Windsor, Ontario) in 1884 and, as of 2025, continue to live and minister in the city. Windsor is located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which is an alliance between the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. This series contains annals, photographs, a map, pamphlets, correspondence, news clippings, funeral and memorial cards, and petitions related to the Sisters ministry in London. These annals primarily focus on various small residences which the Sisters lived in while they did ministry in health care, education, and pastoral services. These residences also served as foster homes for disabled children, a retreat centre, a group home for women who had experienced long-term psychiatric illness, and the Adult Spirituality Centre. There is also material related to a Qigong program offered through the Sandwich Community Health Centre. Many of the records within this group focus on individual Sisters ministries.

Sous-fonds consists of a news clipping, an autobiography, and Stay on the Melody, a memoir by Sister Rosary Fallon recounting her childhood and family life, friendships, relationship to the church, experience of religious life, teaching career, travels, and the Fallon Family Orchestra. There is also a painting of a winter landscape and a pencil sketch of a landscape done by Sister Rosary Fallon.

This series contains scrapbooks created and kept by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Pembroke, Ontario.

This series contains a short history on the activities of Sister Beata (Jeanne d' Arc Celine) Gagnon of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario during the Blenheim Mission in Blenheim, Ontario. In 1998, Mr. Shawn Moyniham, Principal of St. Mary’s and St. Anne’s Schools in St. Mary’s Parish in Blenheim, Ontario invited Sister Beata to visit the classrooms and interact with the students. Sister Beata arrived on July 1, 1998, and assisted in the faith component of the school curriculum, teaching elements of Mass, religious terminology, the names of Saints with statues in St. Mary’s Church, and the meaning of Advent, Confession, and Confirmation to kindergarten to Grade 3 pupils. She prepared children for their First Holy Communion and provided spiritual guidance to the school staff. She also visited the Nursing Home, Community Centre, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and Blenheim Basement, a place where teenagers could gather. In January 2002, she was an unofficial pastoral assistant upon the arrival of a new priest, Father Paul Duplessie, pastor of Blenheim at St. Mary’s Church. In September 2000, she handcrafted small wooden houses as raffle prizes for fundraising for an upcoming thanksgiving event. Sister Beata worked in the Parish of Blenheim until 2010, when she retired and returned to London, Ontario.

There is a scrapbook style journal written by Sister Beata from 1998 to 2004 chronicling her activities that includes newspaper clippings, printed pictures, and cards from events in St. Mary’s Parish, Blenheim, where Sister Beata worked with the students at St. Mary’s and St. Anne’s Schools. There is also correspondence to and from Sister Beata to Sister Mary Zimmer from 2001 to 2007 with general news about St. Mary’s Church. There are also several invitation cards. One is for the opening of the Capuchins of Central Canada, St. Francis Friary, Blenheim on May 14-15, 2005. Another is to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of St. Mary’s Catholic Women’s League on June 5, 2007. There is also a program brochure with printed photographs for the 70th Anniversary St. Mary’s Parish in 1997.

There are newspaper articles published and printed in the Blenheim News-Tribune, a local community newspaper. The news articles primarily feature St. Mary’s School student activities, a new Blenheim Youth Centre opening and ribbon cutting, a new Friary opening for the Capuchin Fathers of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and “View from the Pulpit” column clippings. Notably, on May 28, 1999, Sister Beata had invited over 40 students and 2 teachers to visit her apartment to enjoy snacks and sing songs, and this incident was featured in an article in the Blenheim News-Tribune with a picture on June 2, 1999. In addition, there are photographs of different rooms inside Sister Beata’s apartment on Chatham Street, St. Mary’s School, and of Father Paul Duplessie, pastor of Blenheim at St. Mary’s Church.

There are also brief summaries on the foundation and early history of St. Mary’s Parish in Blenheim and the Town of Erieau and a booklet with printed pictures and drawings of the Fathers of the Capuchins of Central, followers of St. Francis of Assisi who were involved with the area.

This series contains records concerning the establishment of Derrynane Lakehouse in Camlachie, Ontario. Derrynane Lakehouse was a summer beach home and Vocation House for the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. The series includes historical summaries on the design and building construction of the lake house. There is a short history from 1825 to 1967 about Daniel O'Connell, an Irish Patriot, and his family’s home named Derrynane House in Ireland, from which the name Derrynane Lakehouse is derived. There is a handwritten letter by Sister Mary Patricia (Columkille) Doyle on the founding history of the Derrynane Lakehouse in Canada and the Derrynane House estate in Ireland, a brief about a home for retired priests written by Reverend Father Cyril A. Doyle, and correspondence with General Superior, Sister Mary Diesbourg, regarding the renovations of Derrynane Lakehouse. There are also hand drawn layout plans for each floor, financial estimates, itemized list of costs quotations, construction timelines, and build agreements for the lake house cottage. In addition, there are photographs of the Sisters visiting Derrynane House in Ireland and Reverend Doyle with a car, as well as photographs and negatives that document Sisters’ activities the renovations of Derrynane Lakehouse.

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 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 series contains the annals documenting the history of St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre (also known as the Hospital Centre, Soup Kitchen, and later as St. Joe’s Café) in London by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre had three different locations, first at 746 Dundas Streete East, then at 707 Dundas Street East, and then at 602 Queens Avenue. St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre was a project to assist those in need by providing social services such as food, referrals, comradeship, and pastoral care. This series contains two chronicles of St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre’s history. The first chronicle relates to 746 Dundas Street East, from 1982 to 1991, and includes news clippings from 1985 to 1991. The second chronicle relates to 707 Dundas Street East, from 1989 to 1995, and includes news clippings from 1990 to 1995. There is correspondence regarding engaging the neighbourhood community in discerning the future of the centre from 2005 to 2006. There are lists of Sisters and lay people who volunteered from 1983 to 2005, statistical sheets on how many meals were served, the number and types of clients, major purchases, and items donated to furnish St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre.

This series has newspaper articles on St. Joseph’s Hospital Centre and topics discussing the socio-cultural-economic situation in Ontario from 1984 to 2022. There are also printed articles, one written by Larry Mckenzie, Consultant at McKenzie Hospitality Group in London, and another by Leonard A. Lesser, a Consultant in Education and Career Counselling in Hamilton, Ontario. There are also two pamphlets advertising the services offered at the 707 Dundas Street East location and an invitation card for a social gathering event during National Volunteer Week on April 30, 1992. There are loose photographs depicting the beginnings of St. Joseph’s Hospital Centre in 1983, a panorama of the dining room and front counter area, new kitchen equipment, and the re-blessing and reopening of St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre on May 9, 2005, after the rebuild from a fire.

This series also contains a scrapbook with official letters inside addressed to Sister Marie Jean Klatt on her nomination for the Ontario Senior Achievement Award from the Minister for Senior Citizens’ Affairs, Ron Van Horne, in June 1987 and from Mavis Wilson in 1989. The scrapbook also has news clippings, newsletters produced by the Knights of Columbus and St. Patrick’s Church, a pamphlet thanking volunteers, a poem titled “True Happiness,” and a photograph of Sister Mary Jean Klatt and volunteers preparing hot meals at St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre.

In addition, there is a photo album compiled by Sister Mary Jean Klatt. There are photographs of the interior and exterior of the St. Joseph’s Hospital Centre, as well as donors, staff, and volunteers, cooking and serving meals, and cleaning up the dining room and kitchen areas. There are also photographs of picnic events with games and contests, handicrafts displayed in the Hospitality Centre’s front window, and Christmas celebrations with Santa Claus. The photo album contains newspaper articles related to her ministry at the St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre. There is a pamphlet inside the photo album written by Sister Mary Jean Klatt that has several lists of the names of patrons, donors, staff, and volunteers, and the number of meals served from 1983 to 1986.

This series contains the chronicles, short histories, essays, and drafts of St. Joseph’s Convent in St. Marys, Ontario, during the mission of the Congregation of the Sister’s of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There is a historical summary titled, “History of Early Days in St. Mary’s” that covers a period from 1849 to 1892. The records in this series document the teaching ministry of the Sisters who taught music with many recitals performed in preparation of formal music examinations with either the University of Western Conservatory or the Toronto Conservatory of Music in Ontario. There are several lists related to St. Marys such as Sisters who have been assigned to St. Joseph’s Convent from 1913 to 1984, Priests who served in the town, and Reverends who were stationed at the Holy Name of Mary Church and Parish from 1859 to 1980. There is correspondence between the Community, the Ontario Board of Teachers, and St. Marys Separate School Board related to the administration of the Holy Name Separate School, teacher schedules, and teaching Sisters’ appointments. There are two pamphlets advertising the Friendship Centre for St. Marys Area Seniors and the Westover Park Guest House. There is newsprint magazines published in 1978 and 1979 titled Welcome to St. Marys ‘The Stone Town’ promoting tourism in St. Marys. The series also contains a 1974 program pamphlet on the official opening and blessing of the Holy Name of Mary Roman Catholic School. There are news clippings related to various events (processions, communions, jubilees, funerals, sod-turning, and re-openings) at St. Marys (Holy Name of Mary Roman Catholic Church, School and Parish), and a 1975 full page news article with pictures of washed-out streets after St. Marys was flooded with eight inches of water. There are postcards pasted inside the chronicles with printed pictures of Pope John Paul II, Ireland, and London, England. In addition, there is a photo album with photographs depicting Sisters, Fathers, and guests celebrating jubilees and other social and holiday gatherings, and a trip to Martyrs’ Shrine and Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Mission National Historic Site of Canada at Midland, Ontario. There are photographs of Sister Mary Eunice ice skating and of her teaching students how to skate. There are photographs of students at their First Communion Class at the Holy Name of Mary Church, and photographs of St. Joseph’s Convent and the chapel.

This series contains the records of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario's mission in Simcoe, Ontario. Simcoe is in Norfolk County and is on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Neutral, and Haudenosaunee peoples. At the request of Reverend F. O’Drowski, the Sisters of St. Joseph of London came to Simcoe in 1938. The Sisters moved in a home at 253 Union Street which had once been Father Hannick’s. While in Simcoe, the Sisters’ primary ministry was teaching at St Mary’s School, but they also did various parish ministries and taught catechism and music. In 1963, construction finished, and a new convent was opened at 251 Union Street. Due to a lack of personnel, the Sisters withdrew from Simcoe in 1974. Throughout the 1980s, a few Sisters rented residences in Simcoe and the surrounding area and did parish ministry. The last Sisters left Simcoe in 1989. The records present include annals, histories, event booklets, a guest book, correspondence, financial reports, meeting minutes, and photographs.