Subserie 02 - St. Joseph’s Convent, 254 Emma Street

3 cm of textual records
1 photograph : col.
6 photographs : b&w

This subseries contains the chronicles of St. Joseph’s Convent at 254 Emma Street, Sarnia, of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. The chronicles document the education ministry of the Sisters residing at St. Joseph’s Convent who taught music at the convent from 1945 to 1982. There are also records of the Sisters teaching music at St. Joseph’s School and St. Patrick’s High-School in Sarnia. This subseries contains a list of Sisters stationed at St. Joseph’s Convent from 1945 to 1980, and a list of Priests of St. Joseph’s Church from 1923 to 1980. There are also minutes for the first house meeting in 1969 at the convent. There is a historical summary on the founding of St. Joseph’s School and St. Patrick’s High School and two essays written by Sister Mary Margaret (Lenore) Howard. The first essay, Social Justice Ministry within St. Joseph’s Parish Community, is about her work with marginalized communities, such as with male ex-psychiatric patients and the second Our Home and Ministry, is about the promotion of social justice at the local parish level and living and working interdependently at St. Joseph’s Convent on Emma Street. There are several newsletters related to activities at St. Joseph’s Church in Sarnia. There is a 1969 correspondence to Mother Julia Cecilia Moore about the minutes for the first house meeting at St. Joseph’s Convent in Sarnia, and correspondence amongst the Sisters about the transformation of St. Joseph’s Convent into an experimental community house from 1974 to 1976. This subseries also contains a card and a booklet commemorating the St. Joseph’s Parish 50th Anniversary in 1973. In addition, this subseries contains photographs depicting St. Joseph’s Convent before and after renovations, the chapel inside the convent, a portrait of Mother Ignatia Campbell (1840-1929), and a group of Sisters at the convent in 1973 identified as Sister Mary Margaret (Lenore) Howard, Sister Sylvia Cust, Sister Theresa Marie Caillouette, and Sister Mary Boere.