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CA ON00279 F01-S010-12 · Subseries · 1998-2013
Part of General Superior Office 1995-2012 series

This subseries contains material related to communications from the General Superior office to the congregation, the diocese, and the public of London, Ontario. The General Superior and the General Council (later the Congregational Leader and the Leadership Circle) were responsible for leading the community and keeping the Sisters informed of the actions of Leadership. Present in this subseries is material presented and distributed by the Leadership Circle and Congregational Leader to the Sisters. This includes letters and reflections to the community from the Congregational Leadership concerning holidays, a vocation conference in Toronto, and religious reflection. There is also a pamphlet for the presentation by Sister Patricia Hogan for the 40th Anniversary of the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada. The General Superior was often responsible for giving speeches at ceremonies and events of the congregation.

From the period when Sister Margo Ritchie was Congregational Leader, there is a talk given at the Installation Ritual of the 2007-2011 Leadership Team, a reflection for the celebration for the Final Profession of Sister Kathy O’Keefe, and speeches from the funerals of Sisters. There are also notes, meeting lists, correspondence, prayer booklets for the 135th and 136th Anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph in London, and material from the website committee, which was working to create a web presence for the community.

Congregational Leaders were often involved in other religious associations to remain connected to the wider religious community. Present here is Sister Mary Diesbourg’s Presidents Address “We remember, We Celebrate, We Believe” for a meeting of the Canadian Religious Conference-Ontario.

Much of the material in this subseries is correspondence. It primarily concerns the interactions between the congregation and the diocese of London. There is correspondence to Sister Margo Ritchie from Most Rev. Ronald P. Fabbro, C.S.B., Bishop of London, thanking her for her service as Congregational Leader. There is also correspondence between the General Council of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, the office of the Bishop of London, and various other clergymen in the diocese of London concerning the introduction of the all-male Permanent Lay Diaconate position within the diocese. Attached to some of this correspondence are informational flyers about the ministry and the positions of laity within it. There is also correspondence to Sister Valerie Van Cauwenberghe from Gerald Fagan planning for a Gerald Fagan Singers’ concert for the Sisters.

Also found in this subseries is material related to the construction of the new residence on Windermere Road and the closing of Mount St. Joseph. There is a thank-you from the Sisters to the builders of the new residence which ran in the London Free Press and clippings of “The New Order” by Mary Hatt in London City Life, on the construction of the new residence on Windermere Road.

The material in this subseries includes correspondence, newsletters, notes, lyrics, pamphlets, prayer books, clippings, speeches, agendas, meeting minutes, website layout drafts, and funeral notes.

Early Histories
CA ON00279 F01-S113-05 · Subseries · 1869-2013
Part of Community Histories collection

The Sisters of St. Joseph of London were originally a branch of the Toronto order, the Sisters having been sent to London from Toronto in 1868. The Sisters of St. Joseph in the London diocese became an autonomous congregation on December 18, 1870. The material in this subseries focuses on the early history of the Sisters of St. Joseph in London, especially the foundation and the first Sisters who came to London, as well as the activities of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto during that time. There are both original documents and copies.

There is material concerning other branch foundations of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto, such as a history of Toronto’s first branch foundation, Amherstberg, written by Sister Veronica O’Reilly. There is also correspondence from the late 1800s concerning the establishment of a branch of the Toronto order in Sandwich, Ontario. Other correspondence from this period concerns the canonical transfer of the Sisters of St. Joseph in London from the Archdiocese of Toronto to the diocese of London. The Act of Incorporation was finalized in 1871. Copies of the legislation and the 1915 and 1938 amendments are present. An approbation decree and pontifical rights were sent from the Holy See which amended the Sisters’ constitution. The decree and correspondence about it are also included.

In 1969, members of the London congregation were researching the first Sisters who came to London from Toronto. There is correspondence about this research, biographies of these Sisters, as well as photocopies of their Acts of Profession and Acts of Reception. There are photographs of Mother Antoinette Mchlonnell, Mother de Chantel, and Sister Teresa Brennan. These here Sisters came to London but returned to Toronto. An account from lay Sister Appolonia Nolan about her time in London, transcribed by Sister M. Josephine of Toronto, and a copy of her photograph are also present. Lay Sisters took the vows of the order but were not obligated to follow all the practices of the congregation.

The Sisters of St. Joseph in the diocese of London, since their founding, have had several motherhouses from they have operated orphanages, homes for the aged, and schools. A photo album with postcards and original and copy photographs of these buildings from 1868 to 2007 is present. Some of the postcards are from the early 1900s, and one is addressed to Reverend Mother Ignatia. It includes material on Kent Street, Mount Hope (later House of Providence), Mount St. Joseph, Sacred Heart Convent, and the Windermere Road residence.

There is also a portrait of Mrs. O’Brien, a benefactor of the community; photographic negatives of historic sites in London, Ontario; the Catholic Almanac of Ontario for 1901; correspondence from an external researcher; and a guide for how many Masses are to be said for specific events, such as jubilees or the death of a Sister or priest.

Donations
CA ON00279 F01-SF13-S004 · Series · 2004, 2013
Part of Sister Mary Leo Kirwin sous-fonds

This series contains a letter to Dr. Robert Stevenson, which was forwarded to Sr. Mary Leo Kirwin from Rev. W.T McGrattan of St. Peter’s Seminary in appreciation of Dr. Stevenson’s financial contribution to the Kirwin-Henesy seminary bursary fund. In addition, there are financial records listing donors and their financial contributions, as well an invitation to advertise to potential donors. There are also standing (including Sr. Mary Leo’s) donations to the St. Peter’s Seminary Bursary established by Mrs. Mae Kirwin in 1977.

Blueprints
CA ON00279 F01-S109-07 · Subseries · September 11, 2012
Part of St. Joseph's Hospice series

Subseries consists of blueprints from the renovation of the original building to make room for the St. Joseph’s Hospice.

CA ON00279 HF01-S047-05 · Subseries · 1921-2012
Part of Healthcare series

This subseries contains material concerning St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton and the connected St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing. It includes annals and histories, pamphlets, photographs, vision and goal statements, awards, by-law reviews, reports, financial records, insurance, property records, correspondence, and various committee, commission, and board meeting records. Notable inclusions in this subseries are the material concerning the donation of a stained-glass window from the hospital chapel to Holy Rosary parish and pamphlets from the School of Nursing.

Sister Lists series
CA ON00279 F01-S141 · Series · 1911-2012

This series contains records that describe administrative data about the Sisters including their membership in the congregation as well as any occupational roles that they fulfilled in education and healthcare. These files include handwritten lists, typed lists, directory books that list all the Sisters within the congregation and their contact information, and a booklet of Sisters’ feast days and the Necrology for Fall 2011 that lists the most recent deaths within the congregation.

Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)
Federation Records
CA ON00279 F01-S010-09 · Subseries · 1982-2012
Part of General Superior Office 1995-2012 series

Included in this subseries is the material created and collected by the General Superior Office of the congregation relating to the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada.

Present in this subseries are newsletters, statutes, and mission statements from the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada. Also found is In a Broken World We Seek Unity With A Common Voice, an educational resource for the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Corporate Stance which is the collective voice of the Federation on issues of justice. Included with the resource is material related to its creation and justification for its existence.

A large amount of material in this subseries concerns the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph, especially the London congregation and the Federation. Histories include articles, research papers, pamphlets, a summary of a presentation, and timelines (including one in French). There is a detailed description of the Immaculate Conception Chapel at Mount St. Joseph; a script for Our Little Design: A Tribute to St. Joseph, a play in which Father Medaille interviews the General Superiors (from Mother Ignatia Campbell to Sister Katherine); a photocopy of a newspaper article covering the death of Mother Aloysia, first General Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Peter’s Seminary; correspondence and a brief report on the dissolution of the Alberta Corporation; and pamphlets for the 135th and 136th Anniversary of the London congregation. Notable inclusions with the history of the Federation are photocopies of (and one original) correspondence between the Federation, Bishop G. Emmett Carter, the Sacred Congregation of Religious, and the Vatican concerning the founding of the Federation and its statutes.

There is also material related to collaborative ventures of the Federation with other Sisters of St. Joseph Federations and congregations, particularly the St. Joseph International Centre. The Centre is a collaborative venture co-sponsored by Congregations of the Sisters of St. Joseph across the globe. It is in le-Puy-en-Velay, where the congregation was founded in 1650. The International Centre aims to encourage collaboration and communion between Sisters, Associates, and lay partners. There is also material related to pilgrimages organized by the Federation to France. This includes a travel itinerary for the 2001 pilgrimage to France. There are also pamphlets, bulletins, postcards, poems, and a speech from the 200th Anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph celebration in Lyon, France. Included with this material is the 1989 book Par-delà toutes Frontières by the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of France. There is also the Organizational Handbook of the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph and an information packet on the Congregation of St. Joseph as an NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC at the United Nations.

This subseries includes newsletters, bulletins, correspondence, histories, research papers, prayer and reflection booklets, statutes of the Federation, a script, speeches, and postcards.