This collection contains material accumulated by the archivist of the London congregation. It includes photographs of the General Council members, a farewell reflection written by Sister Patricia Hogan thanking the last General Council members and lists of General Council members and their duties and dates of service.
The series contains photographs of events, Sisters, nurses, staff, doctors, patients, buildings, rooms in the hospital, and people who were in attendance at various events held by St. Joseph’s Hospital.
This fonds contains records pertaining to the activities of the hospital and its associated administrators, staff, and organizations, including histories, annals, financial documents, governance records, photographs of people, the buildings and events, and news clippings.
St. Joseph's Hospital (Sarnia, Ont.)The series contains materials related to the administration of St. Joseph’s Hospital including lists of staff and board members, policy, bylaws, annual reports, and financial reports. It also includes a regional role study of Lambton County Hospital and information about ceremonies and events organized by the administration. There are textual records, correspondence, reports, news, published newsletters, programs and pamphlets, a bound book, photographs and a cassette tape.
The series contains materials related to the history of St. Joseph’s Hospital including written histories, chronicles and annals. It contains newsletters, correspondence, textual records, and photographs.
This series contains material related to the receptions and professions of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Diocese of London, Ontario. The records are primarily concerned with Sisters who had their receptions and professions in London, Ontario and at the mission in Edmonton, Alberta. This series includes records related to the vows and vow ceremonies, which are the rituals involved in becoming a member of a religious community. These ceremony records include correspondence, invitations, seating charts, guest lists, and forms of vows. The first receptions occurred at Mount Hope which was the Sisters’ first motherhouse in London, and a historical summary of those early ceremonies is present. There are also scripts for speeches and homilies and written accounts. Photographs, prayers, and ephemera including booklets, programs, and newspaper clippings from these ceremonies are also present. One pamphlet is from the 1987 Profession of the Sisters of St. Michael the Archangel of the Diocese of Ekiti, Nigeria. Various lists of Sisters’ ceremony dates, stages of religious life, deaths and withdrawals are also included. The vows present here are primarily in bound volumes, though some are on individual sheets of paper. Many of the volumes have related correspondence, renewals, or scripts for the vows (referred to as forms) tucked or pasted within. The vows are generally formulaic, though some are unique. Some, mainly first vows, list the Sisters’ hometown, age, and parents.
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)