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CA ON00340 F1992 · Fonds · 1994-1992

Fonds consists of records of London Street Methodist Church, Windsor (includes London Street Methodist Circuit [includes London Street, Sanwich], Windsor West Methodist Circuit [includes Windsor West, Sandwich), 1904-1925; Board and Committee minutes of Calvary - Sandwich Pastoral Charge, Windsor, 1986-1992; records, including baptisms, 1918-1932, 1942-1969, marriages, 1926-1992, burials, 1918-1992, of Calvary United Church, Windsor (includes London Street Methodist Church, West End United Church), 1918-1992; records, including baptisms, 1918-1943, marriages, 1919-1943, 1975-1983 burials, 1918-1943, of Sandwich United Church, Windsor (includes Sandwich Methodist Church), 1918-1992

Bedford United Church (Windsor, Ont.)
CA ON00340 F2714 · Fonds · 1908-2007

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1908-1924, of First Presbyterian Church, Walkerville, 1908-1924; and records, including baptisms, 1908-1999, marriages, 1924-2000, burials, 1947-2000, of Chalmers United Church, Windsor (includes First Presbyterian Church and First United Church, Walkerville), 1908-2007.

Chalmers United Church (Windsor, Ont.)
CA ON00340 F1638 · Fonds · 1878-1901

Fonds consists of Quarterly Official Board minutes of Cottam Methodist Circuit (includes Essex Centre (now Essex) Methodist Circuit, Cottam, Belle River, Olinda, North Ridge), 1878-1901.

Cottam Methodist Circuit (Ont.)
CA ON00279 F01-S116 · Series · 1971

This series contains records concerning the involvement of the Sisters of St. Joseph from the London diocese with education in Maidstone, Ontario. This series consists of a 1971 yearbook from St. Mary’s Elementary School where the Sisters worked as teachers.

Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)
CA ON00279 F01-S118 · Series · 1939-2008

This series concerns the involvement of the Sisters of St. Joseph from the London diocese in the field of education in Windsor, Ontario. There is material concerned with the religious orientation of the schools and the teaching qualifications and roles of religious staff. This includes records from the Special Commission of Inquiry in Regard to Brennan High School, Windsor, Ontario such as reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes. Other material in this series includes correspondence, photographs, histories, news clippings, booklets, event programs, yearbooks, and regulations from the Windsor Roman Catholic Separate School Board. The correspondence concerns the quality of religious education, teachers’ salaries, the history of Sisters’ involvement in education in Windsor, and reunion and anniversary events.

Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)
CA ON00340 F1728 · Fonds · 1872-1970

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1896-1924, of Epworth Methodist Church, Kingsville, 1872-1925; records, including baptisms, 1900-1904, 1918-1920, 1927-1947, marriages, 1900-1921, 1924-1967, burials, 1900-1947, of Epworth United Church, Kingsville (includes Epworth Methodist Church), 1900-1970.

Epworth United Church (Kingsville, Ont.)
Ethel Mehr fonds
CA ON00210 68 · Fonds · [ca. 1898]-1965

This fonds consists of photographs and a small amount of textual records documenting the Mehr, Greisman and Brenner families. The photographs include images of the Mehr family and friends, including individual members of the Greisman and Brenner families, and images of the Lady Ellis Shops in Toronto, Stratford, Ottawa and Windsor. The textual records include Ethel Mehr's confirmation diploma from Holy Blossom Temple as well as a personal letter and a Bishop Strachan domestic science workbook.

Mehr, Ethel
CA ON00279 F01-S010 · Series · 1982-2013

The series consists of records kept by the General Superior office for use in the administration of the community in London, Ontario. Material is primarily from the period during which Sister Margo Ritchie held the office, but it also contains material from when Sister Mary Diesboug and Sister Valerie Van Cauwenburghe held the position. This series contains twelve subseries relating to the operations, missions, and activities of the congregation. This includes the Medaille Retreat House, Josephs’ House, the Detox Centre, My Sister’s Place, St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre, Elizabeth Place, St. Stephen’s House, the Southdown Project, Holy Rosary House in Windsor, the Goderich convent, and the Sisters of St. Joseph in Alberta. There is also material related to the hospitals in London, Sarnia, and Chatham administered by the Sisters and the transfer of operation of said hospitals to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance and St. Joseph’s Health Care Society. There is material related to the construction of a new residence, especially concerning the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards of the new building, and relocation of the Sisters from Mount St. Joseph to this new residence.

There is also material related to the various meetings of the congregation, from the more informal Community Days to the more formal Assemblies and Chapters. Chapters are formal congregational meetings where major decisions, such as amalgamation and leadership positions were voted on. There are voting records from the 2011 Special Chapter and the 2009 Oneness Project in this series. There are also reports from the Leadership Circle, Chapters, and committees within the congregation. There is also material from the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada, an organization made up of all the Congregations of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada. There is material from the Federation and the London congregation’s systemic justice efforts and the Sisters’ efforts towards concerning the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. There are various newsletters from the Federation and the London congregation. The series also includes administrative correspondence and speeches presented by the General Superior to the congregation.

In summary, the series contains letters, reports, speeches, minutes, voting records, newsletters, pamphlets, prayer books, agendas, meeting minutes, memorandums, postcards, photographs, correspondence, timelines and schedules, inventory lists, legal documents, meeting minutes, executive summaries, budget reports, reports, newspaper and magazine clippings, bursary reports, histories, bulletins, designs for stained glass windows, and property appraisals.

Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)
General Treasurer series
CA ON00279 F01-S012 · Series · 1971-2012

This series contains records created and accumulated by the office of the General Treasurer for the Sisters of St. Joseph in London, Ontario. The records are primarily related to managing the donations given by and to the Sisters and the funding for their ministries, missions, Motherhouses, residences, and outreach projects. In London, St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre provided food security programs, Medaille Retreat House was a spiritual retreat centre for the Sisters, the Queens Avenue building was a home for women in need, and the Boulee Street house was a ministry to the poor. The Adult Spirituality Centre, St. Joseph’s Manor, the Foster Home on St. Rose Avenue, and Holy Rosary Convent were all in Windsor. St. Joseph’s Manor and the Foster Home were ministries to children in need and Holy Rosary Convent was the main convent for the Windsor Sisters. The Adult Spirituality Centre in Windsor provided spiritual direction and retreats. Another spiritual retreat, Marygrove, was in Aylmer. Outside of Ontario, there are records concerning the Photo History Project at Ataguttaaluk School in Igloolik, Nunavut in which Sister Mary Diesbourg participated, the Sisters at St. Joseph Regional House in Edmonton, Alberta, and the mission in Peru including the collaboration with Heart-Links, a London based charity focused on Peru.

The series includes reports, meeting agendas and minutes, mission statements, budgets, floorplans, funding proposals and requests, grant applications, forms, lists of Sisters involved with specific projects and sites, and correspondence concerning funding, donations, location changes, operations, and testimonials from the public supporting the Sisters’ projects. There are also resolution agreements from the Sisters’ projects. One agreement is with the sole shareholder of a company connected to a property owned by the London congregation, Marygrove, concerning the finances and leadership positions within the company. The other agreement is between the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary and the Sisters of St. Joseph to decide the future of the Adult Spirituality Center.

One of the ways that Sisters could request funding for their ministries from the congregation was through the Apostolic Services Fund. Arrangements for the creation of this fund, outlines of requirements to qualify for funding and funding applications are included.

Not all the material is concerned with finances. Some records pertain to other projects the General Treasurer was involved with, particularly when Sister Loretta Manzara held the office. In 2007, the Sisters moved from Mount St. Joseph to a new LEED certified residence at 485 Windermere Road. in the series includes records related to this transition such as the Sisters’ Statement of Values, reports, pamphlets, news clippings, an issue of London Citylife, and newsletters (one of which was titled Crossing Over). There is also material concerned with the sale of Mount St. Joseph, the former Motherhouse.

At the 2012 Foundation Day, the Annals Project was presented. It focused on a shift from keeping annals to looking at the life of the entire congregation as expressed through Chapter reports. Pamphlets, agendas, meeting minutes, and a report on this project are present. Accompanying this material are annotated photocopies of various reports covering the Sisters’ activities from 1959 to 2011 which were referenced for the project.

Records related to the London Sisters’ involvement in Goderich, Ontario are also present, such as correspondence and pamphlets about their commitment to the area and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first convent outside London.

The series also includes descriptions of icons painted by Sister Mary Anthony Hartleib, as well as prints of some of her artwork (including on the back of her funeral card), and photographs of artwork by Philip Aziz. Other photographs in the series are from the mission in Peru and of students and elders in the report for the Photo History Project at Ataguttaaluk School.

Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)
CA ON00340 F1950 · Fonds · 1926-1939

Fonds consists of Sunday School reports and correspondence, 1926-1932, and financial records, 1937-1939, of Giles Boulevard United Church, Windsor

Giles Boulevard United Church (Windsor, Ont.)
CA ON00340 F2666 · Fonds · 1931-1997

Fonds consists of records of Walker Road United Church, 1931-1968; records of Grace United Church, Windsor (includes Walker Road United Church), 1943-1997

Grace United Church (Windsor, Ont.)
CA ON00340 F2924 · Fonds · 1891-2008

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1896-1955, of Lincoln Road Methodist Church, Walkerville, 1891-1924; records, including baptisms, 1919-1967, marriages, 1922-1988, and burials, 1919-1993, of Lincoln Road United Church, Windsor (includes Lincoln Road Methodist Church), 1919-2008.

Lincoln Road United Church (Windsor, Ont.)
CA ON00340 F1853 · Fonds · 1903-1971

Fonds consists of Official Board minutes of Maidstone Pastoral Charge (includes Maidstone Methodist Circuit, Maidstone, Wesley Church in Maidstone Township, Bethel Church in Sandwich South Township), 1903-1971

Maidstone Pastoral Charge (Ont.)
CA ON00340 F1773 · Fonds · 1876-2006

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1908-1924, of Mersea Methodist Circuit (includes Leamington Methodist Episcopal Circuit, Mount Carmel, Gore Hill, Hillman, Wesley Church in Mersea Township), 1876-1924; marriages of Leamington Methodist Church, 1896-1924; records, including baptisms, 1907-1950, 1959-1970, records, including baptisms, 1907-2015, marriages, 1924-2015, burials, 1907-2016, of Mersea Pastoral Charge (includes Mersea Methodist Circuit, Wesley Church in Mersea Township, Hillman, Oakland, Leamington, Mount Carmel, Goldsmith), 1907-2016; records of Goldsmith United Church, 1903-1992; records of Mount Carmel United Church (includes Mount Carmel Methodist Church), 1908-1992; records, including baptisms, 1926-1937, of Oakland United Church, 1926-1992.

Mersea Pastoral Charge (Ont.)
CA ON00340 F1956 · Fonds · 1949-1968

Fonds consists of Session minutes, 1959-1968, congregational minutes, 1949-1968, Woman's Association financial record books, 1953-1962, United Church Women's financial record book, 1962-1968, and financial record book, 1961-1968, of North Ridge United Church

North Ridge United Church (Ont.)
CA ON00340 F1921 · Fonds · 1920-1948

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1920-1948, of Ottawa United Church (includes Moy Avenue Methodist, Ottawa Methodist), Windsor, Ontario, 1920-1948.

Ottawa United Church (Windsor, Ont.)
CA ON00340 F2577 · Fonds · 1858-2006

Fonds consists of records of Palgrave Methodist Circuit (includes Palgrave, King Church in King Township, Siloh Church in Albion Township, Churchill Church in Tecumseth Township), 1885-1924; subscription lists of Shiloh Methodist Church in Albion Township, 1921; records of Palgrave Methodist Church, 1904-1918; records of Macville Methodist Church, 1913-1924; Sunday School membership lists of King Methodist Church in King Township, 1919-1922; Official Board minutes of Palgrave - Mono Mills Pastoral Charge (includes Palgrave Pastoral Charge [inlcudes Palgrave, Shiloh Church in Albion Township, King Church in King Township, Castlederg, Macville], Adjala, Hockley, Macville, Mono Mills, Palgrave), 1964-1973; records, including baptisms, 1914-1956, marriages, 1915-1948, burials, 1914-1951, of Bolton Pastoral Charge (includes Bolton, Palgrave, Macville, Castlederg, Palgrave Methodist Circuit, Palgrave Pastoral charge [includes Palgrave, King (now King City), Shiloh]), 1914-1957; records of Palgrave Pastoral Charge (includes Palgrave Methodist Circuit, Palgrave, Shiloh Church in Albion Township, King Church in King Township, Castlederg, Macville), 1918-1976; collection book of King United Church in King Township, 1919-1922; records of Macville United Church (includes Macville Methodist Church), 1924-1976; records of Castlederg United Church, 1933-1965; records, including baptisms, 1896-1910, baptism stubs, 1933-1941, marriages, 1858-1887, 1958, of Palgrave United Church (includes Albion Primitive Methodist Circuit [includes Bolton, Albion, Columbia (now Coventry), Tecumseth Township, Shiloh in Albion Township, Caledon East, King Township, Palgrave], Palgrave Methodist Circuit), 1858-2006.

Palgrave United Church (Ont.)
CA ON00340 F1456 · Fonds · 1911-1942

Fonds consists of baptisms, 1925-1942, marriages, 1926-1940, burials, 1925-1942, circuit register, 1911-1942, Official Board minutes, 1917-1934, of Pelee Island Pastoral Charge (includes Pelee Island Methodist Circuit, North End and South End Churches).

Pelee Island Pastoral Charge (Ont.)