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Remembering Mother Martha von Bunning, 1824 – June 13, 1868
In recognition of the 170 years since the Hamilton foundation, I was asked to reflect on why Mother Martha is so significant to the Hamilton sisters. Her story is poignant and instructive, and its meaning is still unfolding.
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The medical artifacts collection
Since 2016, the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Consolidated Archives has participated in the medical artifacts cataloguing project with St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ontario.
170 years of caring for the sick, elderly, and poor in the diocese of Hamilton
On April 19, 1852, at the request of the Very Rev. E. Gordon, Vicar General of Hamilton and with the approval of Bishop de Charbonnel, the only Bishop in western Ontario at that time, three Sisters of St. Joseph came to Hamilton from Toronto.
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Land Acknowledgement
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Archives is located on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Onyota’a:ka, Attawandaron (Neutral), Lenape, and Wendat peoples. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
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