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This fonds provides information on the history of the St. Mary’s Parish in Cape Croker, and on the Waubaushene St. John’s Parish. It contains diaries of the Cape Croker Mission, from 1902 to 1943, in addition to correspondence and announcements pertaining to the Waubaushene St. John’s Parish. It also contains financial records about the Waubaushene community.

The fonds includes graphic material and photographic records on the Waubaushene St. John’s church, before and after the fire of 1914. It also includes photographs of Edward J. Devine, S. J.’s visit to the area in the early 1920s. In addition, the fonds comprises maps and plans of the First Shrine to Canadian Martyrs as well as a map of the Cape Croker mission circa 1930.

The Compass fonds concerns the activities of the periodical and its editor-in-chief, Robert Chodos, through the end of the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early 2000s in Toronto, Ontario. It documents the communications of the magazine with its readers, contributors, and team of editors, as well as the links between Compass, other Canadian periodicals, and prominent cultural, political, and academic figures of the time. Throughout its run, Compass approached several controversial subjects, including feminism, Quebec nationalism, sexuality, war, media and technology, and environmental concerns. During its publication, it interrogated divisive ideas in religious communities through several issues centered around laity, the place of Indigenous peoples in the Church, power dynamics in the Church, the place of religion in contemporary culture, and the role of religion in social justice. A large amount of letters, draft articles, and planning records bear witness of the sustained efforts made to attracts authors from various backgrounds, including writers from outside of central Canada, as well as women and Indigenous contributors. The 1997 correspondence contains many expressions of support and sympathy from readers following the announcement of the end of the journal's activities due to lack of funding.

The fonds also provides an overview of the magazine general administration and contains as such budgets, reports, statistics, drafts of policies, internal memos, job descriptions, writers’ fees, style sheets, lists of contributors and editorial Board members, evaluation forms, as well as communication material. It also includes a substantial number of minutes for meetings held by the Editorial Board and the Publishing Policy Committee, which provide extensive information about the inner functioning of the magazine, its editorial process, and the evolution of its financial situation. The fonds mainly records the involvement of Robert Chodos, editor from 1987 to 1997, and, to a lesser extent, that of Peter Larisey, S.J., a regular contributor and associate editor from 1993 to 1997.

In addition, the fonds documents the work of Robert Chodos and Jamie Swift concerning the biography of William F. Ryan, S.J., founder of Compass and a member of the Jesuit Publishing Policy Committee, including interview transcripts and notes. The fonds also contains a few brochures and leaflets from the Center of Concerns and the Centre for Social Faith and Justice, in which Ryan was involved, as well as a full bound collection of the published Compass magazines and a copy of the book Compass Points: Navigating the 20th Century.

The fonds contains records pertaining to the spiritual life of Daniel Hannin, S.J. As a lifelong advocate for adult education in Indigenous communities, Father Hannin’s fonds includes several bound essays and theses on the topic. It also includes correspondence between Father Hannin and religious and academic colleagues. Brochures and newsletters from the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre, Campion College, and other groups and institutions demonstrate Father Hannin’s involvement in both spiritual and educational life wherever he went. Finally, a number of photos depict Father Hannin over the course of his life, from earlier graduation portraits to celebrations with friends later in life.

The collection contains records relating to Father Asselin’s religious life, including certificates of baptism and confirmation, memorial cards, and a letter confirming his ordination (in Latin), as well as personal documents like passports, memos, and military certificates.

Many records in the collection testify to Father Asselin’s religious/academic involvement, including a copy of the Spiritual Exercises and his own research and publications on the Exercises, a booklet published by Father Asselin about spirituality, newspaper articles featuring his research, photographs from his lectures, scholastic certificates, and Loyola College mementos and brochures. Abundant correspondence from the 1950s to 1970s—mostly scholastic in nature and having to do with the Spiritual Exercises (which was his speciality), but extending to casual correspondence with friends, colleagues, and family—can also be found in the collection.

A number of photographs and negatives may be found in the collection which depict Father Asselin at a military camp and various religious ceremonies and conferences.

The fonds documents the activities of Father Devine, particularly in relation to his publications and his activities within the Society of Jesus. The fonds primarily reflects Father Devine’s interest and work concerning the history of Jesuit interactions with Indigenous communities, including the interactions Saint-Marie-among-the-Hurons and research about the Jesuit Martyrs of Canada.. This includes his correspondence related to the Martyrs’ Shrine, as well as publications such as The Jesuit Martyrs of Canada and material about Kahnawà:ke and Kateri Tekakwitha. Father Devine’s lectures, articles, typescripts, brochures, and other historical writing related to these subjects (some of which were intended for a proposed menology) are well represented in the fonds.

The collection includes biographical information written about Ernest Comte, S.J. in the 1920s, as well as his catalogue page and memorial cards. It also includes original copies of his own writings about his time at Killarney, many correspondences produced by him, an original sermon he authored, accounts of his missions, and transcribed excerpts from several additional letters he wrote. The collection also contains several photograph portraits of Father Comte as well as one negative.

The fonds relates to Étienne Dufresne, s.j. time at Spanish and Garden River, Ontario. It includes four photographs and a negative depicting Father Dufresne with other Jesuits at Spanish, and invitations and cards pertaining to Father Dufresne’s 1929 Jubilee at Garden River.

The collection documents the life and activities of Eugene Papineau, S.J. The collection reflects Father’s Papineau presence in Northern Ontario, particularly at Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island. The collection includes biographical information on Father Papineau, as well as correspondence written by and about him. It also contains photographs that testify to his activities in Northern Ontario, as well as portraits.

The fonds documents the activities of the St. Regis Mission in Ahkwesáhsne, and the relations and encounters of Jesuit priests with Kanien’kehá:ka people in the region. It contains records created, collected, and accumulated by the Jesuits in Ahkwesáhsne. The records include correspondence, books and manuscripts, pamphlets and booklets, dictionaries and lexicons, financial documents, newspaper clippings, and bulletins and records on the St. Regis church and community life. It includes photographs of Jesuit priests involved in the community and photographs of the St. Regis church. The fonds also includes Kanien’kehá:ka family photographs. The records range from 1806 to 1984.

The fonds is organized into the following six series:

Grammars, dictionaries, and lexicons
St. Regis Mission church and community life
Church’s sermons, prayers, and catechisms
Kateri Tekakwitha
Correspondence, manuscripts, and journals
Financial and administrative records

The fonds documents the involvement of the Jesuits at the Church of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, as well as the Jesuit missions for Catholic residents of the region. The fonds mainly includes information detailing the history, activities, and development of the Church of Our Lady, the Catholic communities in Guelph, and the Jesuits who worked there. It contains correspondence, unpublished essays, newspaper clippings, cemetery records, publications, architectural plans, pamphlets, postcards, and photographs.