Fax from Barbara Baer to Rose McDermott in which Barbara thanks Rose for her help on pulling together the appropriate materials for canonical approval of the Federation and the Novitiate experience.
Memorandums from Rose McDermott and Barbara Baer discussing the Federation's statutes and stressing how important it is that they be sent to Rome as quickly as possible.
Memorandum from Rose McDermott to Barbara Baer asking if Federation has sent their statutes to Rome and detailing some of the consequences the Federation will have to deal with if the approval from Rome does not come in time.
Proposed Statutes for the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, correspondence with Rome and from Rose McDermott to Barbara Baer regarding revisions.
An email sent from Phyllis Manda to Barbara Baer regarding a form that they plan to send to each congregation to collect statistical data about the congregation to establish the Federation as a Juridic Person. This information would then be shared with Rome.
Each letter of support gives Nihil Obstat to specific congregations within the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph and encourages them to be accepted and recognized as a Public juridic Person.
These letters discuss the proper format and information needed for Rev. Higi to write an official letter granting his Nihil Obstate for the Federation's Common Novitiate.
Correspondence from Sister Phyllis Manda to Cardinal Eduardo Somalo on behalf of the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph. In this letter she requests that the Federation be erected and its Statutes approved by the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICL) in accord with canon 582 of the Code of Canon Law, which would allow them to establish a valid novitiate for the congregations of the Federation.
Two letters between Cardinal Somalo and Sister Phyllis Manda, in which she seeks and he grants approval for her request for canonical status of participating novices.
This Profiles in Faith article, entitled "River Rat Burrows into Sisters' History", tells about Sister Ann Thomasine Sampson's work to document the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph in St. Paul, MN.
Letter from Margaret Quinn to Margaret Berry, which explains the purpose of a Federation survey sent out to gather information about potential Federation related archival materials.
A grant proposal, written by Sister Ann Thomasine Sampson, to purchase equipment for an oral history project with 110 senior members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Paul, MN. Also included in the grant is Sister Ann Thomasine's CV.
A letter from Sister Francis de Sales to Sister Margaret Quinn, that includes an inventory of Federation related materials from her congregation's archives.
Multiple completed surveys that detail the records individual sister's possess, which may be of some use in the creation of an archive for the U.S. Federation of the Sister's of St. Joseph.
