The Historic Libraries Forum is holding their 2017 conference "Keeping the glass half full: strategies for the future" at Lambeth Palace Library on Monday 13 November. Speakers will include Melinda Haunton on "Archive Service Accreditation and service development" and Duncan Chappell on recovering from the Glasgow School of Art fire. The event will also feature … Continue reading Historic Libraries Forum conference
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Conference 2018
The CAS 2018 Conference will be at High Leigh, Hertfordshire from 21st to 23rd May. More details will follow later in the year.
2017 Conference report
A short report of this years CAS conference can now be read by clicking here.
Seeking a new treasurer
The CAS will need a new treasurer from May 2018 as Sr Benignus is retiring. We can't function without a treasurer so if anyone feels able to take on this role, please speak to Sr Benignus, benignus.ob@gmail.com , Judith Smeaton Judith.smeaton@btinternet.com or Margaret Harcourt Williams mm@harcourtwilliams.me.uk
Upcoming training day in October
Catholic Archives Society Training Herefordshire Archives and Record Centre Monday 30 October 2017 1pm – 5pm March’s successful training afternoon is being repeated in October. As before, Richard Wade, HARC archivist, will speak about how to approach sorting, cataloguing and conservation. He will cover preliminary sorting and listing, preparing a more detailed catalogue and basic … Continue reading Upcoming training day in October
2017 subscription reminder
This is a reminder that subs for 2017 are now due. The annual subscription is £20. Many have set up direct debit or standing order payments for their annual subscription which greatly helps with our administration. Otherwise, cheques should be made payable to Catholic Archives Society and forwarded to the Treasurer: Sister Benignus O’Brien, Langdale House, … Continue reading 2017 subscription reminder
Catholic Record Society conference
The call for papers is now open for the Catholic Record Society's 60th annual conference, which will take place at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 24–26 July 2017. The call for papers will close on Friday 21st April 2017. The Society invites proposals on any topic relating to Reformation and post-Reformation Catholic History in the British Isles and welcomes … Continue reading Catholic Record Society conference
Catholics in England 1680-1840 database launch
The Catholic Family History Society (CFHS) is planning the launch of a major new electronic database with a paper delivered by Br. Rory G Higgins FSC of Australia at a seminar on Saturday 7 October 2017 in the Conference Rooms, 24 Tufton Street London SW1P 3RB 10am-4pm. An Index to the Names and Details of … Continue reading Catholics in England 1680-1840 database launch
New book and invitation to book launch
A new book about François Longuet, the French émigré priest who founded the Catholic parishes in Reading has been published. It is François Longuet and the Reading Mission by Lindsay Mullaney. A book launch is being held at St James' Church, The Forbury, Reading, on Sunday 12 February 2017 at 3pm to which you are warmly … Continue reading New book and invitation to book launch
