SEEKING PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVIST TO JOIN OUR TEAMJob Title: ArchivistSalary: As per Archives and Records Association (ARA) recommended rates.Length of Contract: Initial FTC contract for two years, possible permanent placement after initial contract.Role location: MMM Beechgrove, Drogheda, Co. LouthHours: Negotiable The Organisation:The Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) is an International Missionary Congregation of women religious founded … Continue reading JOB ADVERT: MEDICAL MISSIONARIES OF MARY

Thursday, May 6, 2021 9 a.m. Pacific                 12 Noon Eastern            5:00 p.m. GMT The ARCC (Archival Resources for Catholic Collections) Educational Resources Working Group will host its first webinar to revisit the importance and enduring value of Catholic religious archival collections. Speakers will address the significance of archives for preserving community identity and religious men … Continue reading Forging a New Vision for Religious Archives

Jo Halford: Archivist St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh March 2021 During this latest lockdown, I have been permitted to come to the seminary to work in the archive.  The size of the seminary buildings means that it is easy to work alone, away from others in a Covid secure manner.  The sorting and cataloguing of this … Continue reading Archive Update: St. John’s Seminary Archive

Mary Allen, Deputy Archivist For the past year the Jesuits in Britain Archives team have, for the most part, been working remotely. Most archivists are not used to working from home since processing the collections in our care and making them accessible sit at the core of what we do and requires us to be … Continue reading Archive Update: Jesuits in Britain Archives

Naomi Johnson, Archivist What an (almost) year this has been. When I closed the doors on the archives last March I, like most people, thought I’d be back in within a relatively short period. I rapidly went through the process of moving all the material I was cataloguing into the strong room, along with two … Continue reading Archive Update: Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives

Isabel Keating, SHCJ Archivist Week Prior to National Lockdown 16th – 20th March 2020 I was informed on 16th March that the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) sisters had decided to close the European Province office and archives located in their house in Oxford, the Cherwell Centre, until the end of April at … Continue reading Archive Update: Managing the SHCJ European Province Archives during Lockdown