Please be advised that the Jesuits in Britain Archives will be closed for refurbishment work for the month of April. Remote enquiries will still be dealt with.
RAG conference 2018
The Religious Archives Group Conference will be held on Thursday 10th May 2018. The theme of this year’s Conference will be Military Chaplaincy during WW1 and it will be hosted by the Archives at King’s College London, home to the Liddell Hart Military Archives. Further details and the booking form can be found here: https://religiousarchivesgroup.org.uk/conferences/conferences/ … Continue reading RAG conference 2018
Conference 2018 details
The full programme and booking form for the Catholic Archives Society annual conference can now be found online here.
Archives Directory
We have been adding to the Archives Directory and the following services have provided details recently: Douai Abbey Library & Archive Leeds Diocesan Archives Northampton Diocesan Archives In addition, we have been expanding on the information contained in the archives directory to include details about collecting policies, see for example Jesuits in Britain Archives and … Continue reading Archives Directory
CFP urbanisation of Catholic communities
CFP volume of essays examining the urbanisation of Catholic communities in England in the generation after the Relief Acts of 1778 and 1791. (18 George III c. 60 and 31 George III. c. 32.) The great majority of this post-Relief generation of lay Catholics lived by profit made in trade and manufacture, or in the provision … Continue reading CFP urbanisation of Catholic communities
Making sense of a complex collection
The Archives Assistant of the Jesuits in Britain Archives is currently studying alongside her position for a professional qualification in Archives and Records Management. Having the practical experience to complement the theory and principles taught on the course is invaluable, however, as many of the CAS members will know the reality of tasks such as … Continue reading Making sense of a complex collection
New collection at Douai
Recently the English Carmelite nuns of Darlington, originally from Lierre in Belgium, have deposited their archive, rare books, and portraits at Douai Abbey.
Douai 450th Anniversary Conference
A conference is taking place from 30 April - 1 May 2018 at Ushaw College, Durham, UK to mark the 450th anniversary for the founding of the English College at Douai. It is entitled '450 years pioneering Catholic education: past, present, future'. Speakers include: Prof Eamon Duffy: “To Doe Our Countrie Good”: Douai, Rome, and … Continue reading Douai 450th Anniversary Conference
Benedictine 1702 library catalogue launched
On 1 February 2018, in the Douai Abbey library, Professor Eamon Duffy launched a limited edition of the 1702 library catalogue of the English Benedictine monks of St Edmund in Paris. This was compiled by Dom Benet Weldon (1647-1712), annalist of the English Benedictine Congregation, and contains over 5000 entries. It can be viewed online … Continue reading Benedictine 1702 library catalogue launched
Cataloguing Sr Gregory Kirkus’ papers
Recently some students from the Cultural Heritage Management programme at University of York carried out a cataloguing project with the Bar Convent Archives. This involved sorting, listing, cataloguing and boxing the papers of Sr Gregory Kirkus (d. 2007). Sr Gregory will be a familiar name to many members of the CAS - even though most … Continue reading Cataloguing Sr Gregory Kirkus’ papers
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