The Second International Franciscan Studies Conference

Tuesday 12 – Thursday 14 March 2024 Durham, UK Confirmed speakers include: Margaret Carney, OSF (St Bonaventure University) Johannes Freyer, OFM (University of San Diego) Mary Beth Ingham, CSJ (Loyola University Maryland) John McCafferty (University College Dublin) William Short, OFM (University of San Diego, and Collegium Sancti Bonaventurae, Rome) Giuseppe Buffon, OFM (Pontifical Antonianum University) … Continue reading The Second International Franciscan Studies Conference

English Benedictine History Symposium

45th SymposiumDouai Abbey Thursday 11 April 2024 The 45 th English Benedictine Symposium will be held at Douai Abbey, UpperWoolhampton, Reading RG7 5TQ, tel. 0118-9715-300 by kind permission of the Abbot andCommunity, A booking form is attached. Directions will be found on the Douai Abbey website. The nearest rail station isMidgham, which usually involves a change … Continue reading English Benedictine History Symposium

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New Book Launched – English Archives

The British Records Association (BRA) has recently partnered with Liverpool University Press (LUP) in publishing 'English Archives: An Historical Survey' by Richard Olney. The book is now available from LUP and other booksellers. The book addresses the history of English records creation and recordkeeping from the perspective of the archives themselves. Beginning in the early Middle Ages and … Continue reading New Book Launched – English Archives

New Book – The Clergy of the Diocese of Salford

The Diocese of Salford was erected in September 1850 by Papal Bull – Universalis Ecclesiae, known as the Restoration of the Hierarchy. Thirteen new dioceses were created, and Nicholas Wiseman was elevated to the Cardinalate, as the first Archbishop of Westminster. William Turner was appointed as first Bishop of Salford in June 1851; the Church … Continue reading New Book – The Clergy of the Diocese of Salford