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
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Historic Libraries Forum conference
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
Catholic History Day, Bar Convent, York
Catholic Record Society/Postgate Society/English Catholic History Association CATHOLIC HISTORY DAY The Bar Convent, York Saturday 3 June 2017 PROGRAMME 10.00 Arrivals and coffee 10.30 Welcome and introduction to the day 10.35 Dr. James Kelly: Rendering unto Caesar? The secular, the sacred and the formation of an English Catholic identity c.1558 - 1829 11.40 Break 11.50 … Continue reading Catholic History Day, Bar Convent, York
Religious Archives Group, Conference 2017
A reminder that there are still places for this year’s Religious Archives Group Conference, 2017. The conference will be held at Our Lady of Mercy in Bermondsey, London on Friday May 5th, 2017 and this year’s theme is Women in Religious Archives. Further details and the booking form can be found here: https://religiousarchivesgroup.org.uk/conferences/conferences/ If you would like to attend, please return your form … Continue reading Religious Archives Group, Conference 2017
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
