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
Alan R Whelan, MSC Archivist When asked to write an article on work undertaken in the archives during the third lockdown due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the answer that first came to mind was very little. The archives I am responsible for are inconveniently located during pandemic times in Dublin. Travel restrictions upon arrival, questions … Continue reading Archive Update: Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSCs) Irish Province
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
The CAS have been liaising with the Religion and Collections group as we have mutual interests so please give their blog a follow! We were welcomed to post a summary about the CAS on their site which you can view below. They would welcome further blogs on religious material culture if there is anything in your collections you would like to write about #catholicheritage #materialculture #religionandcollections
Archives, libraries and heritage collections of the Roman Catholic Church in Britain and Ireland have often been seen as mysterious and inaccessible to the general public. In recent years, the academic focus on British Catholic History through John Bossy, Eamon Duffy and Alexandra Walsham has highlighted the significance of Catholicism to the history of Britain and subsequently shed-light on the understudied nature of Catholic heritage collections.
Since 1979, the Catholic Archives Society has promoted the care of Roman Catholic archives and collections in Britain and Ireland. Established as a voluntary organisation, the Society acts as a forum for all individuals, professional and voluntary, who are custodians of Catholic material. Increasingly, Catholic institutions have been making their archives and libraries accessible for research by establishing reading rooms and forming online catalogues. Some have also created exhibition spaces for Catholic material culture including the Bar Convent (York), Stonyhurst College (Clitheroe), Ushaw Historic…
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The Irish Jesuit Archives was closed for much of 2020 due to the global pandemic, and with Ireland in lockdown since early 2021, there is no sign of reopening anytime soon. So what has this home working archivist been up to? The positive experience of collaborating with Offaly Archives, in making available a collection of … Continue reading Archive Update: The Irish Jesuit Archives
Save the date. Dr Carmen Mangion is talking on Tuesday 6th February at 6:00pm
The dean of Hereford, the Very Revd Michael Tavinor, will give a free lecture on Zoom on 5th January at 7pm. The lecture is entitled: 'Welcome to 106!': An illustrated history of the bishops of Hereford For more information, including how to register for the event, please click on the following link: deans-talk-on-bishops-of-herefordDownload
Starting out with 'English Convents in Catholic Europe,c.1600-1800' Co-hosted by the Durham University Centre for Catholic Studies and Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Wednesday 7 October 2020 5.30-6.45pm BST, by Zoom. To register for zoom and get full details of the book launch series see the CCS website: https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/ccs/events/booklaunchseries/
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