Launch Session of the Network of Archives of Religious Institutions

On April 15 and 16, 2021 the official launch of the Network of Archives of Religious Institutions (RAIR) will take place in an online event with the presence of the Director-General of DGLAB/Torre do Tombo. The program includes a set of conferences starting at 14h30 on issues of archival in Europe and Portugal.

Also on the second day, a round table discussion will take place on practices of organization and diffusion of archives of religious institutions. In the closing session, at 5:30 pm, will be representatives of the promoting entities and the Rector of the UCP.

RAIR is an initiative promoted by the Centre for Religious History Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP-CEHR) in partnership with a number of national entities such as the Portuguese Episcopal Conference, the Portuguese Council of Christian Churches, the Union of Portuguese Misericórdias and the Portuguese Caritas. RAIR also counts with the support of the Portuguese Society for the History of Protestantism and BAD - Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists, Information and Documentation Professionals.

PROGRAM

APRIL 15TH

14:30 - Opening 

• Paulo F. de Oliveira Fontes, director of the Centre for Religious History Studies, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP-CEHR)
• Nuno Estêvão Ferreira, director of the Centre for Religious History Studies, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP-CEHR)
• Rúben Baptista de Oliveira, director of the Portuguese Society for the History of Protestantism (SPHP)
• Paula Meireles, vice-president of BAD - Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists, Information and Documentation Professionals
• Silvestre Lacerda, General Director of Books, Archives and Libraries (DGLAB)

15h00-18h00 - Conferences | Moderator: Rita Mendonça Leite (UCP-CEHR)

• Religious Archives in Europe - Challenges, best practices and perspectives
  Thomas Aigner (St. Pölten Diocese Archives).
• When a point of arrival is a point of departure: reflections on a journey of study and advocacy of archives of religious institutions
  Maria de Lurdes Rosa (NOVA-IEM; UCP-CEHR)
• DGLAB's technical support to collaborative dynamics and archival networks 
  Pedro Penteado (DGLAB)
• Archives of religious institutions online
  Alice Borges Gago (UCP-CEHR; NOVA-IEM)

 APRIL 16

14h30-17h30 | Round Table "Archives of religious institutions: organization and diffusion practices" Moderation: José António Rocha (Municipal Archive of Vila Franca de Xira, UCP-CEHR)

• Historical Archive of the Diocese of Viseu
  Fátima Eusébio
• Historical Archive of the Church of Lusitania
  Alexandra Vidal and António Manuel Silva
• Portuguese Archive of the Society of Jesus (APSI)
  Francisco Correia, sj
• Historical Archive of the Handmaids of Our Lady of Fatima
  Jacinto Guerreiro (UCP-CEHR)
• Archive of the Confraternity of the Clerics of Oporto
  Patrícia Alves (FLUP)
• National Archive of the National Scout Corps
  José Gouveia
• Historical Archive of the S. Nicolau Parish, Lisbon
  Madalena Bobone and João Cambado
  Guilherme Braga da Cruz Archive
  Patrícia Matias Pereira (Historical Archive of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa)

17h30-18h00 - Closing Session 

• Paulo F. de Oliveira Fontes, director of the Centre for Religious History Studies, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP-CEHR)
• Sandra Costa Saldanha, director of the National Secretariat for the Cultural Property of the Church (SNBCI)
• D. Jorge Pina Cabral, president of the Board of the Portuguese Council of Christian Churches (COPIC)
• Manuel de Lemos, president of the National Secretariat of the Union of Portuguese Misericordie's (UMP)
• Rita Valadas, president of the Board of Directors of Caritas Portuguesa
• Isabel Capeloa Gil, Rector of the Catholic University of Portugal

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