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Conferences – English Catholic History Association

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Exploring English Catholic History

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46:24

St Nicholas Owen: Priest-hole Maker by Tony Reynolds

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2016/08/06

St Nicholas Owen was arguably one of the most fearless and courageous of the Catholic martyrs of the Reformation. He learnt joinery as a trade and put his skills to use in fashioning the most ingenious priest-holes in England during … Continue reading →

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45:18

Bid me come to thee upon the waters: R D Byles,...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2015/11/03

The son of a Congregational minister from Leeds, Rousell David Byles was influenced by High Church ideas at school and then at Oxford. He began training for Anglican ministry during which time he converted to Catholicism and was subsequently ordained … Continue reading →

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73:15

The Letters of John Henry Newman – A Portrait – by...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2015/10/23

There are approximately 20,000 extant letters written by Blessed John Henry Newman. These have been gathered together in 32 volumes by the long and painstaking work of members of the Birmingham Oratory. Mgr Strange, theologian and Newman scholar, has recently … Continue reading →

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37:49

An Overview of Devotion to Our Lady of Glastonbury by...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2015/05/29

Glastonbury is the oldest shrine dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in England, pre-dating the better-known Marian shrine of Walsingham by many 100s of years. Since the destruction of Glastonbury Abbey at the Reformation, the shrine’s Marian origins have been … Continue reading →

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65:50

“Priests in Uniform” – military chaplains of the...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/11/11

Dr James Hagerty gives a detailed talk on the contribution of military chaplains in the First World War. Roman Catholic chaplains were first commissioned for the British Army after the Crimean War, in 1858. At the outbreak of WWI therefore … Continue reading →

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42:07

“He placed himself in the order of signs” – a talk on...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/11/11

David Jones (1895-1974) was an artist and poet who contributed significantly to Catholic war literature. He was present at the front throughout most of the First World War only leaving the front when wounded, and then returning. His experiences marked … Continue reading →

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45:03

Recusant Liturgy by Michael Hodgetts

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/10/08

Michael Hodgetts reviews the 300 years of liturgical practice of Catholics under penal conditions in England from the mid 1500s to early Victorian times. Music, missals, primers, chapel architecture and decoration, official and unofficial records of one sort or another, … Continue reading →

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48:00

The History of the Mass from Melchisedek to the...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/04/04

A clear and concise overview of the celebration of the Eucharist from the time of its foreshadowing in the Old Testament with the figure of Melchisedek (Genesis 14: 18-20). Fr Peter Jones shows that there is a core and constant … Continue reading →

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33:05

Newman and Chesterton by Fr Ian Ker

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/03/27

Fr Ian Ker of Oxford University is a distinguished biographer of both Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman and G K Chesterton. In this talk he draws upon his extensive knowledge of these great literary and religious figures to draw out … Continue reading →

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53:04

Eric Gill’s Stations of the Cross at St Augustine’s,...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/03/20

Br Michael Curran is a De La Salle brother. The Institute was founded in France in the 17th century by St John Baptiste de la Salle, princially for the education of boys from poor backgrounds. Br Michael looks at the … Continue reading →

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53:12

A History of the Diocese of Northampton from 1750 by...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/03/13

A detailed overview of the expansion of the Catholic Church from 1750 to the present day in the area covered by the Diocese of Northampton, as established in 1850 at the restoration of the Catholic hierachy in England & Wales. … Continue reading →

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27:04

The Canons Regular of the Lateran in Cornwall by...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/03/06

The Canons Regular of the Lateran, based at their Abbey in Bodmin, played a key role in the revival of the Catholic faith in Cornwall in the 19th century. They arrived in England from France in 1881, as a result of … Continue reading →

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25:52

The Molesworth Family of Cornwall by Mrs P J Shaw

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/02/28

Unlike the Arundells, the Molesworths were not an old Catholic family, but they played a very signficant role in the revival of Catholicism in Cornwall, after the conversion in the mid 19th century, of Paul Molesworth, a Church of England … Continue reading →

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43:09

The Arundell Family of Cornwall by Mrs Janet de...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/02/21

This is the first of three talks on Catholicism in Cornwall. The Arundells were a leading Cornish family, with branches at Wardour Castle in Somerset and lands at Chideock in Dorset. The family came to England with William the Conqueror … Continue reading →

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55:07

Recusancy in Monmouthshire in the 16th and 17th...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/02/14

Until the Civil War in the mid 17th century Wales was the most Catholic part of Britain. Mrs O’Keefe details the increasing severity of the laws against the practice of the Catholic religion in England and Wales from the time … Continue reading →

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44:46

The Recusant History of Wells and Area by Mrs Gill...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/02/07

A detailed chronological account of what we know of the families and priests who held to the Catholic faith, or converted to the Catholic faith, after the Reformation (c 1530) until after the end of penal times (mid 19th century) … Continue reading →

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38:20

The Christian History of Wells by Dr Tim Hopkinson-Ball

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/01/30

The Christian origins of the town of Wells may go back to Roman times. The excavation of an early mortuary indicates the presence of Christian worship dating from the early Saxon period. Evidence of Christian burials date from the 8th … Continue reading →

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50:22

The Stuart Papers and the Jacobite Circle in Rome by...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/01/23

The 150,000 documents which comprise the Stuart Papers are housed in the Royal Archives at Windsor. They give a detailed overview of the exiled Jacobite world of the 18th century. Only a small proportion, the first few years, have been … Continue reading →

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60:42

Dean John Incent or Innocent GPF by David Pearce

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/01/13

Dean John Incent or Innocent, 16th century lawyer and clergyman, and founder of Berkhamsted School. He was lawyer to the Bishop of Winchester, Richard Foxe, and master of the hospital of St Cross and Domus Dei in Portsmouth. After … Continue reading →

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58:19

The Dissolution of the Monasteries by Professor...

Conferences – English Catholic History Association ·

2014/01/06

Professor Bernard of Southampton University History Department gives a convincing revisionist account of the dissolution of the monasteries, arguing that far from being solely motivated by financial gain, the King and his Commissioners acted ideologically, beginning with a genuine desire … Continue reading →

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