Conferences – English Catholic History Association

• Caroline Chisholm: The Emigrant’s Friend by Joanna Bogle

  Joanna Bogle gives an engaging presentation about the fascinating, little-known life of Caroline Chisholm, Catholic reformer and friend of emigrants in the Australia of the 1840s. Caroline travelled to Australia with her husband and family in 1838. Very soon she realised that … Continue reading →

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• Leanda de Lisle: Henrietta Maria, the Queen Behind the Black Legend

  Watch the video below for our latest Zoom presentation from Leanda de Lisle, who gave a wonderful portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. For the audio only listen via the player below or go to our podcast … Continue reading →

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• Nicholas Breakspear, the English Pope by Adrian Waddingham

  Nicholas Breakspear was elected pope in 1154, but his story started long before that. The son of a local churchman near St Albans, he would battle his way across Europe to defend and develop Christianity, facing war in Scandinavia and … Continue reading →

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• Cardinal Bourne of Southwark and Westminster by Fr Mark Vickers

  At more than thirty-one years (1903-1935), Cardinal Bourne’s is the longest reign of any Archbishop of Westminster. Today, with the possible exception of his turbulent relationship with Bishop Amigo of Southwark, Bourne is virtually unknown. That obscurity is unmerited. His … Continue reading →

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• Francois Longuet and the Reading Mission by Lindsay Mullaney

  Francois Longuet was one of several French émigré priests who came to Reading in the wake of the French Revolution. He founded a new chapel in Reading, the first purpose-built one since the Reformation, which he called The Chapel of … Continue reading →

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