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BC to begin construction on Catholic Religious Archives
New facility will be resource for scholars, researchers, and students on the societal effects of the Catholic Church
BC News, March 19, 2025
BC Breaks Ground on New Catholic Religious Archives Building
Boston College has begun construction on the Catholic Religious Archives (CRA), a two-story, 44,000-square-foot facility on Brighton Campus that will preserve records and other archival materials from Catholic religious orders.
The Heights, January 22, 2025
'A way to tell America's story': Consortium works to preserve congregations' archives
The need is both large and pressing: Nearly four in 10 congregations of women religious surveyed in the United States are in the process or have plans to merge or close in the next decade, but only about one in three have long-term plans for their archives.
National Catholic Reporter, October 16, 2023
Cited in Scholarly Journals
Catholic Archives and Digital Resources
by Kyle Roberts, Congregational Library & Archives published in American Catholic Studies, Volume 135, Number 3, Fall 2024, pp. 71-78(Article)
April 14, 2025
Telling Sisters’ Stories over the Last Quarter Century
by Kathleen Sprows Cummings, Notre Dame American Catholic Studies, Volume 135, Number 3, Fall 2024, pp. 21-27(Article)