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The annual meeting for 2018 of the American Catholic Historical Association will be held in conjunction with the American Historical Association in Washington, D.C. at the Omni Shoreham Hotel with the meeting of the Executive Council on Thursday, January 4 at 3:30 and the sessions on Friday and Saturday, January 5–6.

Exhibitions

To commemorate the 375th anniversary of the founding of the city of Montréal, Canada, the Société canadienne d'histoire de l'Église catholique announces that the Maison Saint-Gabriel is sponsoring until December 22, 2017 an exhibition titled "375 ans au Coeur de l'action! Le legs des communautés religieuses féminines de Montréal." From the founding in 1642 of Ville-Marie, religious women have contributed significantly to the history of the Catholic Church in Canada. Numerous objects and documents from archives will be on display to witness to their important role. For more information, please visit http://www.maisonsaint-gabriel.qc.ca/fr/communiques/2017/exposition-375-ans-au-coeur-de-l-action.php.

Another exhibition to commemorate the same event, titled "De l'idéal mystique, à l'entreprise seigneuriale," will be housed at the Séminare de Saint-Sulpice, the most ancient building in Montréal that is still in use and has the same proprietors. The building and its garden that are usually closed to the public, will be open for the exhibition, which will include objects and historical documents. For more information, please visit https://domainedesmessieursdesaintsulpice.com/about/.

The Centre d'archives Mgr-Atoine-Racine, attached to the Cathedral of Saint-Michel of Sherbrooke, is offering a virtual exposition of some of its holdings related to the construction of the cathedral and the history of the archdiocese, including photographs, architectural plans, and account records. To view it, please visit http://expo.rassas.org/. The archive is now the depository of the records of four religious communities: Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille, the Filles de la charité du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus, the Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame-des-Anges, and the Frères du Sacré-Coeur.

Fellowships

The Newberry Library of Chicago announces the availability of long-term and short term fellowships for academic year 2018–19. For more information on how to apply, please visit its website www.newberry.org.

Conferences

On September 14–15, 2017, Georgetown University is sponsoring the conference "1517–2017: Lutherans and Catholics, Then and Now." Among the speakers are: John W. O'Malley, "Martin Luther, Trent, and Vatican II"; Kenneth Appold, "Lutheran-Catholic Colloquies of the 16th Century and Today"; Christine Helmer, "What Is Distinctive about the Fifth Centenary of the Lutheran Reformation?"; Kathryn Johnson and Susan Wood, "Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue: Accomplishments and Challenges"; Phil Krey, David Collins, and Amy Leonard, "Martin Luther, Ignatius of Loyola, and (the) Catholic Tradition"; Al Acres, Julia Lamm, Jo Ann H. Moran Cruz, and Phil Krey, "Teaching the Reformation after 50 Years of Dialogue."

On September 29, 2017 the Société canadienne d'histoire de l'Église catholique will hold its 84^e Congrès Annuel de la SCHEC with the theme "Les univers religieux de Montréal: 375 ans d'histoire" in the Salle Gauthier of the Oratoire Saint-Joseph in Montréal, Canada. The session "Montréal: espace religieux" will include the papers: "La place du religieux dans la commémoration de fondation à Montréal au XX^e siècle: l'exemple du tricentenaire" by Émilie Girard; "Anthony Walsh ou le mythe de la solitude" by Matthieu Langlois; and "La paroisse Bienheureuse-Marie-Anne-Blondin de Montréal: regards sur un territoire marqué par le processus de sécularisation du catholicisme canadien-français" by Louis Georges Deschênes. The session "Montréal et le monde: les missionnaires à l'oeuvre" will include the papers: "Le Précurseur, notre histoire d'un couvert à l'autre!" by Audrey Charland; and "«Retours» à Montréal: la métropole vue par les yeux de missionnaires catholiques canadiens-français au XX^e siècle" by Éric Desautels. The session "Le religieux en mutation" has three papers: "Les figures religieuses fondatrices de Montréal...