Our archives

A living memory

Archives are not just dusty old papers. They are the living memory of the Congregation, bringing together all the documents produced or received by the sisters, communities, and provinces from the foundation until today.

Various Material Types

Archives collections include writings (manuscripts, printed documents), audio recordings (oral history, music), visual media (photos, art), three-dimensional objects, and more.

Various Formats

The collections contain various formats: paper, audio or video cassette, film reel, floppy disk, CD, DVD, USB drive, or server.

Capturing moments

Documents can date from the beginning of the Congregation 200 years ago, or from a few years ago… or from yesterday.

Any document can have archival value!

Hope needs archives

The archives contain those documents that reflect the founding charism and its development. To preserve them allows us to remain faithful to the charism and also to trace the passage of God acting in the lives of people through the apostolate of the Sisters.

To preserve and share

An archives is not a museum. The mission is to collect, classify, and preserve heritage in order to transmit the memory of the Cenacle Sisters. A personalized research consultation makes it possible to share this wealth while protecting privacy.

Our Archives

General Archives (MM)

Their purpose is to preserve :

archives of the Generalate’s activities
the archives relating to the beatification and canonization processes of St. Thérèse Couderc

They also welcome :

the archives of the Maison de France, closed in 1901 for the “Dispersion”
the archives of the former provinces of Belgium and the Netherlands, Italy, New Zealand and Australia, and England-Ireland.

The Archivist: W. de Floris

Contact information:
archives@cenacle-gen.org

Piazza Madonna del Cenacolo, 15
00136 Rome ITALIA
+39 06 35 42 00 54

North American Provincial Archives (NAP)

Preserves documents relating to the apostolate and spirituality of the Cenacle Sisters of the North American provinces from 1892 to the present day

Includes documents on the governance of the province, writings and works of art by the sisters, as well as biographical information about the sisters

Of particular interest are the documents from more than 30 Cenacle retreat houses in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Peru, and the Philippines

The Archivist: Jerice Barrios
The Assistant Archivist: Kathi Gormley

Contact information:
cenacle.archives@gmail.com

Archives of the North American Province of the Cenacle
205 West Monroe Street, suite 210
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 544-8204

Archives du Cénacle en France (ACF)

This collection contains:

the archives of the Europe-Togo Province: documentation of the Provincialate’s activities
the archives of the houses of France, of the sisters and the apostolate in France