Making lists – we are quite used to this exercise! The rhythm of our daily lives is so fast that we feel we cannot always rely only on our memory. To make sure that we do not forget anything – anything important and even less important – we make lists! […]
World Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day – 15 October
World Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a global healthcare event celebrated on the 15th of October every year to raise awareness regarding Pregnancy loss, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and infant death, which include miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn mortality. Women have varying levels of access to healthcare services; hospitals […]
International Archives Day – 9 June 2023
Celebrate Archives! Did you know that June 9 is International Archives Day? All around the world, professionals in the archival community unite their voices on June 9 to make you understand why it is essential to support archives and the profession. Background The ICA believes that the value of archives and archivists should be promoted at the international level. Archives and archivists play an important role in accountability, transparency, democracy, heritage, memory and society. During the 2004 International Congress in Vienna, 2000 attending participants adopted a resolution requesting that the United Nations (UN) designates a specific day to mark the importance and […]
International Archives Day – 9 June
« Everyone keeps archives, in an private or professional setting. Through this universal day, we wish to democratize the profession of archivist and improve the perception of the general public regarding the notion of archive » David Leitch, Secretary General of the ICA. Why an International Archives Day? Since its creation in 2008, […]
Holy Thursday, Year A
Memory… Memories… Personal… Shared… Cherished… Sometimes surprising… Precious… Our memory is an important part of ourselves. It can bring back to us forgotten experiences. It can recapture the sights and sounds of long-past events. It can place before our mind’s eye the faces of loved ones. At times, some people […]
4th Sunday of Lent, Year A
Strange things happen among us, people. Something good can be done for someone and the person who benefits from the good deed is penalized for it! It should not surprise us – this is what happened already in the time of Jesus. We see it in today’s gospel on […]
Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, C
Our memory is a wonderful ‘instrument’ indeed. It is amazing what it can do. It has the power of bringing back to our minds things long past. It suddenly awakens memories of events of long ago, happenings great and small, pleasant encounters, even the faces of people who have since […]