Objectives

Organization

Current Officers

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Membership

Donations

Annual
Conference

Notice to
All Members

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The Canadian Catholic Historical Association
St. Michael's College, 81 St. Mary Street
Toronto, ON M5S 1J4
Phone: (905) 893-9754

A National Society For the Promotion of Interest in
the History of the Canadian Catholic Church
Founded 3 June 1933

OBJECTIVES

Founding members of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association banded together in 1933 in order: 

• to encourage research and public interest in the history of the Canadian Catholic Church, its dioceses, religious communities, institutions, parishes, schools, and personalities;
• to promote the presentation and understanding of historical sites and buildings, documents, and significant heirlooms of the past;
• to print and distribute its own publications: Historical Studies, and other works about Canadian Catholic History, as the occasion warrants or circumstances permit.

ORGANIZATION

Members belong either to the English Section of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association, or to the French Section of La Société Canadienne D' Histoire de L'Eglise Catholique. Each Section is autonomous and holds its own annual conference. The French Section usually holds its conference in French-speaking cities in the autumn. For the SCHEC website please follow:

http://www.cieq.ca/schec/index.php

PUBLICATIONS

The Canadian Catholic Historical Association publishes a fully refereed annual journal entitled Historical Studies. In it are printed a selection of papers that were primarily prepared for CCHA conferences in addition to some other submissions from CCHA members. The French Section adds papers in French from its annual conference. A feature of Historical Studies since 1964 has been an annual bibliography of Canadian Church History. The combined papers and bibliography form a book of some 350 pages. Copies of most back volumes may be obtained from the Secretary-General at $25 per volume, postage and handling included. The CCHA Bulletin is published twice yearly.

• Current Issue of Historical Studies
• Click Here for the CCHA Bulletin - in .pdf format

Also available online are back issues of the CCHA from 1933 to the present, as well as indices for the issues from 1933 through 1983:

• Back Issues. CCHA Journals, 1933-2006
• Bilingual Index to CCHA Transactions (1933-1958)
• Index to the CCHA Report (1959-1965) and Study Sessions (1966-1983)
• Index des Mémoires (1959-1965) et des Sessions d'études (1966-1983)[French Section]

Since 1964, the CCHA journal has published an annual Bibliography of Canadian Religious History. These annual bibliographies have now been integrated into one resource, which may be accessed at the following link:

• A Bibliography of Canadian Religious History

The following are documents related to archives.

• The Preservation of Church Archives in Canada: A CCHA Presentation to the Bishops of the Atlantic Episcopal Conference.
• A Document on Ecclesiastical Archives: United States Catholic Conference.

MEMBERSHIP

The Canadian Catholic Historical Association is a national society with members in all parts of Canada. The Association also draws members from the United States and Europe.

Annual membership fees are as follows:

     Canadian members                        $50.00
     American members                        $50.00 (U.S)
     Overseas members                        $60.00 (U.S)
     Student members                           $30.00
     Joint membership in the French
     and English sections                       $60.00

For their fees, members receive the appropriate volume of Historical
Studies as well as two issues of the CCHA Bulletin and the general
notices of the Association during that year. A lifetime membership is
$600.

DONATIONS

The Canadian Catholic Historical Association welcomes donations, and tax receipt information is available. The budget is balanced yearly due to annual dues and donations from benefactors. The annual dues and benefactions fund Historical Studies, the Bulletin, costs of administration and the annual conference. 

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The English Section of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association holds an annual conference at which the results of historical research are presented and an annual business meeting is held. The conference is held at the time and place of the annual meeting of the Learned Societies of Canada. Some of the proceedings of this meeting are published in the refereed journal of that year.

Information on the upcoming annual conference

NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS

The Canadian Catholic Historical Association executive is volunteer and has no permanent paid secretariat. In order to reduce the amount of correspondence and paper work occasioned by unnecessary requests concerning membership, fees and publications we urge all members to use the membership form below, or that published in the Bulletin. Institutions and libraries in particular are requested to send in this form in addition to any notices from subscription agencies.

Current CCHA Officers

CCHA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM

Please print out this form and mail it to:

CCHA (Membership)
c/o St. Michael's College
81 St. Mary Street
Toronto, ON
M5S 1J4

___ Canadian members $50

___ American members $50 (U.S)

___ Overseas members $60 (U.S)

___ Student members $30

___ Joint French-English member $60

___ Donation

Please make cheque or money order payable to the CCHA
by May 31 of the current calendar year.

Name __________________________________________ 

Address ________________________________________ 

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City ____________________________________________ 

Province ________________________________________ 

Postal Code ______________________________________ 

Phone No. _______________________________________ 

Fax No. _________________________________________ 

E-mail Address ___________________________________ 

I enclose $_______ to be a member of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association for the year. As part my membership I will receive all notices of the Association, the Bulletin, and Historical Studies for the year.