Adapting our archives to the new technologies

For a long time now, the Council has contemplated adapting our archives to the new technologies in order to make them more accessible.

For a long time now, the Council has contemplated adapting our archives to the new technologies in order to make them more accessible. This is why they contacted a group of experts on the subject, called “Mnemotique”. This group started in Maredsous Abbey in
Belgium and its founder was a monk. Today it is made up of lay people who are highly specialised in history, romance and classical philology and computer and archivist engineering. Two members of the group stayed 3 days in the General House working in the archives especially on historical documents and some particularly unique and valuable documents.

They congratulated us on how well our archives were classified and preserved. And here we remember and give thanks to the many sisters who worked in the archives. It is thanks to them that we can continue a work that is endless. These sisters have begun a work which, as you will understand, cannot be done in a day or two. It is a work of years and it is very important that we continue to protect, preserve and keep up-todate our patrimonial treasure.