Het tijdschrift Impressie wordt hoog gehouden met op de achtergrond een uitzicht op het Erasmusplein.
Het tijdschrift Impressie wordt hoog gehouden met op de achtergrond een uitzicht op het Erasmusplein.

Impressie 2025-36 is out now

The new summer edition of the KDC heritage magazine 'Impressie: Magazine of Dutch Catholic Heritage' is out, in both physical and digital format! This edition once again showcases the wide range of social and community aspects within Catholic heritage.

With articles on themes from a colonial context: such as the extraordinary collection of the Roman Catholic Orphanage in Semarang (RK Weeshuis Semarang, Java, Indonesia), which offers a wealth of information to researchers and members of the Indonesian heritage community; and whose inventory has become available online; in addition, there are contributions on the complicated role of chaplains and army pastors in the colonial war in Indonesia; and the surprising position of Surinamese students in Nijmegen during the 1970s around Surinamese independence.

But there is also a focus on the social face of Catholicism: on the emancipation of Catholic workers in two Brabant villages and on the care for guest workers in Utrecht in the 1960s and later. We also highlight the photo collection of the top Catholic photographer Louis van Paridon and describe a piece of the KDC's own history in an article on the multifaceted and important role played by the Friends of the KDC foundation (in Dutch: Vrienden van het KDC).

Please note: Impressie is only avaiable in Dutch.

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Would you rather like to receive a physical copy of the Impressie? Or would you like extra copies of the magazine for someone else? If so, we will of course send them to you, free of charge. 

Please. send an e-mail to info [at] kdc.ru.nl (info[at]kdc[dot]ru[dot]nl) 

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Although The Friends of the KDC Foundation has ceased its activities, your financial support for (free) publications remains as welcome as ever. Please donate via the KDC Fund's online donation platform using the button below. Your donation will make it possible for us to continue publishing this magazine.

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Thank you very much for your interest and support!

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Organizational unit
Catholic Documentation Centre
Theme
History, Religion