Many people leave a conference with sheaves of notes and good ideas for the future.
That gratifies Timothy J. Meagher, director of Catholic University's archives, manuscripts and museum collections. Everyone at the conference liked the idea of forming a network to help people share information. We are developing a Web site that will help keep people informed. Mr. Meagher came up with the idea for the conference to determine how Catholic artifacts can be saved as religious orders, dioceses and parishes change. These items could include clothing from the founder of an order, simple plaster statues from a home altar and works of art considered fine enough for a museum.