Title
From the Kitchen to the World. Women in International Catholic Organisations
Concept and Curation
Dr. Natalia Núñez Bargueño
Physical Exhibition
KADOC–KU Leuven
Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society
8 March – 2 May 2026
Online Exhibition
Digital and adapted version of the physical exhibition
Research and Archives
The exhibition is based on one year of intensive research and curatorial work at KADOC–KU Leuven, combined with three years of research in international archives, including:
- Centre national des archives de l’Église de France (CNAEF)
- Archivo de la Acción Católica Española, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (UPSA)
- Istituto Storico dell’Azione Cattolica e del Movimento Cattolico in Italia (ISACEM, Rome)
- Vatican Archives (Secretariat of State, Apostolic Archives, Propaganda Fide, and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith)
Funding and Support
The physical exhibition was funded by the European Union and KADOC–KU Leuven.
Additional research support was provided through Globalvat research stays at the École française de Rome and the Academia Belgica.
Online Exhibition
Digital and adapted version of the physical exhibition by Artefinal Studio SL.
Acknowledgements
Dr. Núñez Bargueño warmly thanks Kristien Suenens and Roeland Hermans (KADOC–KU Leuven) for their generous support, thoughtful guidance, and curatorial expertise, all of which were essential to the development of the original exhibition. She also extends her sincere gratitude to Patricia Quaghebeur, Emma Nies, Anna De Ryck, Winand Van Meerbeek and the KADOC documentation and communication team for their invaluable assistance and expertise in archival and documentary research as well as communication support.
In addition, she expresses a heartfelt thank you to Prof. Marta Margotti and Alejandro Mario Diéguez (Archivio Apostolico Vaticano) for their enthusiastic encouragement and insightful ideas during the early stages of this curatorial project, and to Cristina Llorens for her expertise and support with the online exhibition.