Blog Posts

A blog post exploring the Jesuits connected with Helena Wintour and her embroidered vestments featured in new exhibition Hot, Holy Ladies.

The Jesuit collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books is not an obvious place to look for women, but in a recent blog post I...

On 18 January 1892 Wimbledon College, a Catholic boys' school run by the Society of Jesus in South London, opened its doors to its first...

At this time of year, we often take time to reflect on the year just gone and set goals for the year ahead. Each of the Archives team...

Some festive favourites from the British Jesuit Archives. Br Thomas Moore's Christmas pudding recipe (ref. SJ/29/6) In the 1930s, Novices...

A post that explores lessons learnt from preparing for extensive building work in an Archive with collections sent offsite.

Archivist Rebecca reflects on creating a first podcast for the British Jesuit Archives.

Exploring the importance of St Francis Borgia to the Society of Jesus through our rare books collection.

This year, 15 October marks the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, or more commonly, the Holy Name

On 25 September 1861 Fr Alfred Weld (Rector of Beaumont Lodge and Director of Novices) met Fr Henry McCann, Procurator of the Province,...

Many of the books in the Jesuit Antiquarian book collection contain re-used paper or other material, usually as part of the binding or as...

This year, 20 May marks the 500th anniversary of the injury that Ignatius of Loyola received at Pamplona, sparking his conversion.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the death of Father Leo O'Hea SJ (1881–1976).

This year, 26 April marks the 165th anniversary of the death of Fr Gerard Strickland SJ, a Jesuit army chaplain, during the Crimean War....

In 2018, shortly before the final closure of Heythrop College, some very special items arrived at the British Jesuit Archives.

On 1 March 2021 the virtual relic exhibition, How bleedeth burning love, launched. This was a very exciting, and by then long...