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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.


Unlocking Jesuit History: The Power of the Annual Catalogues
Quick overview of a useful research source for Jesuit history: the Catalogues produced by each Province annually.

Rebecca Somerset
Apr 296 min read


The evolution of exhibitions at the Jesuit Archive
The British Jesuit Archive has been putting on physical exhibitions for over ten years, and the way we do it has changed significantly in...

Lucy Vinten
Feb 22, 20249 min read


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

Mary Allen
Apr 12, 20212 min read


Cataloguing Relics
In this blog post Jonathan Roche, a PhD student who undertook work experience in the Archives, gives an account of his work cataloguing...
Work Experience Placement
Apr 8, 20196 min read


1966 World Football Cup
Even the most apathetic will be aware that the World Football Cup has recently been taking place. The 21st tournament, which has been...

Rebecca Somerset
Jul 16, 20183 min read


St Claude La Colombière
As this week sees the relics of St Claude La Colombière SJ and St Margaret Mary Alacoque visiting Farm Street Church it seemed...

Rebecca Somerset
Nov 8, 20161 min read


Relics
The Archives hold perhaps hundreds of relics, authenticated and non-authenticated, wrapped up in tiny parcels or housed in reliquaries of...

Mary Allen
Apr 11, 20162 min read


First World War Artefact
We have discovered the following artefact in the archives. It is a crucifix with an enclosed note inside a wooden frame with a plaque....

Rebecca Somerset
Oct 26, 20153 min read
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