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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Volunteer
Jul 24, 20242 min read
Cataloguing the papers of Fr Frank Hannan, a Jesuit passionate in his support for blind Catholics
Our volunteer, Jane, reflects on the experience of cataloguing the papers of Fr Frank Hannan
Mary Allen
May 14, 20244 min read
Gerard Manley Hopkins Exhibition
On Saturday 27 April The Hopkins Society visited the Archives for an exhibition on the Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Volunteer
Nov 30, 20235 min read
Calendaring the letters of William Strickland SJ, Procurator of the Suppression
In this blog post volunteer Claire reflects on her project to calendar the letters of Fr William Strickland SJ, written during and...
Lucy Vinten
May 31, 20237 min read
A Catholic translation of Bede’s History
This blogpost discusses Thomas Stapleton’s 1656 translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It looks at...
Alexander Taylor
Apr 20, 20234 min read
Jesuit Sailors: Fr Law & Fr Kerr
Brief overview of two Jesuits who led remarkable lives in the Royal Navy before entering the Society of Jesus.
Lucy Vinten
Nov 29, 20224 min read
Fr Forrester, a suppressed Jesuit
This blog post investigates the ownership mark C Forrester SFJ discovered in three of the antiquarian books.
Rebecca Somerset
Apr 4, 20229 min read
Helena Wintour and the Jesuits
A blog post exploring the Jesuits connected with Helena Wintour and her embroidered vestments featured in new exhibition Hot, Holy Ladies.
Mary Allen
May 23, 20214 min read
Celebrating the Ignatian Year
This year, 20 May marks the 500th anniversary of the injury that Ignatius of Loyola received at Pamplona, sparking his conversion.
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