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Fr Robert Whitty SJ
This year, 1 September marks the 125th anniversary of the death of former Provincial of the English Province, Fr Robert Whitty SJ. The...

Mary Allen
Sep 1, 20203 min read


Oral Histories
The outbreak of Coronavirus saw Jesuit novices Dunstan Rodrigues and Sam Dixon abruptly leaving their experiment in Dublin – a six-week...

Mary Allen
Aug 17, 20206 min read


Jesuit Portraits from our Art Collection
Back in 2016 we reported on the redevelopment of the Archives following the introduction of rolling stacks to create more and improved...

Rebecca Somerset
Jun 22, 20204 min read


Ask an Archivist
9 June is International Archives Day. The day is intended to raise awareness among the public of the importance of records and archives,...

Mary Allen
Jun 8, 20208 min read


Flying Fr Vaughan
Just over 100 years ago, in April 1915, the renowned Jesuit preacher, Fr Bernard Vaughan, spent several days at Farnborough with Lord...

Mary Allen
Apr 27, 20204 min read


Cardinal Newman and the Jesuits
Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890) is a significant figure in the religious history of England. His canonisation on 13 October has...

Rebecca Somerset
Oct 14, 20193 min read


Fr Cyril Martindale SJ
One of the Archive’s most recently completed cataloguing projects is the collection of personal papers of one of the Society’s most...
Alex Van Goethem
Jun 3, 20193 min read


Fr Andrew White Arrives in Maryland
This year, 25 March marks 385 years since Fr Andrew White and his companions landed on St Clement’s Island on the Potomac River,...

Mary Allen
Mar 25, 20194 min read
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