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


Celebrating Jesuit Writers
On 23 April 1995, UNESCO proclaimed the first World Book and Copyright Day. For world literature, this is a symbolic date: it is the day...

Mary Allen
Apr 23, 20185 min read


John Carroll and the Maryland Mission
The Jesuit presence in Maryland dates back to the arrival of English settlers in the area now known as St Mary’s City on the Potomac...
Sally Kent
Mar 26, 20184 min read


Fr James Etheridge Arrives in Guyana
Account of the establishment of a Jesuit mission in Guyana in 1857.
Sally Kent
Mar 5, 20183 min read


Making sense of a complex collection
A blog exploring the reality of cataloguing a complex collection bearing in mind the taught archive theory.

Lucy Vinten
Jan 15, 20183 min read


Personal papers of Thomas Corbishley SJ (1903-1976)
One of the Archives’ most recent cataloguing projects is the fascinating collection of personal papers of Fr Thomas Corbishley SJ...
Sally Kent
Jan 1, 20183 min read


Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
As the UK prepares for the annual Bonfire Night celebrations, the BBC will be airing the final episode of its ‘explosive’ three-part...

Mary Allen
Oct 30, 20173 min read


The Reformation and the Jesuits in England
A brief exploration of the effect Martin Luther's reformation had on the Jesuits in England.

Mary Allen
Oct 25, 20174 min read


The D'Arcy Papers
One of the Archives’ most frequently asked about collections unsurprisingly belongs to one of the most high-profile English Jesuits of...

Mary Allen
Jun 19, 20173 min read
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