200 Years of St. Austin’s Wakefield
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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Dom Gilroy of St Austin's parish shares his research for the 200 year anniversary celebrations of the parish.
Mary Allen
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Winter scenes at Heythrop College
After the recent fall in temperatures, we thought we would revisit one of our favourite collections: the Heythrop College negatives. The...
Rebecca Somerset
- Sep 29, 2023
- 6 min
A visit to assess the Jesuit Guyana Archives
Archivist Rebecca reflects on a visit to assess the Jesuit archive material in Guyana.
Alexander Taylor
- Aug 7, 2023
- 4 min
Centenary Anniversary of Loyola Hall
It is the centenary anniversary of the opening of Loyola Hall, a Jesuit retreat centre that operated between 1923 and 2014.
Rebecca Somerset
- Jun 14, 2022
- 2 min
Royal visit 1961
Queen Elizabeth II paid a royal visit to Beaumont College in May 1961 as part of the Jesuit College's centenary celebrations.
Mary Allen
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
150th Anniversary of the Holy Name Church, Manchester
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
Rebecca Somerset
- Aug 3, 2020
- 5 min
Barbados and the Parish of St Francis of Assisi
On 28 July 2020 the parish of St Francis of Assisi in Barbados was handed over to the local diocese after Michael Barrow SJ celebrated...
Rebecca Somerset
- Mar 30, 2020
- 3 min
Opening of a ‘Convitto’ 175 years ago in Malta
This year, 25 March marks the 175th anniversary of the English Governor of Malta inviting the Society to open a College on the island. In...
Alex Van Goethem
- Aug 26, 2019
- 7 min
425 Years of Stonyhurst College
The closing of the 2018/9 academic year marks exactly 425 years since the creation of Stonyhurst College and its predecessors, and the...
Mary Allen
- Mar 25, 2019
- 4 min
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
- Jan 14, 2019
- 4 min
Rupununi Mission, Guyana
A look at the foundation of the Jesuit Rupununi Mission using sources from the Archives.
Alex Van Goethem
- Oct 8, 2018
- 4 min
170 years of St Beuno's
On the occasion of the 170th anniversary Alex shares an overview of St Beuno's history.
Rebecca Somerset
- Sep 24, 2018
- 4 min
Catholic Social Guild Summer School, 1927
During the month of September the Archives closes to visitors and does not deal with remote enquiries (unless it is an urgent matter)....
Mary Allen
- May 21, 2018
- 4 min
St Aloysius' Church, Oxford
145 years ago, on the 20th of May 1873, Oscar Wilde and a companion were among a large crowd that watched as Dr William Bernard...
Sally Kent
- Mar 5, 2018
- 3 min
Fr James Etheridge Arrives in Guyana
Account of the establishment of a Jesuit mission in Guyana in 1857.
Sally Kent
- Sep 12, 2017
- 3 min
A Look at the Records of Mount St Mary's College and Other Jesuit Schools
A brief overview of some of the collections of school records held by the British Jesuit Archives.
Sally Kent
- Aug 28, 2017
- 5 min
Evelyn Waugh in Guyana
In the winter of 1932-1933 Waugh had travelled to the interior of British Guiana (as it was then known) and Brazil.
Mary Allen
- Mar 27, 2017
- 4 min
The Jesuits’ Church in London
Sharing some records relating to Church of the Immaculate Conception also know as Farm Street Church in London.
Mary Allen
- Mar 27, 2017
- 4 min
The Jesuits' Church in London
This Friday, 30th of March 2017, will see the launch of the eagerly anticipated Farm Street: The Story of the Jesuits’ Church in London...
Lucy Vinten
- Jan 9, 2017
- 2 min
Campion House, Osterley
One of my main tasks since starting in my position as Archives Assistant at the Jesuits in Britain Archive in September has been...
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