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


The Communities, Cats and Catalogues of St Beuno's
A sunny retreat at St Beuno's in preparation for cataloguing their archives.

Jamie Hennessy Jackson
Jun 235 min read


A Day at the Manchester Universities' Catholic Chaplaincy
A visit to the Catholic Chaplaincy in Manchester to package an architectural drawing, assess church archives, and give a talk on the Holy Name Church's history.

Mary Allen
May 164 min read


200 Years of St. Austin’s Wakefield
Dom Gilroy of St Austin's parish shares his research for the 200 year anniversary celebrations of the parish.
Dom Gilroy
Feb 1, 20242 min read


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...

Mary Allen
Jan 23, 20241 min read


A visit to assess the Jesuit Guyana Archives
Archivist Rebecca reflects on a visit to assess the Jesuit archive material in Guyana.

Rebecca Somerset
Sep 29, 20236 min read


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.

Alexander Taylor
Aug 7, 20234 min read


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.

Rebecca Somerset
Jun 14, 20222 min read


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

Mary Allen
Oct 4, 20213 min read
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