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Early history of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Britain
November marks 40 years since Pedro Arrupe SJ, the then Superior General of the Jesuits, set up the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in response

Rebecca Somerset
Nov 9, 20203 min read


History of the Martyrs’ Cause on the 50th anniversary of the Forty Martyrs’ Canonisation
[Credit: Vatican Photo Service] This year, Sunday 25 October marked the 50th anniversary of the canonisation of the Forty Martyrs of...

Mary Allen
Oct 26, 20204 min read


The Archives in Numbers
This year, 20 October marks World Statistics Day, a day to highlight the importance of data for informed decision-making. The United...

Mary Allen
Oct 11, 20201 min read


1715 Jacobite Rising & Jesuit Resources
[This blog post was originally published September 2015.] The 1715 Jacobite rising saw an attempt to regain the English throne for the...

Rebecca Somerset
Sep 27, 20205 min read


A Book Through Time
Book provenance is an area of research into the history of individual books and of libraries, focusing on who owned which books, and what...

Lucy Vinten
Sep 27, 20206 min read


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
Aug 31, 20203 min read
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