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The Archives and Canon Law
A centenary ago, on 19 May 1918, the Code of Canon Law took legal effect, having been promulgated by Pope Benedict XV in 1917. Prior to...

Rebecca Somerset
May 8, 20182 min read


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 22, 20185 min read


What to do when Disaster Strikes
As in most professions, it is important for archivists to keep up with their professional development in order to be up to date with...

Lucy Vinten
Apr 8, 20183 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 25, 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


Robert Southwell's Hundred Meditations of the Love of God
St Robert Southwell SJ (1561-1595), whose feast day is celebrated 21 February, is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonised...

Mary Allen
Feb 19, 20184 min read
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