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Ignatian Fireworks: The Jesuits and the Great Fire of London
349 years ago for four days a major fire burnt in London. The Great Fire of London swept through the city from 2 to 5 September 1666, and...

Rebecca Somerset
Aug 26, 20151 min read


Farm St Alphabet Poem
In this blog we feature the Farm St alphabet poem written by Fr Frederick Hathaway SJ (1814-1891). While cataloguing the Farm St Church...

Mary Allen
Aug 16, 20153 min read


St Omer to Bruges – a college on the move
Quick history of the move of St Omer to Bruges then Liege then Stonyhurst.

Mary Allen
Aug 3, 20153 min read


155 year of the Sacred Heart, Edinburgh
This year marks the 155th anniversary of the opening of the Jesuit-run Church of the Sacred Heart at Lauriston Street, Edinburgh. Looking...

Mary Allen
Jul 5, 20153 min read


Hurricane devastation
Prompted by the discovery of two photographs the Archives team investigated what occurred at St John's College Belize, Honduras in 1931.

Rebecca Somerset
Jun 23, 20152 min read


Napoleon and the Catholic Church
Describing a letter by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804 to the Bishop of Orleans which is held by the Archives for unknown reasons.

Mary Allen
Jun 7, 20154 min read
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