Lucy Vinten
A History of the Jesuit Noviceship
The feast day of St Stanislaus Kostka SJ, patron saint of Jesuit novices, is 13 November. St Stanislaus was born in 1550, and faced great...
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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Alex Van Goethem
- Dec 17, 2018
- 3 min
A History of Christmas Cards through the Jesuit Archives
With only a few days to go until Christmas the festive season is officially in full swing. Gifts have been bought and wrapped (we all...
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
- Nov 22, 2017
- 3 min
ArchI've Discovered Open Day
As part of the annual Explore Your Archive campaign, the Jesuits in Britain Archives held an open day on Tuesday 21st November 2017....
Sally Kent
- Oct 9, 2017
- 4 min
Jesuits and the Lost Art of Letter Writing
The Jesuits in Britain Archives is full of letters – personal correspondence, circulars, letters to and from Fr Provincial and Fr...
Mary Allen
- Jun 19, 2017
- 3 min
The D'Arcy Papers
One of the Archives’ most frequently asked about collections unsurprisingly belongs to one of the most high-profile English Jesuits of...
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