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The English Mission Becomes a Vice-Province
This year 6 July marks the 400th anniversary of the date that the English Mission became a Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus. In this...
Mary Allen
Jun 30, 20193 min read
Rupununi Mission, Guyana
A look at the foundation of the Jesuit Rupununi Mission using sources from the Archives.
Mary Allen
Jan 14, 20194 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
Evelyn Waugh in Guyana
In the winter of 1932-1933 Waugh had travelled to the interior of British Guiana (as it was then known) and Brazil.
Sally Kent
Aug 27, 20175 min read
Fr Augustus Law SJ and the Zambezi Mission
A short outline of Fr Augustus Law SJ, a founding father of St Aidan's College in South Africa in 1867.
Mary Allen
Jul 31, 20163 min read
Cary-Elwes' photograph collection
Short reflection on the Jesuit Cary-Elwes photography of his work as a missionary in Guyana.
Mary Allen
Feb 18, 20152 min read
The 1872 Jamaica diary of Fr James Splaine SJ
Three illustrated extracts from a 19th Century diary showing the Jesuit missionary James Splaine's experience in Jamaica.
Mihaela Repina
Jan 7, 20153 min read
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