Lucy VintenFeb 7, 20227 minWomen in the Jesuit Rare Book CollectionThe Jesuit collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books is not an obvious place to look for women, but in a recent blog post I...
Lucy VintenMay 25, 20206 minLockdown: What We've Been DoingWorking from home is tricky for archivists. The archive is shut, the material we work with is inaccessible. We can't bring a couple of...
Alex Van GoethemMar 16, 20204 minCelebrating Mothering SundayMothering Sunday falls on 22nd March this year. Historically Mothering Sunday has been celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, in the...
Alex Van GoethemAug 26, 20197 min425 Years of Stonyhurst CollegeThe closing of the 2018/9 academic year marks exactly 425 years since the creation of Stonyhurst College and its predecessors, and the...
Mary AllenJul 1, 20193 minThe English Mission Becomes a Vice-ProvinceThis 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 AllenAug 13, 20184 minOn the Anniversary of Fr Marmaduke Stone SJAn overview of Jesuit Father Marmaduke Stone's life and reference to the suppression and restoration of the Society of Jesus.
Mary AllenOct 25, 20174 minThe Reformation and the Jesuits in EnglandA brief exploration of the effect Martin Luther's reformation had on the Jesuits in England.
Will MannApr 25, 20161 minShakespeareThe discovery, in December 2014, of a hitherto unknown First Folio of the works of Shakespeare at St Omer, likely to be an overlooked...
Mary AllenAug 4, 20153 minSt Omer to Bruges – a college on the moveQuick history of the move of St Omer to Bruges then Liege then Stonyhurst.
Mihaela RepinaDec 23, 20141 minChristmas Verses and Sketches from 1914The 1914 Christmas edition of the Blandyke Papers in our Jesuits in Britain Archives are full of inspiring images and reflections for...