While digitising Letters and Notices, volunteer Eleanor discovered Fr Aloysius Cortie, a Jesuit priest and astronomer. By tracing his appearances in the publication, this piece follows his development from student to teacher and researcher, highlighting his scientific work, travels, and reflections on religion and science, as well as the value of the publication as a historical source.

Archivist Rebecca introduces key sources available at the British Jesuit Archives for family history research, illustrating their value through the example of the five Whiteside brothers who all became Jesuit priests.

This blog post investigates the ownership mark C Forrester SFJ discovered in three of the antiquarian books.

A blog post exploring the Jesuits connected with Helena Wintour and her embroidered vestments featured in new exhibition Hot, Holy Ladies.

[This blog post was originally published September 2015.] The 1715 Jacobite rising saw an attempt to regain the English throne for the...

The closing of the 2018/9 academic year marks exactly 425 years since the creation of Stonyhurst College and its predecessors, and the...

This year, 5 February marked the 28th anniversary of the death of the Society’s 28th Superior General, Fr Pedro Arrupe. The anniversary...

Over the last four years, the Jesuits in Britain Archives have published several blog posts to commemorate events of the First World War,...