Blog Posts

Just over 100 years ago, in April 1915, the renowned Jesuit preacher, Fr Bernard Vaughan, spent several days at Farnborough with Lord...

Mothering Sunday falls on 22nd March this year. Historically Mothering Sunday has been celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, in the...

World Animal day is celebrated on the 4th October. Its mission is “to raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards...

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

This week we remember those who have served their country in war. Jesuits have served as Military Chaplains in successive conflicts, and...

This week's blog post has been guest-written by work experience student, Natasha Wilkinson. Hello! My name is Natasha Wilkinson, I am 16...

Next month alumni of Beaumont College will travel to the battlefield of Verdun to commemorate the Beaumont Old Boys who fought and died...

Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Verdun, which was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916....

The Gallipoli Campaign, occurred in what was then the Ottoman Empire but is now Turkey, between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. The...

The personal papers of Fr Leslie Ignatius Walker contain some of the Archives’ most treasured items, particularly his sketch books. Among...

On May 9th 1915 Fr William Feran composed the first edition of The Chaplains’ Weekly; a newsletter whose purpose he explained in the...

A short summary of Jesuit John Luck and his collections of letters relating to his work as military chaplain in the First World War.

One hundred years ago today the first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place on the evening of 19th January 1915. A young Jesuit scholastic...

Sharing records relating to Fr Charles Plater's bulldog Jimmy.

Announcement of an internal exhibition of Jesuit military chaplains.