Rebecca Somerset
Celebrating Jubilees
This blog considers the importance of celebrating jubilees in light of recent and upcoming anniversaries.
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Mary Allen
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
150th Anniversary of the Holy Name Church, Manchester
This year, 15 October marks the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, or more commonly, the Holy Name
Mary Allen
- Jan 4, 2021
- 4 min
A year in blog posts
2020 was, to say the least, a strange year for everybody, thanks to the global pandemic. For the British Jesuit Archives it meant closing...
Mary Allen
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Between 10 July and 31 October 1940,the German Air Force waged an air...
Mary Allen
- Jan 6, 2020
- 5 min
Jesuit Life During the Second World War
2020 marks the 80th anniversary of the first full year of the Second World War. One event that took place early in this year was the...
Lucy Vinten
- Jun 17, 2019
- 3 min
The Apostleship of Prayer and the Messenger of the Sacred Heart
At the end of this month there will be four days of celebration in Rome for the 175th Anniversary of the foundation of the Apostleship of...
Alex Van Goethem
- May 6, 2019
- 4 min
Retelling the Tales of Second World War
Later this week, 8-9 of May to be exact, marks the annual international day of remembrance and reconciliation for those who lost their...
Work Experience Placement
- Oct 22, 2018
- 5 min
An English Literature Student's Experience
In this week's 'From the Archives' blog, we continue our series of guest posts written by our wonderful work experience students from...
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