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Mary Allen
Oct 26, 20204 min read
History of the Martyrs’ Cause on the 50th anniversary of the Forty Martyrs’ Canonisation
[Credit: Vatican Photo Service] This year, Sunday 25 October marked the 50th anniversary of the canonisation of the Forty Martyrs of...
Rebecca Somerset
Sep 27, 20205 min read
1715 Jacobite Rising & Jesuit Resources
[This blog post was originally published September 2015.] The 1715 Jacobite rising saw an attempt to regain the English throne for the...
Mary Allen
Aug 31, 20203 min read
Fr Robert Whitty SJ
This year, 1 September marks the 125th anniversary of the death of former Provincial of the English Province, Fr Robert Whitty SJ. The...
Lucy Vinten
Jul 19, 20204 min read
160 Years of Summer Holidays
For many of us, the idea of a summer holiday will be just a memory because of the coronavirus pandemic - but since 1853 Jesuit students...
Mary Allen
Jul 5, 20203 min read
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...
Rebecca Somerset
Mar 29, 20203 min read
Opening of a ‘Convitto’ 175 years ago in Malta
This year, 25 March marks the 175th anniversary of the English Governor of Malta inviting the Society to open a College on the island. In...
Lucy Vinten
Feb 3, 20206 min read
125th Anniversary St Ignatius College
On Friday 25 January 2020 the staff and pupils of St Ignatius College, Enfield attended a service at Westminster Cathedral to mark the...
Mary Allen
Jan 6, 20205 min read
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...
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