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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.


Reflections on cataloguing personal papers
Jamie looks back on his experience cataloguing the personal papers of four Jesuit priests.
Jamie Hennessy Jackson
Jan 293 min read


Cataloguing the papers of Fr Frank Hannan, a Jesuit passionate in his support for blind Catholics
Our volunteer, Jane, reflects on the experience of cataloguing the papers of Fr Frank Hannan
Volunteer
Jul 24, 20242 min read


Gerard Manley Hopkins Exhibition
On Saturday 27 April The Hopkins Society visited the Archives for an exhibition on the Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Mary Allen
May 14, 20244 min read

Calendaring the letters of William Strickland SJ, Procurator of the Suppression
In this blog post volunteer Claire reflects on her project to calendar the letters of Fr William Strickland SJ, written during and...
Volunteer
Nov 30, 20235 min read


A Catholic translation of Bede’s History
This blogpost discusses Thomas Stapleton’s 1656 translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It looks at...
Lucy Vinten
May 31, 20237 min read


Jesuit Sailors: Fr Law & Fr Kerr
Brief overview of two Jesuits who led remarkable lives in the Royal Navy before entering the Society of Jesus.
Alexander Taylor
Apr 20, 20234 min read


Fr Forrester, a suppressed Jesuit
This blog post investigates the ownership mark C Forrester SFJ discovered in three of the antiquarian books.
Lucy Vinten
Nov 29, 20224 min read


Helena Wintour and the Jesuits
A blog post exploring the Jesuits connected with Helena Wintour and her embroidered vestments featured in new exhibition Hot, Holy Ladies.
Rebecca Somerset
Apr 4, 20229 min read
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