Rebecca Somerset
St Claude La Colombière
As this week sees the relics of St Claude La Colombière SJ and St Margaret Mary Alacoque visiting Farm Street Church it seemed...
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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Mary Allen
Oct 23, 20164 min read
On the Feast of the Six Welsh Martyrs
On 25 October 1970, Pope Paul VI canonized 40 martyrs of the English Reformation. Among those were 6 welsh priests, religious and lay...
Mary Allen
Sep 25, 20162 min read
The Life and Legacy of St Thomas More
Until 31 March next year, the St John Paul II National Shrine in Washington is hosting a unique exhibition, God’s Servant First: The Life...
Rebecca Somerset
Aug 15, 20163 min read
Jesuit Brothers
From a family of 10 children, five brothers became Jesuits at the turn of the last century. In order of age they were Louis (1877-1969),...
Mary Allen
Jul 31, 20163 min read
Fr Augustus Law SJ and the Zambezi Mission
A short outline of Fr Augustus Law SJ, a founding father of St Aidan's College in South Africa in 1867.
Mary Allen
Jun 19, 20163 min read
The Jesuits who Shaped the Province Archives
In this blog post we reflect on some key figures that helped shape the Province Archives over the course of the 20th century. On reading...
Rebecca Somerset
Jun 12, 20162 min read
New Material for Fr William Amherst SJ
Last month (May 2016) the Archives received a new accession for the archives. Five items concerning William Amherst SJ (1820-1904) had...
Mary Allen
Feb 16, 20162 min read
The Pharaohs of the Oppression and the Exodus
As we turn the pages of the Old Testament the wish can hardly fail to arise in us – that more could be told us about the characters of...
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