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Jesuit Missionaries' Dictionaries and Vocabularies
On 15 April 1755, Dr Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language. In the previous 150 years over 20 English dictionaries had...
Lucy Vinten
Apr 10, 20174 min read


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...
Rebecca Somerset
Nov 8, 20161 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
Oct 24, 20164 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...
Mary Allen
Sep 26, 20162 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),...
Rebecca Somerset
Aug 16, 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
Aug 1, 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...
Mary Allen
Jun 20, 20163 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...
Rebecca Somerset
Jun 13, 20162 min read
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