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


425 Years of Stonyhurst College
The closing of the 2018/9 academic year marks exactly 425 years since the creation of Stonyhurst College and its predecessors, and the...
Alex Van Goethem
Aug 26, 20197 min read


Fr Andrew White Arrives in Maryland
This year, 25 March marks 385 years since Fr Andrew White and his companions landed on St Clement’s Island on the Potomac River,...
Mary Allen
Mar 25, 20194 min read


Rupununi Mission, Guyana
A look at the foundation of the Jesuit Rupununi Mission using sources from the Archives.
Mary Allen
Jan 14, 20194 min read


170 years of St Beuno's
On the occasion of the 170th anniversary Alex shares an overview of St Beuno's history.
Alex Van Goethem
Oct 8, 20184 min read

Catholic Social Guild Summer School, 1927
During the month of September the Archives closes to visitors and does not deal with remote enquiries (unless it is an urgent matter)....
Rebecca Somerset
Sep 24, 20184 min read

St Aloysius' Church, Oxford
145 years ago, on the 20th of May 1873, Oscar Wilde and a companion were among a large crowd that watched as Dr William Bernard...
Mary Allen
May 21, 20184 min read


Fr James Etheridge Arrives in Guyana
Account of the establishment of a Jesuit mission in Guyana in 1857.
Sally Kent
Mar 5, 20183 min read


A Look at the Records of Mount St Mary's College and Other Jesuit Schools
A brief overview of some of the collections of school records held by the British Jesuit Archives.
Sally Kent
Sep 12, 20173 min read
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