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


Lucy Vinten
May 31, 20237 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...


Alexander Taylor
Apr 20, 20234 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.


Lucy Vinten
Feb 14, 20234 min read
The Popish Plot and the Jesuit Archive
An overview of the Popish Plot of the 1670s, it's devastating effect on Jesuits, and how Jesuits have collected printed material about it.


Rebecca Somerset
Jan 31, 20233 min read
Fourth Centenary Exhibition Review
Archivist Rebecca reviews the recent exhibition that the Archives put on to mark the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Province.


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


Rebecca Somerset
Nov 8, 20223 min read
Celebrating Jubilees
This blog considers the importance of celebrating jubilees in light of recent and upcoming anniversaries.
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