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


Sally Kent
Oct 8, 20174 min read
Jesuits and the Lost Art of Letter Writing
The Jesuits in Britain Archives is full of letters – personal correspondence, circulars, letters to and from Fr Provincial and Fr...


Mary Allen
Dec 21, 20153 min read
Christmas with Fr Leslie Walker SJ
The personal papers of Fr Leslie Ignatius Walker contain some of the Archives’ most treasured items, particularly his sketch books. Among...


Mary Allen
May 25, 20152 min read
A celebration of Mary in May
Showcasing illustrated verses relating to Mary done by Jesuits in formation in the late 19th Century.


Mary Allen
Mar 16, 20153 min read
Fr John Luck SJ's personal papers
A short summary of Jesuit John Luck and his collections of letters relating to his work as military chaplain in the First World War.


Mihaela Repina
Jan 7, 20153 min read
The 1872 Jamaica diary of Fr James Splaine SJ
Three illustrated extracts from a 19th Century diary showing the Jesuit missionary James Splaine's experience in Jamaica.
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