Rebecca Somerset
The Archivists' 12 Days of Christmas
A funny take on the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas song.
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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Mary Allen
Dec 17, 20213 min read
Festive Highlights
Some festive favourites from the British Jesuit Archives. Br Thomas Moore's Christmas pudding recipe (ref. SJ/29/6) In the 1930s, Novices...
Mary Allen
Dec 21, 20205 min read
Festive Celebrations
Christmas 2020 looks set to be a Christmas like no other. Traditionally a time spent with family and friends, thanks to the global...
Alex Van Goethem
Dec 16, 20193 min read
Festive Favourites
It is that joyful time of year once again, and here at the Archives we are feeling particularly festive. We have decided to usher in the...
Alex Van Goethem
Dec 17, 20183 min read
A History of Christmas Cards through the Jesuit Archives
With only a few days to go until Christmas the festive season is officially in full swing. Gifts have been bought and wrapped (we all...
Sally Kent
Dec 18, 20173 min read
Heythrop's White Christmas
Ninety years ago this Christmas, Britain experienced one of the heaviest snowfalls recorded in the twentieth century.
Rebecca Somerset
Dec 20, 20161 min read
Christmas Greetings
Delving once more into the amazing treasure trove that is the Blandyke Papers (for information on the origins of this remarkable resource...
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...
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