top of page

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


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.
Alexander Taylor
Apr 20, 20234 min read

Two Years as Archives Assistant
To date, the Archives have supported two part-time Archives Assistants, with the aim of helping prospective archivists into the...
Lucy Vinten
Jul 30, 20185 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...
Sally Kent
Oct 9, 20174 min read

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


Archive Open Day 2016
On 29 December we once again opened their doors to give staff and community members a glimpse at some of the treasures held within the...
Mary Allen
Dec 5, 20162 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


Cary-Elwes' photograph collection
Short reflection on the Jesuit Cary-Elwes photography of his work as a missionary in Guyana.
Mary Allen
Feb 18, 20152 min read
bottom of page