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Mary Allen

Oct 26, 20204 min read

History of the Martyrs’ Cause on the 50th anniversary of the Forty Martyrs’ Canonisation

[Credit: Vatican Photo Service] This year, Sunday 25 October marked the 50th anniversary of the canonisation of the Forty Martyrs of...

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

Mar 14, 20163 min read

Cataloguing the Papers of the Cause of the Holy Martyrs

Since the closure of the Office of the Vice-Postulators at 114 Mount St c1984 the Archives have been the home of its records, although...