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


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.
Rebecca Somerset
Jan 31, 20233 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 17, 20213 min read

Celebrating Jesuit Writers
On 23 April 1995, UNESCO proclaimed the first World Book and Copyright Day. For world literature, this is a symbolic date: it is the day...
Mary Allen
Apr 23, 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


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
Dec 21, 20153 min read
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