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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Lucy Vinten
Feb 7, 20227 min read
Women in the Jesuit Rare Book Collection
The Jesuit collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books is not an obvious place to look for women, but in a recent blog post I...
Alex Van Goethem
Aug 25, 20197 min read
425 Years of Stonyhurst College
The closing of the 2018/9 academic year marks exactly 425 years since the creation of Stonyhurst College and its predecessors, and the...
Mary Allen
Jun 30, 20193 min read
The English Mission Becomes a Vice-Province
This year 6 July marks the 400th anniversary of the date that the English Mission became a Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus. In this...
Mary Allen
Aug 12, 20184 min read
On the Anniversary of Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ
An overview of Jesuit Father Marmaduke Stone's life and reference to the suppression and restoration of the Society of Jesus.
Mary Allen
Jun 4, 20185 min read
The Jesuits and Wisbech Castle
In 1478 Bishop Morton of Ely (later Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England) began the building of a castle in Wisbech,...
Mary Allen
Oct 24, 20174 min read
The Reformation and the Jesuits in England
A brief exploration of the effect Martin Luther's reformation had on the Jesuits in England.
Mary Allen
Aug 3, 20153 min read
St Omer to Bruges – a college on the move
Quick history of the move of St Omer to Bruges then Liege then Stonyhurst.
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