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160th Anniversary: The Jesuits Take Possession of Manresa House, Roehampton
On 25 September 1861 Fr Alfred Weld (Rector of Beaumont Lodge and Director of Novices) met Fr Henry McCann, Procurator of the Province,...
Mary Allen
Sep 16, 20212 min read


Letters and Notices
In today’s ‘From the Archives’ blog post we revisit this post from January 2018 on the 155th anniversary of the Jesuit publication...
Mary Allen
Feb 1, 20215 min read


Flying Fr Vaughan
Just over 100 years ago, in April 1915, the renowned Jesuit preacher, Fr Bernard Vaughan, spent several days at Farnborough with Lord...
Mary Allen
Apr 27, 20204 min read


Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ visits Britain
This year, 5 February marked the 28th anniversary of the death of the Society’s 28th Superior General, Fr Pedro Arrupe. The anniversary...
Mary Allen
Feb 11, 20193 min read

ArchI've Celebrated
As 2018 draws to a close, we reflect on some of the anniversaries that the Archives have researched this year. A universally commemorated...
Rebecca Somerset
Dec 31, 20182 min read

155 years of Letters and Notices
One of the Archives' most frequently consulted sources is a publication called Letters and Notices. It is an internal publication,...
Mary Allen
Jan 29, 20184 min read


Jesuits at Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign, occurred in what was then the Ottoman Empire but is now Turkey, between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. The...
Rebecca Somerset
Jan 8, 20166 min read


Farm St Alphabet Poem
In this blog we feature the Farm St alphabet poem written by Fr Frederick Hathaway SJ (1814-1891). While cataloguing the Farm St Church...
Mary Allen
Aug 17, 20153 min read
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