Rebecca Somerset
The Archivists' 12 Days of Christmas
A funny take on the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas song.
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Mary Allen
May 10, 20202 min read
Celebrating Mary in May
As the month of May continues, so too does a month of special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. With Spring and the promise of new...
Alex Van Goethem
Sep 22, 20193 min read
Celebrating World Animal Day
World Animal day is celebrated on the 4th October. Its mission is “to raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards...
Mary Allen
May 19, 20193 min read
World Bee Day
The 20th of May is World Bee Day. In the UK, and globally, bees are facing many threats, including loss of habitat, climate change, toxic...
Mary Allen
Feb 19, 20184 min read
Robert Southwell's Hundred Meditations of the Love of God
St Robert Southwell SJ (1561-1595), whose feast day is celebrated 21 February, is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonised...
Lucy Vinten
Jul 30, 20175 min read
Celebrating the Feast of St Ignatius
St Ignatius’ Day is the 31 July, and historically Jesuit Communities have marked the day with Masses, processions and feasts. In the...
Mary Allen
Mar 13, 20172 min read
Discovering Jesuit Poetry for World Poetry Day
“Poetry is the mainstay of oral tradition and, over centuries, can communicate the innermost values of diverse cultures … [It is] the...
Mary Allen
Aug 16, 20153 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...
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