This month marks 100 years since the opening of Heythrop College, Oxfordshire. This newly discovered photo lends credence to oft-quoted tales of camels wandering past scholastics, as Chipperfield circus wintered its exotic animals in the Heythrop grounds!

Today is the Feast Day of St Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus. This relic of St Ignatius is one of the highlights of our collections. #StIgnatius #Relic #FeastDay

St Ignatius, whose #feast is tomorrow, devised the Spiritual Exercises as a guide for retreat-givers and retreatants. This edition from our rare book collection was printed in Antwerp in 1635. #StIgnatius #SpiritualExercises #SocietyofJesus

We celebrate the Feast of St Ignatius on Friday. St Ignatius has inspired #artists throughout the centuries. Among the many images of St Ignatius in our archive is this miniature from the early C20th. #Feast #StIgnatius #Jesuit

St Ignatius' Day is celebrated on 31 July. Over the years, Jesuits have marked the day with Solemn Masses and grand dinners, and with fine wine from 'Jesuitengarten' #Feast #StIgnatius #dinner #menu

The #Feast of #StIgnatius is celebrated 31 July, so this week we are posting items from our collections relating to him. This oil #painting of St Ignatius was made by a student at #Heythrop College in the 1950s as a devotional aid.

These photos capture a beautifully arranged garden party, where Jesuits gathered with family and friends to enjoy tea and good company. Did you attend a garden party at Heythrop? We'd love to hear your memories in the comments. 🍰☕🌿 #EYA #JesuitHistory #FlashbackFriday #PicturesFromThePast

📖 Read our latest blog post, where Lucy explores the value of antiquarian book collections for historical investigation, showing how they can complement and deepen archive-based research. 👉 www.jesuitarchives.co.uk/post/southen... #Archives #RareBooks #BookHistory #JesuitHistory #EYA

Southend, Soberton, Sussex: Books in an early Jesuit mission-centre

This blogpost looks at Jesuit missionary activity in England in the 17th and 18th centuries, focussing on books in relation to one small Jesuit mission station at Southend Farm in Soberton, Sussex.

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Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus #OTD 1773. It was not reinstated worldwide until 1814. 📷 A book of extracts of Clement's Bulls on the #Suppression, in French and Latin, with a pretty contemporary paper cover #JesuitBook

Another trolley's worth of reference books has now been added to the online catalogue. Why not take a browse and see what's been catalogued so far? Explore the catalogue here: hey.koha.openfifth.net/cgi-bin/koha... #ReferenceLibrary #ResearchResources #BookLovers #Cataloguing

Robert #Persons SJ & St Edmund #Campion SJ, pioneers of the #Jesuit #EnglishMission, started their first missionary tour #OTD 1580. While on tour, Persons paused at #Spinkhill & started his #ChristianDirectory and Campion followed with his #Brag and #DecemRationes #JesuitBooks

As England prepare to face an Argentinian squad led by Lionel Messi for the first time in history tonight, we can only hope they are feeling as limber as Fr Kenneth Nixon SJ was back at Heythrop College in 1954. Formidable hamstring training! #FIFAWorldCup #ENGvARG

Do you have old The Missionary magazines tucked away and gathering dust? We're currently digitising our collection and would love your help filling some gaps. In particular, we're looking for issues 11, 14, and 125–148. If you have any of these issues, please get in touch!

If only we could catch one of those sailing boats! ⛵ As London bakes in another #heatwave, we're looking back to a Jesuit holiday in Barmouth in the mid-20th century, where the sea breeze must have been a welcome relief. #FridayFun #SummerDays #EYA #JesuitHistory #OldPhotos

Archive joy!! The over-excitement of an Archivist and a Rare Book Historian on finding C19 archive lists and book catalogues. #ArchivalJoy #Archives #Catalogues #RareBooks #JesuitBook

Recording booth at Corpus Christi Jesuit Community! As part of our #LivingHistory project, we're interviewing Jesuits about their time at Heythrop College. These conversations provide valuable insights which written records can't replace! #OralHistory #Jesuit

Beaumont College cricket team, 1898. Among the pupils is Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect responsible for Liverpool Cathedral, Battersea Power Station & red telephone box. His brother, Adrian, was also an architect, designing the Jesuit Holy Name Church in Manchester. #Architect #Cricket

📢 New blog post alert! Jamie shares then and now photos of Heythrop College. www.jesuitarchives.co.uk/post/one-hun... #EYA #JesuitHistory #PicturesFromThePast

One Hundred Years of Heythrop College: Then vs. Now

The Archives team takes photos comparing Heythrop Hall today with how it looked 100 years ago.

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On this hot Friday we're wishing we could dive in too! 🌞 💦 Have a safe, cool, and refreshing Friday wherever you are. 😎 #FridayFeeling #Heatwave #ArchivePhoto

St Edmund Campion SJ landed in England #OTD 1580, and quickly joined his companion and Superior, Robert Persons SJ, who had arrived 9 days earlier. #EnglishMission #JesuitSaint #StEdmundCampion

We love sharing our collections! Recently we welcomed the international staff of Pray As You Go to a tailored exhibition of material from our #archive #PrayAsYouGo #ArchiveExhibitions @prayasyougo.bsky.social

St Thomas Garnet SJ, nephew of #Jesuit #Provincial Henry Garnet was executed at Tyburn #OTD 1608. He was the #protomartyr of St Omer's College and of Stonyhurst #JesuitSaint #Garnet @stonyhurst.bsky.social

Back in the 1960s, this solo guitarist may well have captivated the Heythrop College community during a concert. 🎸 This Saturday, the Jesuit Young Adult Ministries are bringing live music to Farm Street Church for their Summer Concert. For details 👉 www.jesuit.org.uk/events/jesui... #YAM #LiveMus

Assessing an #archive volume for #conservation, and coming across this beauty 😍 😍 😍 It's a list of the Rectors of the English College at Liege between 1652 and 1752, made c. 1766. So much loveliness! #ArchiveLife #LoveThisJob

As sports days are taking place across the UK over the coming weeks, a reminder that Jesuits have also enjoyed a good tug of war, as shown in this image taken at Heythrop College in the 1960s. Any guesses as to which side won? #ThrowbackThursday #JesuitHistory #HeythropCollege #SportsDay #EYA

Fr Robert #Persons SJ landed in England #OTD 1580, and travelled to London - the start of the #Jesuit #EnglishMission

Cardinal Bourne started the formal Apostolic Process #OTD 1923 for the Beatification of the the English Martyrs, culminating nearly 50 years later in the Beatification of the 40 English Martyrs in 1970 #Martyrs #EnglishMartyrs #MartyrsCause

Tomorrow sees the ordination of Chris Brolly to the priesthood. As we prepare for this joyful occasion, we share these images from an ordination 60 years ago in 1966. Please keep Chris in your prayers as he takes this next step in ministry. #PicturesFromThePast #JesuitHistory

We're getting excited for the World Cup! But have you heard the story of the 1966 World Cup North Korean team and the English Jesuits? Its a good one! #WorldCup #NorthKorea #Football www.jesuitarchives.co.uk/post/1966-wo...

A beautiful C18 #woodblock print in two colours with a Jesuit motif at the centre. Also featuring a stamp for a former owner with the initials 'FB' - we'd love to hear if you know who this was! #JesuitBook #WoodcutWednesday