A weekly menu: what did a Jesuit eat in the 19th century?
Let us virtually enter the Jesuit refectory today by reading an ‘approved Leviticus’ or a real weekly menu dispensed to homes, in this case from the Collegio Romano, a bit… Read more
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The First World War told through archive documents
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Versailles peace treaty, in this edition of the column we recall the First World War as recounted in… Read more
The education of a prince: Francesco di Borbone – Count of Trapani – at the Collegio dei nobili in Rome
We have already seen that future presidents, scientists and leading figures of 19th and 20th century society from different social and geographical backgrounds studied in Jesuit schools. Today our column… Read more
A Royal Wedding in the Gesù Church in Rome
Royal weddings, recent chronicles prove, are always events that attract media attention, the last one was celebrated in England, in Windsor Castle. Our archive could hardly give an account of… Read more
Father Pietro Pirri, a Jesuit between study and spirituality
An in-depth look at Father Pirri, on the occasion of the conference to be held on 10 May at the Sala Assunta of the Residenza del Gesù in Rome to… Read more
The uniform of boarders: not just a question of style
In the Colleges of the Society of Jesus, today as in the past, it was customary to have a uniform for all boarders, an element that avoided the use of… Read more
Carlo Emanuele Di Savoia – From the Crown of the Kingdom of Sardinia to the Novitiate of S. Andrea al Quirinale.
Scholars, teachers, sometimes so young as to be only students… there are many different ‘careers’ or assignments undertaken by Jesuits before entering the Society, one of them was even a… Read more
P. Joseph Strickland SJ: a bridge between Malta and Italy, a century before the birth of the EUM Province.
Today we take a closer look at the life and work of one of the Maltese fathers who, a century before the birth of the current province, worked in great… Read more
P. Costantino Iorio and the patent for a fountain pen modification
Astronomy, didactics, spirituality, ancient literature, there are many fields of knowledge in which Jesuits have distinguished themselves over the centuries and made their contribution as scholars and disseminators of their… Read more
The Bonapartes… at school with the Jesuits
Among the alumni of the Colleges of the Society of Jesus, whom one would hardly expect to find, there are also some members of the Bonaparte family, a presence that… Read more
Punishments and mortifications of the flesh – Over the centuries…penitents
Let us immediately reassure our readers or future novices: today corporal punishments or corporal mortifications are no longer used in the Order, Superiors rely on dialogue and personal discernment to… Read more
Happy Birthday Gonzaga Institute!
One of the elements that most characterises the Society of Jesus is its vocation to educate children and young people in its colleges, a tradition that is now centuries old… Read more