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What did a Jesuit, who lived in the first half of the 20th century, talk about in his homilies? What topics was he most interested in? With today’s in-depth study,… Read more

Which and how many Jesuits took care of the historical archives of the Neapolitan Province? Let’s find out together in this episode. In one of the previous episodes of this… Read more

There are buildings of residences and colleges of the Society of Jesus that survive only in photographs, because they were demolished, bombed during a war, or destroyed to make way… Read more

We are approaching Labor Day, and today’s column dedicates an in-depth look at the history of work, through the sources available in our Historical Archives. Sources for the history of… Read more

Our column today tells the story of Fr Giacomo Gardin: a Jesuit who was prisoner in Albania between 1945 and 1955. The story of Giacomo Gardin SJ is one of… Read more

Who took care of the archival papers of the Jesuit provinces in the past? Who is responsible for the preservation of this great heritage? Today begins a series of episodes… Read more

Our Archive preserve many testimonies of residences and colleges located in the Balkans, from Croatia to Greece. How is this possible? The borders of the Provinces The boundaries of the… Read more

The church we see in the photograph and whose magnificence we can sense, does not actually exist and has never existed. Today’s column tells the story of an idea, or… Read more

What happened to the Jesuits in 1848 in Sardinia, Genoa and the cities of the Papal States? These are just some of the possible case studies that can be investigated… Read more

During the reorganisation of the photographic series of the Istituto Massimo in Rome, among the photos of class groups, outings, Communions, professors and Jesuits, we also found several photographs of… Read more

The children you see in the photo are not students at a Jesuit college, nor do they attend an oratory or a religious school run by Jesuits. Who are they?… Read more

When we search for information online about the Jesuit oath, we find descriptions of obscure and secret rituals, made up of gestures, often macabre formulas with references to violent acts… Read more