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Jesuits, like all of us, are subject to illnesses and physical problems, an aspect that is more difficult than others to trace in archival documentation. For deceased Jesuits, in fact,… Read more

The oratories and recreation centres of the Society of Jesus have always hosted children in preparation for Communion, Confirmation or after school. But what did it mean – in detail… Read more

Usually in public kindergartens and primary schools the apron is worn, in private ones the uniform. What was the rule in Jesuit schools?

Discovering the fauna that may inhabit an archive, or at least have scampered among the papers in the past.

In our usual August appointment, we delve into the Marian theme linked to a specific community, that of Gorizia, where the cult of Our Lady was very much felt.

Doing the shopping for oneself or for a family involves a certain degree of organisation, just think what it meant, at the end of the 16th century, to do it… Read more

The Province has its own very significant photographic heritage, preserved in the Archive. It consists of thousands of photographs. Those depicting residences, places and colleges are very interesting, especially for… Read more

A journey through the headquarters of the novitiate of the Veneto-Milan Province, between Lonigo, Soresina and Portorè, some of the cities where the probation house was moved between the end… Read more

Tortured, pierced and mutilated. No, today we are not talking about the Jesuit martyrs, but about archive documents and the main damage that historical documentation can suffer.

We are almost at the end of the school year, time for report cards, promotions and failures. Let us see what the reasons could be for being expelled from one… Read more

There are a number of television programmes that reintroduce the subject of table etiquette or the so-called art of knowing how to receive. Why stop at what we hear on… Read more

On several occasions some residences of the Society of Jesus underwent transformations, often as a result of expropriation and forfeiture by the Old Italian States after 1773 or by the… Read more