The Montini family and the Society of Jesus
At the centre of the column is the link between the Montini family and the Society of Jesus, the same family in which the future Paul VI, now a saint,… Read more
Curiosities and news
One boarding school many cultures: boarders and integration
The Colleges of the Society of Jesus are characterised by a long tradition of integration between students of different origins and dialogue between their cultures, let us retrace it through… Read more
Purchasing for the community: the hard life of the house minister
Managing, organising and maintaining a community, these are the constant concerns of the ministerial fathers and bursars of the communities of the Society of Jesus, yesterday as today.
La Civiltà Cattolica in its early days, 170 years of history
It has passed its four-thousandth issue, it is 170 years old this year, and it is the oldest magazine in the Italian language: today we deal with La Civiltà Cattolica
Christmas Gifts
If today, for employees and workers, we speak of thirteenth month pay, Christmas bonuses and other financial considerations typical of the month of December, we can also identify some forms… Read more
The age-old issue of heating: complaints in the Brescia area.
The issue of heating in a community is a theme that recurs several times in the diaries of a home or boarding school, arousing various reactions… some of them quite… Read more
The Missions of the Former Provinces: not always exotic places
The former provinces, which merged into the Province of Italy in 1978, were responsible for several missions. Even in previous centuries, both the Society and other religious orders had missions,… Read more
P. Nicola Angelini: writer of epigraphs
On the occasion of 2 November, the feast of the dead, we dedicate an in-depth look at tomb epigraphs.
The Pious Union against Blasphemy and Turpiloquy
In Rome, in the modern age, several Confraternities were responsible for praying for sinners, for souls in purgatory, for children who had died prematurely, for those who had suffered a… Read more
Corporal and Purification of the Venerable Fr Giuseppe Picco
The affection and esteem reserved for the Jesuit by his contemporaries contributed to the birth of a magazine ‘Friends of Fr Picco’, which over time has updated its readers on… Read more
P. Riccardo Friedl: between documents and personal objects
Our archive today once again offers us objects, owned by a Jesuit, that have survived a century of history and come down to us. In fact, the fonds of the… Read more
Dressing a Jesuit: clothes and wardrobe composition
The dress of the Jesuits, not exempt from rules, changed over the centuries and the Society always drew up rules for the clothing and composition of the wardrobe at home.