The boarding school does not live by study alone
Boarding school often conjures up a stern image of restrictions, rules and the occasional punishment, yet life and above all the memories of the former boarders of the Jesuit schools,… Read more
Curiosities and news
The Jesuits’ mortal remains
Among the many enquiries received by the historical archive, those concerning the search for the Jesuit tomb are intensifying as November approaches. Our column today therefore deals with the house… Read more
Fr. Valentino Davanzati, Jesuit and actor
In the city of Livorno, the name of Fr. Davanzati is still well known today, linked not only to the memory of the Jesuit but above all to the art… Read more
A President’s school report Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
It was 1924 and in Livorno, in a building not far from the centre, the Jesuits opened a school. Initially it had just a few classes, then it grew to… Read more
Majorana at Jesuit schools
Our column today returns to the school benches: we once again deal with the Majorana family. In previous months we have already dedicated an in-depth article to Ettore Majorana, a… Read more
Life as Jesuit…yesterday and today
Most of the requests received by our historical archive are aimed at investigating the life of the Jesuits, their path in the Society, their eventual publications, their daily work as… Read more
The Marian cult in the works of the Roman Province of the Company
We dedicate one of the August insights to Marian devotion, since 15 August marks the Assumption of Mary. We dedicate one of the August insights to Marian devotion, since 15… Read more
Fr. Monaldo Leopardi…a great-grandson of Leopardi, almost a Jesuit
Among the 3,005 papers that make up the series of Jesuits that belonged to the Roman Province between 1814 and 1978, there is also that of one of the members… Read more
The κοντάκιον – Kontakion
It is a manuscript donated by the monks of Grottaferrata Abbey to the Jesuits of the novitiate in Castel Gandolfo in August 1890: ‘Spiritual songs with which the voice of… Read more
Fr. Carlo Odescalchi. The relic of the Servant of God
In our historical archive there is a lock of the hair of Fr. Carlo Odescalchi, duly closed in a small square bearing the seal in sealing wax with the symbol… Read more
The unusable key
In the collective imagination, the historical archives preserve only paper material, mainly attributable to letters, registers, documents; however, each historical archive keeps, inevitably, even objects, relics, artifacts that had belonged… Read more
Life as a Jesuit novice
Today we have the opportunity to know how the novices of the Society live by reading, for example, the blog of the novices of Genoa or consulting the site of… Read more