Curiosities and news

The stages of the religious path within the Society of Jesus include the study of theology and philosophy, with the attainment of the Licentiate, the Bachelor’s degree but also Masters… Read more

The documentation of the Province of Turin restores memories and faces to a people now confined to nature reserves and decimated by the colonisation of the lands of North America.… Read more

The documents stored in our archive do not all speak the same language, but mainly Italian to a lesser extent. In which and how many languages do the archive sources… Read more

Entry into the novitiate, though a personal choice free from any compulsion, did in the past require the full consent of each candidate’s parents. In the personal files of Jesuits,… Read more

As we approach the end of the year, today’s column is dedicated precisely to 31 December, and to do so we open the Conegliano folder and relive the celebrations organised… Read more

Everyday life, apostolate, commitments, fathers going and fathers coming, menu list, there is a great deal of information in the diaries of the house, sometimes even the weather. Let’s find… Read more

One of the first rules one learns when consulting the Society’s historical catalogues is that a Jesuit’s name cannot suddenly disappear from a catalogue, from one year to the next,… Read more

In the common imagination, there is often a tendency to think that religious orders in the past had several reservations about progress and technology, sometimes it is believed that convents… Read more

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.