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The College and the Association arranged a convivium at the National Museum of Scotland (where there are paintings from the Stuart Parlour on loan at the moment for the Jacobite Exhibition taking place in the Museum), on Wednesday 4th October. The Headmaster of Stonyhurst travelled especially from a conference in Belfast to Edinburgh to host the…

The Stonyhurst Association is planning a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela  from 8th – 15th April 2018. We shall walk from Sarrià  to Santiago along the traditional route – the Camino Francés. Arriving on Sunday, we shall start the walk on Monday morning in Sarria and end the walk on Friday evening in Santiago. We…

We are all back from a wonderful Lourdes pilgrimage! Thank you to all of our helpers, our doctors and nurses and our clergy. Without you all we would not be able to operate. Special thanks to our assisted pilgrims, it has been a joy and a privilege for us to spend time with you and…

On Friday 9th June we held an evening for OS, parents and families at Farm Street, London. We joined the Parish Mass at 6.00pm, where we were warmly welcomed by the celebrant, Father Charlie Gagan SJ, who was visiting from California. Following Mass, our Curator Mrs Jan Graffius gave a fascinating and humorous presentation entitled…

Our Chairman Simon Andrews OS68 writes: John Green OS 76 organised a Convivium that took place over the weekend of 13th. & 14th May 2017 in Dublin in honour of our President, Fr Nick King SJ, OS 66. On the Saturday we met for a bespoke tour of Glasnevin Cemetery, the place where nearly all…

On Sunday July 30th (the day before the feast of St Ignatius, of course), two OS, Sam Burke OS 04 OP and Toby Lees OS 99 OP were ordained as deacons in the Dominican Order, along with another of their brothers and two Franciscans, at Blackfriars in Oxford. Among others of the Stonyhurst connection who…