The Jesuit Institute
@jesuitinstitute.bsky.social
Based in the UK, we accompany, resource and inspire people and organisations to deepen their relationship with God in daily life.
A work of the Jesuits in Britain CIO | England and Wales 1207742 Scotland SC053495
https://www.jesuitinstitute.org/
A work of the Jesuits in Britain CIO | England and Wales 1207742 Scotland SC053495
https://www.jesuitinstitute.org/
Pinned
We help people to grow in their spiritual lives, but rather than expecting them to come to us, we go out to where they are.
Read all about the Jesuit Institute on our website:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/about-us
Read all about the Jesuit Institute on our website:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/about-us
Mary’s role in the Incarnation story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
You can now catch up with the latest Imagine on Vimeo, led by Stephen Hoyland:
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You can now catch up with the latest Imagine on Vimeo, led by Stephen Hoyland:
vimeo.com/1233851559?s...
The Annunciation | Imagine
A strange time of year to consider the incarnation, but, Christ is for life, not just for Christmas. Mary’s role in the story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
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October 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Mary’s role in the Incarnation story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
You can now catch up with the latest Imagine on Vimeo, led by Stephen Hoyland:
vimeo.com/1233851559?s...
You can now catch up with the latest Imagine on Vimeo, led by Stephen Hoyland:
vimeo.com/1233851559?s...
It is a greater grace to be able to enjoy the Lord in different times and different places than in only one.
- St Ignatius of Loyola
- St Ignatius of Loyola
October 8, 2026 at 6:01 AM
It is a greater grace to be able to enjoy the Lord in different times and different places than in only one.
- St Ignatius of Loyola
- St Ignatius of Loyola
This Sunday we’re shown a foretaste of salvation and how God desires the inclusion of everyone.
Prepare for Sunday with guided reflections from St Beuno's Outreach:
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Prepare for Sunday with guided reflections from St Beuno's Outreach:
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October 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This Sunday we’re shown a foretaste of salvation and how God desires the inclusion of everyone.
Prepare for Sunday with guided reflections from St Beuno's Outreach:
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Prepare for Sunday with guided reflections from St Beuno's Outreach:
buff.ly/YwNgBXa
Mary is that wondrous union of grace and freedom, which urges each of us to have trust, courage and participation in the life of God’s people.
- Pope Leo XIV
Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
- Pope Leo XIV
Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
October 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Mary is that wondrous union of grace and freedom, which urges each of us to have trust, courage and participation in the life of God’s people.
- Pope Leo XIV
Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
- Pope Leo XIV
Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Join us on Wednesday at 8pm to pray with the Gospel for the feast day. A strange time of year to consider the incarnation, but, Christ is for life, not just for Christmas. Mary’s role in the story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
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October 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Join us on Wednesday at 8pm to pray with the Gospel for the feast day. A strange time of year to consider the incarnation, but, Christ is for life, not just for Christmas. Mary’s role in the story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
He that made all things for love, by the same love keepeth them, and shall keep them without end.
- Julian of Norwich
- Julian of Norwich
October 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
He that made all things for love, by the same love keepeth them, and shall keep them without end.
- Julian of Norwich
- Julian of Norwich
Join us on Wednesday at 8pm to pray with the Gospel for the feast day. A strange time of year to consider the incarnation, but, Christ is for life, not just for Christmas. Mary’s role in the story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
October 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Join us on Wednesday at 8pm to pray with the Gospel for the feast day. A strange time of year to consider the incarnation, but, Christ is for life, not just for Christmas. Mary’s role in the story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
The Hybrid Spiritual Exercises combines the convenience of daily prayer and reflection at home with the depth of two silent residential weeks - guided all the way through, online, by the same spiritual director.
Find out more:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/the-h...
Find out more:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/the-h...
October 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The Hybrid Spiritual Exercises combines the convenience of daily prayer and reflection at home with the depth of two silent residential weeks - guided all the way through, online, by the same spiritual director.
Find out more:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/the-h...
Find out more:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/the-h...
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⏰ Just 2 days to go!
Join us this Wednesday, 7 October, for the Heythrop Library & British Jesuit Archives Open Day.
📍 London Jesuit Centre
🕥 10:30–16:30
Come and discover our collections, see our displays, and find out more about our resources. We hope to see you there!
@heythroplib.bsky.social
Join us this Wednesday, 7 October, for the Heythrop Library & British Jesuit Archives Open Day.
📍 London Jesuit Centre
🕥 10:30–16:30
Come and discover our collections, see our displays, and find out more about our resources. We hope to see you there!
@heythroplib.bsky.social
October 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
⏰ Just 2 days to go!
Join us this Wednesday, 7 October, for the Heythrop Library & British Jesuit Archives Open Day.
📍 London Jesuit Centre
🕥 10:30–16:30
Come and discover our collections, see our displays, and find out more about our resources. We hope to see you there!
@heythroplib.bsky.social
Join us this Wednesday, 7 October, for the Heythrop Library & British Jesuit Archives Open Day.
📍 London Jesuit Centre
🕥 10:30–16:30
Come and discover our collections, see our displays, and find out more about our resources. We hope to see you there!
@heythroplib.bsky.social
A simple act of prayer to begin each day.
Look briefly at the day ahead and ask God to be with you in every detail of it.
- Gerard W Hughes SJ
Look briefly at the day ahead and ask God to be with you in every detail of it.
- Gerard W Hughes SJ
October 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A simple act of prayer to begin each day.
Look briefly at the day ahead and ask God to be with you in every detail of it.
- Gerard W Hughes SJ
Look briefly at the day ahead and ask God to be with you in every detail of it.
- Gerard W Hughes SJ
In the First Reading this Sunday from the Book of Isaiah we hear about a vineyard.
Pray with this passage, guided by Fr Philip Harrison SJ in this Imagine video on Vimeo:
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Pray with this passage, guided by Fr Philip Harrison SJ in this Imagine video on Vimeo:
buff.ly/M8PXgWF
The Vineyard | Imagine
We will be imagining ourselves in an ancient vineyard from the book of Isaiah to discover how God feels about our fragile world.
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October 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
In the First Reading this Sunday from the Book of Isaiah we hear about a vineyard.
Pray with this passage, guided by Fr Philip Harrison SJ in this Imagine video on Vimeo:
buff.ly/M8PXgWF
Pray with this passage, guided by Fr Philip Harrison SJ in this Imagine video on Vimeo:
buff.ly/M8PXgWF
If the vineyard of the kingdom is being entrusted to me, what part might I play in enabling it to flourish?
Pray with today's gospel, guided by St Beuno's Outreach:
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Pray with today's gospel, guided by St Beuno's Outreach:
buff.ly/7xpdbtU
October 4, 2026 at 9:01 AM
If the vineyard of the kingdom is being entrusted to me, what part might I play in enabling it to flourish?
Pray with today's gospel, guided by St Beuno's Outreach:
buff.ly/7xpdbtU
Pray with today's gospel, guided by St Beuno's Outreach:
buff.ly/7xpdbtU
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me – practise these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
- Philippians 4: 9
- Philippians 4: 9
October 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me – practise these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
- Philippians 4: 9
- Philippians 4: 9
Join us on Wednesday at 8pm to pray with the Gospel for the feast day. A strange time of year to consider the incarnation, but, Christ is for life, not just for Christmas. Mary’s role in the story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
October 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Join us on Wednesday at 8pm to pray with the Gospel for the feast day. A strange time of year to consider the incarnation, but, Christ is for life, not just for Christmas. Mary’s role in the story is a reminder that we all have parts to play.
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
buff.ly/7cAGWLD
We must perform all our works in God and refer them to his glory so that they will be permanent and stable.
- St Francis Borgia SJ, whose feast is today.
- St Francis Borgia SJ, whose feast is today.
October 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
We must perform all our works in God and refer them to his glory so that they will be permanent and stable.
- St Francis Borgia SJ, whose feast is today.
- St Francis Borgia SJ, whose feast is today.
In the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus uses the image of the vineyard to illustrate how God’s radical message of love, professed by ancient prophets and by himself, has been ignored and rejected.
Pray with the Sunday readings:
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Pray with the Sunday readings:
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October 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
In the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus uses the image of the vineyard to illustrate how God’s radical message of love, professed by ancient prophets and by himself, has been ignored and rejected.
Pray with the Sunday readings:
buff.ly/7xpdbtU
Pray with the Sunday readings:
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Join us for the launch of The Future of RE in Catholic Schools, a new volume of essays edited by Dr Sean Whittle and Matthew Dell.
All RE teachers, school leaders, and those interested in Catholic education are welcome.
Register: buff.ly/RVmnaB1
All RE teachers, school leaders, and those interested in Catholic education are welcome.
Register: buff.ly/RVmnaB1
October 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Join us for the launch of The Future of RE in Catholic Schools, a new volume of essays edited by Dr Sean Whittle and Matthew Dell.
All RE teachers, school leaders, and those interested in Catholic education are welcome.
Register: buff.ly/RVmnaB1
All RE teachers, school leaders, and those interested in Catholic education are welcome.
Register: buff.ly/RVmnaB1
'The retreat was very well organised but also very flexible. Talking to my guide helped me to be more aware of God’s loving presence.'
In Advent we are offering the first of our Online Individually Guided Retreats for 2026-27.
Read more:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/onlin...
In Advent we are offering the first of our Online Individually Guided Retreats for 2026-27.
Read more:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/onlin...
October 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
'The retreat was very well organised but also very flexible. Talking to my guide helped me to be more aware of God’s loving presence.'
In Advent we are offering the first of our Online Individually Guided Retreats for 2026-27.
Read more:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/onlin...
In Advent we are offering the first of our Online Individually Guided Retreats for 2026-27.
Read more:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/onlin...
The angels, how they have endured me, and looked after me, and prayed for me!
- St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises 60
Today is the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels.
- St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises 60
Today is the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels.
October 2, 2026 at 6:01 AM
The angels, how they have endured me, and looked after me, and prayed for me!
- St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises 60
Today is the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels.
- St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises 60
Today is the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels.
As autumn draws in, you might like to settle down with some crafting or making.
If you'd like spend time in these creative activities with a deeper sense of God’s presence, then our Online Retreat Days for Makers are for you.
Read more and book:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/let-t...
If you'd like spend time in these creative activities with a deeper sense of God’s presence, then our Online Retreat Days for Makers are for you.
Read more and book:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/let-t...
October 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
As autumn draws in, you might like to settle down with some crafting or making.
If you'd like spend time in these creative activities with a deeper sense of God’s presence, then our Online Retreat Days for Makers are for you.
Read more and book:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/let-t...
If you'd like spend time in these creative activities with a deeper sense of God’s presence, then our Online Retreat Days for Makers are for you.
Read more and book:
www.jesuitinstitute.org/events/let-t...
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On this #NationalPoetryDay in the UK, we’re celebrating the poetry of #Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Which of Hopkins’s poems have you enjoyed the most? We’d love to hear your favourites in the comments.
📷 Hopkins’s final vows, held in the archives.
#GerardManleyHopkins #Poetry #Archives
Which of Hopkins’s poems have you enjoyed the most? We’d love to hear your favourites in the comments.
📷 Hopkins’s final vows, held in the archives.
#GerardManleyHopkins #Poetry #Archives
October 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
On this #NationalPoetryDay in the UK, we’re celebrating the poetry of #Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Which of Hopkins’s poems have you enjoyed the most? We’d love to hear your favourites in the comments.
📷 Hopkins’s final vows, held in the archives.
#GerardManleyHopkins #Poetry #Archives
Which of Hopkins’s poems have you enjoyed the most? We’d love to hear your favourites in the comments.
📷 Hopkins’s final vows, held in the archives.
#GerardManleyHopkins #Poetry #Archives
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☕ Happy #InternationalCoffeeDay!
Remember to enjoy your caffeine responsibly and keep it away from historical records - some things are best kept separate!
(No archives were harmed for this post)
#Archives #ArchiveLife #Coffee
📷 Nathan Dumlao, Unsplash
Remember to enjoy your caffeine responsibly and keep it away from historical records - some things are best kept separate!
(No archives were harmed for this post)
#Archives #ArchiveLife #Coffee
📷 Nathan Dumlao, Unsplash
October 1, 2026 at 9:31 AM
☕ Happy #InternationalCoffeeDay!
Remember to enjoy your caffeine responsibly and keep it away from historical records - some things are best kept separate!
(No archives were harmed for this post)
#Archives #ArchiveLife #Coffee
📷 Nathan Dumlao, Unsplash
Remember to enjoy your caffeine responsibly and keep it away from historical records - some things are best kept separate!
(No archives were harmed for this post)
#Archives #ArchiveLife #Coffee
📷 Nathan Dumlao, Unsplash
Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
- St Thérèse of Lisieux, whose feast we celebrate today.
- St Thérèse of Lisieux, whose feast we celebrate today.
October 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
- St Thérèse of Lisieux, whose feast we celebrate today.
- St Thérèse of Lisieux, whose feast we celebrate today.
Have you tried Lectio Divina? On this Feast of St Jerome (translator of the scriptures into Latin), take a look at our step-by-step guide to praying with scripture following this ancient method.
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September 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Have you tried Lectio Divina? On this Feast of St Jerome (translator of the scriptures into Latin), take a look at our step-by-step guide to praying with scripture following this ancient method.
buff.ly/0qOhYfC
buff.ly/0qOhYfC
The Season of Creation draws to a close this Sunday, on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. It is fitting that throughout this Sunday’s readings, the vineyard is used as a way of illustrating our relationship with God.
Prepare for Sunday with guided reflections:
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Prepare for Sunday with guided reflections:
buff.ly/7xpdbtU
September 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Season of Creation draws to a close this Sunday, on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. It is fitting that throughout this Sunday’s readings, the vineyard is used as a way of illustrating our relationship with God.
Prepare for Sunday with guided reflections:
buff.ly/7xpdbtU
Prepare for Sunday with guided reflections:
buff.ly/7xpdbtU