For some time I have been meaning to promote the existence of the book Trench Priest from the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer. It is an excellent, and very affordable, 168 page magazine-style book, including photographs. It is largely based on Merry in God, written by Fr Charles Doyle SJ, brother of Fr Willie, which in turn is based on O’Rahilly’s original biography. The booklet also contains the text …
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August 22, 2014
EWTN radio in Ireland and the UK will broadcast an interview about Fr Doyle this weekend. It will air at 8am (Dublin/London time) on Saturday (Fr Doyle’s 97th anniversary) and 12 noon on Sunday. I don’t know if those outside Ireland and the UK will be able to access the programme online at that time. However, I will post links to the interview after the event. The programme will also feature …
August 15, 2014
EWTN radio in Ireland and the UK will broadcast an interview about Fr Doyle this weekend. It will air at 8am (Dublin/London time) on Saturday and 12 noon on Sunday. I don’t know if those outside Ireland and the UK will be able to access the programme online at that time. However, I will post links to the interview after the event. The programme will also feature an interview about Fr …
August 8, 2014
As the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War approaches, there are many television and radio programmes scheduled to commemorate the event. A full list of relevant programmes on Irish television and radio can be found here: http://www.rte.ie/worldwar1/schedule/ Two programmes in particular look very relevant for Fr Doyle. On Monday July 28th there is a documentary about the 4 Irish regiments that took part in the war. And …
July 27, 2014
Fr Sean Coyle, a long time reader of this site (and blogger at www.bangortobobbio.blogspot.com) has sent a message to inform us that Fr Doyle was mentioned by Bishop Richard Moth, the Bishop of the British Forces, in a recent piece on BBC Radio 4. The programme is available here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b049xhfd. The clip featuring Bishop Moth runs from 08:15 to 13:00 and the mention of Fr Doyle is at 11:46. I am …
July 26, 2014
We are now less than a month from Fr Doyle’s anniversary, and increasingly our daily posts will start to focus on Fr Doyle’s last weeks, and his heroism under fire. Those who want to learn more about Fr Doyle’s military service, and read his first hand account of all that he saw and experienced, should buy the definitive guide to Fr Doyle’s war years – Worshipper and Worshipped, by Carole …
July 17, 2014
A nun in South Africa wrote the following letter on this day (July 12) in 1922, alleging a favour through Fr Doyle’s intercession: One of our Community had for some time been seriously ill in a sanatorium. One evening I got a telephone message to say Sister was on the point of death and that the doctor declared there was no hope unless a change took place at once. I …
July 12, 2014
This website was launched 4 years ago today. At the time, I wasn’t sure how it would develop or whether anyone would be interested or whether I would have personally have the interest, or material, to keep it going. I honestly never thought that I would still be running it 4 years later. I guess I now know the answer to all of these questions! The last four years shows …
June 7, 2014
Here is a link to an excellent article on Fr Doyle in Crisis Magazine by KV Turley. http://www.crisismagazine.com/2014/father-willie-doyle-forgotten-war-hero Mr Turley is the author of the recently published CTS booklet on Fr Doyle – a review is available here: http://fatherdoyle.com/2014/03/30/review-of-new-catholic-truth-society-booklet-on-fr-doyle/
May 5, 2014
The last few months have seen an incredible and unexpected new level of output related to the life and spirit of Fr Doyle. Firstly, Worshipper and Worshipped, a major new biography, was published in November 2013. Then in January 2014 the Catholic Truth Society published an excellent ans accessible new biography of Fr Doyle. And now, a new 150 page, lavishly designed, full colour book about Fr Doyle has been …
April 16, 2014