This is as busy week for matters related to Fr Doyle. Last Saturday I gave a talk about Fr Doyle to a group of medical students in Dublin. Next Monday I will give another talk in the Presentation Brothers in Glasthule, County Dublin. On Saturday (tomorrow) I will give an interview about Fr Doyle on Spirit FM and on Sunday I will give another interview on KFM, the local radio …
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May 17, 2013
I shall deliver a talk entitled “Dalkey’s Martyr – The Life and Spirituality of Fr Willie Doyle SJ” on Monday May 20th at 7.30pm in the Presentation Brothers house in Glasthule, County Dublin. The talk will last for approximately 40 minutes, and will be followed by a discussion and some refreshments. The Presentation Brothers house is directly across the road from St Joseph’s Church in Glasthule, and is just 2 …
May 15, 2013
I shall deliver a talk entitled “Dalkey’s Martyr – The Life and Spirituality of Fr Willie Doyle SJ” on Monday May 20th at 7.30pm in the Presentation Brothers house in Glasthule, County Dublin. The talk will last for approximately 40 minutes, and will be followed by a discussion and some refreshments. The Presentation Brothers house is directly across the road from St Joseph’s Church in Glasthule, and is just 2 …
May 9, 2013
The following comment was posted today on another page of the blog. I decided that more people would see it if it was posted here. Many thanks to Flavio for sharing this information with us. I am delighted to share my grandfather’s story. He, along with all the other hundreds of thousands of young men from all countries, gave his life because he believed it was the right thing to …
April 25, 2013
Instead of a quote from Fr Doyle, today we present, courtesy of the Irish Messenger, a scanned copy of a booklet published in 1931 entitled “Father Willie”. No author is mentioned for this booklet which leads me to believe that it was written by Fr Doyle’s brother Fr Charles Doyle SJ. Fr Charlie was Fr Willie’s great friend and boyhood companion, and it was he who recruited Willie to the …
April 4, 2013
I have posted previously about the forthcoming new biography of Fr Doyle that is being written by Carole Hope. The book is almost finished and will hopefully be published next year. It contains much new information about Fr Doyle’s military career that has never been in the public domain before – like me, I’m sure many people await it with great anticipation. In advance of it’s publication, Carole has launched …
March 25, 2013
Melrose in Dalkey, County Dublin. Fr Doyle was born here 140 years ago today. Today is Fr Doyle’s birthday – he was born on this day in 1873. For today we shall reproduce the first few pages of O’Rahilly’s biography which tell us something about Fr Doyle’s early life. William Joseph Gabriel Doyle was born at Melrose, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, on 3rd March, 1873. His father is Mr. Hugh Doyle, …
March 3, 2013
Real devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is only to be gained by hard, grinding work of dry adoration before the Hidden God. But such a treasure cannot be purchased at too great a cost, for once obtained, it makes of this life as near an approach to heaven as we can ever hope for. COMMENT: It is with great satisfaction that we note that Fr Doyle has been announced …
February 26, 2013
The Servant of God Monsignor Bernard Quinn Today is one of the few days in the year when we don’t have a thought FROM Fr Doyle but rather some thoughts ABOUT him. Some time ago I read the Life of Father William Doyle, the Irish Jesuit-Chaplain, who was killed in the late World War. It was made up chiefly from a Diary which he kept, and which, I am sure, …
January 15, 2013
Alfred O’Rahilly’s classic biography of Fr Doyle is a masterpiece of Catholic spirituality. It is also a gripping account of Fr Doyle’s adventures – and heroic suffering – during the war. If you have an interest in Fr Doyle, or an interest in Catholic, and specifically Jesuit, spirituality, it is essential reading. I have reviewed the book in the past, and you may read what I have had to …
November 26, 2012