On Saturday I have the pleasure of speaking alongside an amazing line up of other speakers at the Men for Christ conference on Radio Maria Ireland. The conference starts at 2pm Irish time, and I will speak about Fr Doyle and how his life and message speak very powerfully to men. The section on Fr Doyle starts at approximately 2.30pm. Details of how to listen are available here: …
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September 9, 2021
The Servant of God Frank Duff Today is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Legion of Mary. The Legion is one of the largest lay movements in the Church, and it is almost certainly the most humble – one might expect this anniversary to be trumpeted from the rooftops on many of the Catholic podcasts and YouTube channels that have proliferated in recent years. Instead, the Legion …
September 7, 2021
Saint Teresa of Calcutta Today is the feast of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, one of the most famous and popular Catholics of recent times. Saint Teresa was Albanian, but she lived in Dublin for a number of years while she was a Loreto sister. In fact, the house she lived in was in Rathfarnham, very close to the Jesuit house where Fr Doyle had once lived. The young St …
September 5, 2021
The following was written about Fr Doyle by Sir Percival Phillips, the famous war correspondent, and appeared in the Daily Express on this day in 1917. The Orangemen will not forget a certain Roman Catholic chaplain who lies in a soldier’s grave in that sinister plain beyond Ypres. He went forward and back over the battle field with bullets whining about him, seeking out the dying and kneeling in the …
August 22, 2021
During his time away from the trenches Fr Doyle often stayed in a convent in Locre. If my memory serves me correctly, he had an uninterrupted 13 hour sleep after one particularly trying period at the front, and on one occasion he got locked out and had to sleep on a bench outside. In any event, these nuns of St Anthony’s Institute obviously held Fr Doyle in very great esteem. …
August 21, 2021
On this day in 1917, 4 days after Fr Doyle’s death, Fr Frank Browne, the famous photographer and Jesuit military chaplain, wrote the following in a letter expressing his esteem for Fr Doyle. Fr Browne worked closely with Fr Doyle, and these words come from the pen of one who knew Fr Doyle intimately. All during these last months he was my greatest help, and to his saintly advice, and …
August 20, 2021
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”. It seems appropriate to look at this booklet today, the day following his anniversary. And the title of today’s post, suggesting that Fr Doyle is a “wonder worker” is not mine, but rather comes from this Jesuit pamphlet. No author is mentioned for …
August 17, 2021
Fr Doyle’s 104th anniversary is in two days time – August 16. It is an excellent time to tell people about his life and his message. I always find that people – even if they have little or no faith or interest in religion – are amazed at his life and his heroism when they first encounter him. Introducing people to the example of Fr Doyle is a useful act …
August 14, 2021
I am very grateful to Fr Eamonn McCarthy and the team at Radio Maria Ireland for their great welcome and for the opportunity to speak about Fr Doyle yesterday. Recording below.
August 13, 2021
Tomorrow I will have the privilege of taking part in a live radio discussion about Fr Doyle’s life and message on Radio Maria Ireland from 11.15am – 12.00 noon Irish time. The programme can be heard on Radio Maria here: https://www.radiomaria.ie/ and will also be streamed live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Radiomariaireland/ and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuegZBpijb7-_8Nets03T9A The programme is live and interactive, so comments and questions about Fr Doyle are welcome from listeners.
August 11, 2021