"When one has put in a long day of hard work…the prospect of a stiff march is not too pleasant". From the …
WWI
July 30, 2011
On August 12 1917 Fr Doyle sent his last letter home to his father. It was a long account of his involvement …
July 29, 2011
Fr Emil Kapaun A beatification cause similar to that of Fr Doyle’s is making excellent progress and the documentation has just been …
July 6, 2011
The Birth of St John the Baptist Today the Church celebrates the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist. …
June 24, 2011
Perhaps some people in the US will end up here today, Memorial Day, when researching military chaplains. If you arrive here for …
May 30, 2011
Dear Sir — One is often struck, on glancing over the papers, at the numerous appeals made to provide ‘comforts for our …
May 26, 2011
One German prisoner, badly wounded in the leg, was brought in. He knew only a few words of English, but spoke French …
May 24, 2011
I am continuing to work through the rather large pile of corrections that sit before me. However, in an attempt to get …
May 22, 2011
We continue today with an excerpt from the original letter detailing some of the work Fr Doyle had to undertake towards …
April 28, 2011
Fr Doyle send the letter below to his father one year after the gas attack of April 1916 (see yesterday’s post). …
April 27, 2011