The above image was published in an Irish newspaper at the end of 1916. The priest is unidentified, but we can well …
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September 3, 2024
The following praise for Fr Willie appeared in the Glasgow Weekly News on 1 September 1917. It was written by a Belfast …
September 2, 2024
The following was written about Fr Doyle by Sir Percival Phillips, the famous war correspondent, and appeared in the Daily Express on …
August 22, 2024
On this day in 1917, 4 days after Fr Willie’s death, Fr Frank Browne, the famous photographer and Jesuit military chaplain, wrote …
August 20, 2024
My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake. Darling Mother Mary, in preparation for the glorious martyrdom which I feel assured thou art going to obtain …
August 16, 2024
The feast of the Assumption was an important date for Fr Willie. He made his religious vows on this day in 1893, …
August 15, 2024
Today we have the last of Fr Doyle’s narratives from his letters home to his father in August 1917, less than a …
August 11, 2024
We return today to Fr Willie’s narrative, and get some glimpse of the horror of war, and the comfort that the presence …
August 10, 2024
Continuing our narrative today, it is hard not to be struck by the extraordinary good humour of Fr Willie. The “cathedral” to …
August 8, 2024
Today’s account, from 7 August 1917, gives us some small insight into the horrors of the war, especially when it involved the …
August 7, 2024