Dear Sir — One is often struck, on glancing over the papers, at the numerous appeals made to provide ‘comforts for our …
WWI
May 26, 2020
The following quote from one of Fr Doyle’s letters recounts some of his war time adventures on 23 May 1917, 103 years …
May 23, 2020
The enemy for once did me a good turn. I had arranged to hear the men’s Confessions, shortly before he opened fire …
May 22, 2020
You will be sorry to hear that I have lost the good nuns and my little Chapel. I call it ‘mine’ as it …
May 22, 2020
Are you not foolish in wishing to be free from these attacks of impatience, etc.? I know how violent they can be, …
May 22, 2020
We continue today with an excerpt from the original letter detailing some of the work Fr Doyle had to undertake …
April 28, 2020
Fr Doyle sent the letter below to his father one year after the gas attack of April 1916 (see yesterday’s …
April 27, 2020
Fr Doyle had many incredibly close shaves with death during the almost 2 years he spent as a military chaplain. …
April 26, 2020
My church was a bit of a trench, the altar a pile of sandbags. Though we had to stand deep in mud, …
April 23, 2020
It was a memorable six days for us all, living day and night literally face to face with death at any moment. …
April 16, 2020