Taking a short cut across country to our lines I found myself on the first battle field of Loos, the place …
WWI
April 1, 2017
It was a beautiful clear morning, such a morning as would tempt the laziest aviator to have a sail, so many eyes …
March 24, 2017
The great defect in my character and chief reason why I make so little progress is my want of fidelity. Thus in …
March 24, 2017
This is Fr Doyle’s detailed description of his work as military chaplain on Sunday 19 March 1916. I started at seven in …
March 19, 2017
The events described in Fr Doyle’s letter below occurred on 18 March 1917 (Passion Sunday in that year). The statue Fr Doyle …
March 18, 2017
On the way I noticed that heavy firing was going on ahead, but it was only when I reached a bend in …
March 5, 2017
I am suffering much in every way, most of all, perhaps, from sheer fatigue. As regards food and lodging I am not …
March 5, 2017
Fr Doyle left his training camp and headed to the continent 101 years ago today. Here are his sentiments on this occasion, …
February 17, 2017
We are having desperate work these days. The good God is simply pouring out His grace on these poor fellows and reconciling …
February 14, 2017
Monsignor Quinn Some time ago I read the Life of Father William Doyle, the Irish Jesuit-Chaplain, who was killed in the …
January 15, 2017