I am suffering much in every way, most of all, perhaps, from sheer fatigue. As regards food and lodging I am not …
WWI
March 5, 2016
I wish I could write to you at length about grace. It is a fascinating subject. You are quite right in …
February 21, 2016
Fr Doyle left his training camp and headed to the continent 100 years ago today. Here are his sentiments on this …
February 17, 2016
We are having desperate work these days. The good God is simply pouring out His grace on these poor fellows and …
February 14, 2016
Each morning at Holy Communion invite Jesus, with all the love and fervour you can, to enter into your heart and dwell …
January 19, 2016
99 years ago tonight Fr Doyle was awoken to absolve some dying soldiers. This is his description of the event, sent home …
January 13, 2016
I did not get my work finished till rather late tonight and as I had to turn out again shortly it was …
January 4, 2016
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on this day in 1916: I have celebrated Mass in some strange places and …
December 28, 2015
The following two excerpts from a letter written by Fr Doyle recount two incidents that happened on St Stephen’s Day, 1916. They …
December 26, 2015
The following excerpt from O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle recalls Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass during the war in 1916… Christmas …
December 24, 2015