St James by Rembrandt You ask how to pray well. The answer is, Pray often, in season and out of season, against …
WWI
July 25, 2012
Fr Doyle had a tremendous joy and cheerfulness that easily communicated itself to others. He also retained this sense of fun despite …
July 20, 2012
The reformation of one’s life must be the work of every day. I should take each rule and duty, think how Jesus …
July 17, 2012
The conviction has been growing that nocturnal adoration will be established only if I spend much time myself before the Blessed Sacrament …
July 2, 2012
Today the Church celebrates the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist. The Church only celebrates the birth of …
June 24, 2012
Today we continue with Fr Doyle’s narrative on the battle for Messines Ridge with the events that occurred on June 7 1917. …
June 7, 2012
Today we have a small excerpt from one of Fr Doyle’s letters which describes his preparations for the Battle of Messines. It …
June 6, 2012
I have not told them at home, and do not want them to know but we have had a terrible time for …
June 5, 2012
I had not the heart to wake up the poor nuns, and after all when one is fast asleep, is not a …
June 4, 2012
A certain Roman Catholic chaplain…lies in a soldier’s grave in that sinister plain beyond Ypres. He went forward and back over the …
May 28, 2012