Father William Doyle S. J (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

O'rahilly, Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331794234 ISBN 13: 9781331794233

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2016

Synopsis

Excerpt from Father William Doyle S. J After the death of Father Doyle, who was not only my friend but the guide and helper of several who are near and dear to me, I undertook, at my sisters suggestion, to write a brief memoir of his life. This task, lightly undertaken as a personal tribute, has now grown into unforeseen dimensions. Neither I nor anyone else then suspected the existence of a series of spiritual journals and personal records which Fr. Doyle had written for his own exclusive use and guidance. Had he died after an ordinary illness in his own room, he would undoubtedly have completely destroyed these intimate papers. It was the chance, the providential chance, of his death as a martyr of charity on a far-off Flemish battlefield which rescued these notes from the fate that he had destined for them. They were found among his few belongings in his room in Rathfarnham Castle, accompanied by explicit instructions directing that in the event of his death they should be burnt unopened. Fortunately his Superior, Fr. J. Brennan, S. J., and his brother, Fr. C. Doyle, S. J., decided that this injunction would be best observed by formally violating a request which had been inspired by motives that had ceased to count. These papers were accordingly handed over to me; and it is from these intimate self-revelations, which were never intended for any eye save the writer's own, that the greater, or at least the more valuable, portion of the present book has been compiled. Had I anticipated that this mass of material existed, I would have left this biography to more competent hands, especially as I could devote to it only some of the scanty leisure of a busy life. But having once undertaken it, I felt that I could not act as a mere transcriber or editor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-o

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1331794234
• ISBN 13: 9781331794233
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 402