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on 2 February 1909. From 1909 until 1915 he served on the Jesuit mission team, travelling around
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is known to have always felt a great admiration for Father
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To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of the War
Letters, Prayers, and Spiritual Writings of Fr. Willie Doyle, S.J.
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To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of the War
Letters, Prayers, and Spiritual Writings of Fr. Willie Doyle, S.J.
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and had been considered a future leader of the organisation by its founder, Fr James Cullen.
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651:"Doyle, William Joseph Gabriel"
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