Henry Day (priest)
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Henry Cyril Day, S.J. (29 May 1865 – 23 January 1951) was an English Catholic priest and author.
Biography
[edit]He was educated at Beaumont College, in Old Windsor, Berkshire. From there he entered the Society of Jesus in 1884 and was ordained in 1894.[1] Day was opposed to women's suffrage and was criticised vehemently by Welsh Catholic suffragist Alice Abadam in Catholic magazines in 1911-12.[2]
Day in offered his service as a chaplain days before the outbreak of World War I[3] and served in Egypt, Gallipoli, Macedonia, and France.
He was decorated with the Serbian White Eagle and was awarded the Military Cross.[4]
Works
[edit]- (1908). Socialism and the Catholic Church.
- (1912). Marriage, Divorce and Morality.
- (1914). Catholic Democracy, Individualism and Socialism (with a preface by Cardinal Bourne).
- (1922). A Cavalry Chaplain (with an introduction by Sir W. E. Peyton).
- (1924). The New Morality: A Candid Criticism.
- (1927). The Love Story of the Little Flower.
- (1930). Macedonian Memories (with a preface by Sir George F. Milne).
- (1937). On the Troopship to India.
- (1937). An Army Chaplain's War Memories.
References
[edit]- ^ Hoehn, Matthew (1948). "Rev. Henry Day, S.J., 1865–." In: Catholic Authors: Contemporary Biographical Sketches. Newark, N.J.: St. Mary's Abbey, p. 187.
- ^ "Catholics and the campaign for women's suffrage in England. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Volk, Rebecca (2014). "Chaplains Held in High Esteem," Jesuits and Friends 88, p. 10.
- ^ Hoehn (1948), p. 187.
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