Fr. Joseph Doyle, S.J.: Retired President of Jesuit High School, Tampa, Fl. and great friend to St. Lawrence Catholic Church, died at 3:32pm December 6, 2008.
Services for Fr. Joseph F. Doyle, S.J., will be held in St. Anthony's Chapel at Jesuit High School. Visitation will be on Wednesday, December 10th, from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m., including a wake service at 7 p.m. There will also be a visitation on Thursday, December 11th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., prior to a funeral Mass, which will begin at 7 p.m. Bishop Robert Lynch of the Diocese of St. Petersburg will be the presiding homilist. Link (here)
DOYLE, The Rev. Joseph Francis "Joe," of the Society of Jesus, departed this life Saturday, December 6, 2008, at St. Joseph' s Hospital, Tampa, Fla. A native of New York, N.Y., Father Doyle was born December 4, 1936. He attended Fordham Prep High School and Fordham University in Bronx, N.Y., graduating in 1958 with a degree in history. The same year he entered the Society of Jesus August 14, 1958, at Grand Coteau, La. As a Scholastic, in preparation for the priesthood, he taught at Jesuit High School in Tampa from 1964 through 1967. Father Doyle was ordained a priest May 30, 1970, in Toronto, Canada. In his priestly life, he served as director of scholastics, master of novices, superior and pastor. From 1996 through 2008, he was assigned to Jesuit High School in Tampa, where he served as president and school chaplain before retiring in May 2008. Father Doyle was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew P. and Mary M. Doyle. He is survived by his cousins, Ms. Eileen Fagan of Tom' s River, N.J., and Mrs. Mary Walsh of Surprise, Ariz. There will be a visitation 4-9 p.m., with a wake service at 7 p.m., Wednesday, December 10, in St. Anthony' s Chapel at Jesuit High School, 4701 N. Himes Ave., Tampa, FL. There will also be a visitation from 5-7 p.m. followed by a funeral Mass at 7 p.m., Thursday, also in St. Anthony' s Chapel. The most reverend Robert N. Lynch, bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, will concelebrate (read homily here) the funeral Mass, with the Jesuit fathers and priests from the diocese. Interment will take place Saturday December 13, 2008, in the Jesuit cemetery at Spring Hill College Mobile, Ala. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Father Joseph F. Doyle, S.J., Endowment for Jesuit High School. Donations may be sent to Jesuit High School, 4701 N. Himes Ave., Tampa, FL 33614.
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Father Doyle was the man responsible for my first steps to the Catholic faith. He was the brilliant, visionary, realistic, hugely humorous, deeply compassionate, eternally motivating and motivated pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Houston, Texas, and his seemingly casual, intricately crafted homilies were delivered straight to the heart. I thank him for his guidance.
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