Henry Day (priest)

Henry Cyril Day, S.J. (29 May 1865 – 23 January 1951) was an English Catholic priest and author.

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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]

(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.

^ 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.