Henry Day (priest)


Henry Cyril Day, S.J. was a British Catholic priest and author.

Biography

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. Day was opposed to women's suffrage and was criticised vehemently by Welsh Catholic suffragist Alice Abadam in Catholic magazines in 1911-12.
Day in offered his service as a chaplain days before the outbreak of World War I and served in Egypt, Gallipoli, Macedonia, and France.
He was decorated with the Serbian White Eagle and was awarded the Military Cross.

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