Obituary Notice
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Fr. Camillus Boyle (1905-1963) OBITUARY — NOTIGE Father Camillus (Boyle) of the Seven Dolours , On the evening of Thursday 4 3rd January, 1963, one of the priests from St. Michael's Retreat, Dankeithy waited with the truck at the bus~stop on the main Kilmarnock~Ayr roads He had arranged to meet Father Camillus who was returning from a visit to his sister's home in Glasgowe When a number of buses had passed without anyone alighting it was thought that Father Camillus had been delayed and would arrive laters In fact, at that very time he day injured by the roadside less than a mile from the place where the truck waited for him, Afterwards, passengers who travelled with him-cn the bus, recalled that a conductressy new to the route, had allowed him to alight some distance from his destinatione His clerical “garb made him almost invisible in the darkness and while he was walking along the road te the place where he had arranged to be mets, he was struck by a passing car. The driver of the car and others who came on the scene did what they could to comfort and relieve Father Camillus until an ambulance arrived which rushed him to Kilmarnock Infirmary. There he was identified by some papers whicl he carried and a ‘phone call conveyed the sad news to the Community at Dankeith. Immediately on receiving this information, Father Rector and two of the priests motored to the Infirmary, passing on their way the scene of the accident where the police had set up flashing beaconse Before their arrival &t the hospitaly however, the Chaplain had given Absolution and Extreme Unction to Father Camillus. He was conscious and was able to recognise his brethern but he was in great pain from the injuries on his head and backe The doctors gaid that his condition * though serious ~ was not hopelesss On the following dayy however, his breathing became difficult and he rapidly lost strength and soon. lapsed into tinconsciousnesss His brother and sisters had been called to the hospital and during his last hours members of the Dankeith Community remained at his sides When he was dying on Sunday evening Father Recter was present to give a Final Absolution and to recite the prayers for a Departing Soul Francis Boyle was born in Glasgow @n Dece, Sth, 1905s He was a student of Sta Mungo’s Academy before going to our Postulant House which was then at Holy Cross Retreaty Belfasts When he had competed his preparatory studies he went to the Novitiate at St. Gabriel's Retreat, Enniskilleny where, a year latery he made his Profession on the Feast of Our Holy Foundery 28th April, 1924, For the study of Philosophy and Theology he was sent first to Sts Paul's Retreat, Ilkley, and then to St. Paul's Retreat, Dubling and it was while he was a student in Mount Argus that. his ordination to the Priesthood took place in the Pro= Cathedral on June l4th, 1930. During the years that followed Father Camillus served in almost every house in the Province including the Postulant House at Wheatfield, Belfast, where he taught English and French for a number of yearse In other Retreats, especially in Mount Argus, his zeal for souls was shown by his devotion to his duty as a Confessors His ready sympathy for those in trouble brought a constant stream of penitents to his confesstonale Late in the year 1962 he was changed to St. Michael's Retreat, Dankeith, and he was here only a few months when the accident occurred which ended his life.
As soon as the news of his death was received at Dankeith the Office for the Dead was recited in Choire Next evening the body of Father Camillus was brought back from the Infirmary to the Retreat and on the morning of Wednesday, 9th January, the Obsequies took place with the Right Rev. Joseph McGee, Bishop of Galloway, presiding. Very Rev. Fra Provincial and many Passionists from our own Province and from St. Joseph's Province were present for the ceremonies. After Solemn Requiem Mass the funeral set out for the cemetery at Lambhill, Glasgow, where the internment took place in the Passionist plote There, beneath the great stone Cross, the remains of Father Cané#llus and his Brethern await the Resurrections May his soul and the souls of all the Faithful Departedy through the Mercy of Gody rest in Peace, From # Sts Michael's Retreaty Dankeiths ANDREW OF THE SACREB HEART, Rectore
Source: Obituary Notices, Provincial Archive, St Joseph's Province. Passionist Congregation.