Eugene Boylan

Life
1904-1964 [Dom Eugene]; linguist, priest and confessor; b. Bray, ed. Derry CBS, O’Connell Schools, Dublin, and UCD; Vienna Univ. 1926-28; Cistercian; taught Experimental Physics; wrote spiritual works such as This Tremendous Lover (1947) [var. 1946], trans. in German as Der allgewaltig Liebende: Vom Mysterium der Liebe Christi (Paderborn 1958), 424pp.; Difficulties in Mental Prayer (1943), trans. as Die Kunst des freien inneren Betens (1956); also The Priest’s Way to God (1962), trans. as Der Priest vor Gott: Vom geistlichen Leben des Priesters (Lucerne & Munich 1965), 178pp.; established Dominicans in Australian, producing perfume at Tarrawarra outside Melbourne; Abbot of Mt. St. Joseph, Ireland, 1962. DIB

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