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Brian Doyle

Brian Doyle was editor of Portland magazine, and the author of many books, including Eight Whopping Lies and Other Stories of Bruised Grace (Franciscan Media). He has written for Harper's, Orion, The American Scholar, The Sun Magazine, and The New York Times and his work has been anthologized in several collections.

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Embracing Good Friday

Brian Doyle March 12, 2025

Every year on Good Friday I sit in the balcony of the campus chapel, behind a whopping oaken pillar, and I weep copiously at the sheer human pain and grace of the whole thing.

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My Parents, the Secular Franciscans

Brian Doyle March 12, 2025

Here is a story close to my heart about two Secular Franciscans. When I was about 10 years old, my mother and father, devout Catholics

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My Rosary Story

Brian Doyle October 4, 2020

It passed from hand to hand, through thick and thin.

A Father’s Day Prayer

Brian Doyle May 24, 2018

Loving his wife, being father to their children—these are moments of grace for a prayerful man.

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