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Albert H. Dolan {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Carmelites|O.Carm]]}}, born Albert Harold Dolan (July 1, 1892– January 22, 1951) was an American Catholic priest of the [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] order, the author of many popular books, and a prominent as well as early promoter of devotion to [[Thérèse of Lisieux|St. Thérèse of Lisieux]], especially in the United States and Canada.
'''Albert Harold Dolan''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Carmelites|O.Carm]]}} (July 1, 1892 – January 22, 1951) was an American Catholic priest of the [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] order, the author of many popular books, and a prominent as well as early promoter of devotion to [[Thérèse of Lisieux|St. Thérèse of Lisieux]], especially in the United States and Canada.


== Life ==
== Biography ==
[[File:Albert H Dolan gravestone.jpg|thumb|Gravestone of Rev. Albert H. Dolan]]
[[File:Albert H Dolan gravestone.jpg|thumb|Gravestone of Rev. Albert H. Dolan]]
[[File:Dolan Mt Carmel Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Mount Carmel Cemetery in Tenafly, NJ]]
[[File:Dolan Mt Carmel Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Mount Carmel Cemetery in Tenafly, NJ]]
Dolan was born on July 1, 1892, in [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin|Fond du Lac]], Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Grave: Albert Harold Dolan |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65144167/albert-harold-dolan}}</ref> He attended grammar and high school in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], New York, after which he attended [[Niagara University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78035/page/n3/mode/2up |title=The Book of Catholic Authors, Third Series |publisher=Walter Roming & Co. |year=1945 |editor-last=Roming |editor-first=Walter |location=Detroit, MI |pages=100 |chapter=Reverend Albert H. Dolan, O.Carm.}}</ref> In 1918, he entered the Carmelite order.<ref name=":0" /> He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1919.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 2, 1951 |title=Fr. Dolan, Unique Apostle Of Little Flower, Is Dead |pages=9 |work=The St. Louis Register |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=SLR19510202-01.2.94.13&srpos=1&e=------195-en-20--1--txt-txIN-Albert+H.+Dolan-------}}</ref> He studied at the [[Pontifical North American College|North American College]] in Rome and at [[St. Augustine's Seminary (Toronto)|St. Augustine's Seminary]] in Toronto.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1951 |title=Obituary: Rev. A. H. Dolan |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Father Dolan spent the majority of his time at St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church in [[Englewood, New Jersey]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1951 |title=Obituary: Rev. A. H. Dolan |work=The New York Times}}</ref> He died in [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]], New York and is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery in [[Tenafly, New Jersey|Tenafly]], NJ.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Grave: Albert Harold Dolan |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65144167/albert-harold-dolan}}</ref>
Dolan was born on July 1, 1892, in [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin|Fond du Lac]], Wisconsin. He attended grammar and high school in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], New York, after which he attended [[Niagara University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78035/page/n3/mode/2up |title=The Book of Catholic Authors, Third Series |publisher=Walter Roming & Co. |year=1945 |editor-last=Roming |editor-first=Walter |location=Detroit, MI |pages=100 |chapter=Reverend Albert H. Dolan, O.Carm.}}</ref> In 1918, he entered the Carmelite order.<ref name=":0" /> He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1919.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 2, 1951 |title=Fr. Dolan, Unique Apostle Of Little Flower, Is Dead |pages=9 |work=The St. Louis Register |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=SLR19510202-01.2.94.13&srpos=1&e=------195-en-20--1--txt-txIN-Albert+H.+Dolan-------}}</ref> He studied at the [[Pontifical North American College|North American College]] in Rome and at [[St. Augustine's Seminary (Toronto)|St. Augustine's Seminary]] in Toronto.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1951 |title=Obituary: Rev. A. H. Dolan |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Father Dolan spent the majority of his time at St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church in [[Englewood, New Jersey]].<ref name=":1"/> He died in [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]], New York and is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery in [[Tenafly, New Jersey]].


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A significant part of Dolan's life after he entered the Carmelite order focused on fostering devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as "The Little Flower." In an autobiographical essay, Dolan wrote, "Even before ordination I owed much to the intercession of St. Therese. Consequently I undertook to propagate devotion to her in America first through the spoken and later through the written word."<ref name=":0" />
== His Ministry ==
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A significant part of Rev. Dolan's life after he entered the Carmelite order focused on fostering devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as "The Little Flower." In an autobiographical essay, Dolan wrote, "Even before ordination I owed much to the intercession of St. Therese. Consequently I undertook to propagate devotion to her in America first through the spoken and later through the written word."<ref name=":0" />


Dolan has been described as "Perhaps the greatest apostle of St. Therese in the new world."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Society of The Little Flower |url=https://ca.littleflower.org/learn-about/the-society-of-the-little-flower/}}</ref> In 1923, while teaching public speaking and English at [[Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)|Mount Carmel College]] in Chicago, Rev. Dolan founded the Society of the Little Flower.<ref name=":1" /> Over many years, he established shrines to St. Thérèse of Lisieux in the United States, Canada, and France.<ref name=":1" /> For his research about St. Thérèse, Rev. Dolan traveled to France and interviewed four sisters of the saint; he wrote about these interviews in his book ''The Intimate Life of Saint Thérèse Portrayed by Those Who Knew Her'' (1944) .<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Intimate Life of Saint Thérèse Portrayed by Those Who Knew Her |url=https://www.sistersofcarmel.com/intimate-life-of-saint-therese-portrayed-by-those-who-knew-her-fr-albert-h-dolan.php}}</ref> Dolan "devoted his priesthood to promoting devotion to St. Therese," wrote one obituary.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=January 29, 1951 |title=Fr. Dolan, Founder of U.S. Little Flower Shrine, Dies |pages=8 |work=Catholic News Service - Newsfeeds |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=cns19510129-01.1.10&srpos=20&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Albert+H.+Dolan%22-------}}</ref> Dolan founded and edited the first issues of The Sword, a quarterly journal within the Carmelite Order.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1951 |title=Obituary: Rev. A. H. Dolan |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
Dolan has been described as "Perhaps the greatest apostle of St. Therese in the new world."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Society of The Little Flower |url=https://ca.littleflower.org/learn-about/the-society-of-the-little-flower/}}</ref> In 1923, while teaching public speaking and English at [[Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)|Mount Carmel College]] in Chicago, Dolan founded the Society of the Little Flower.<ref name=":1" /> Over many years, he established shrines to St. Thérèse of Lisieux in the United States, Canada, and France.<ref name=":1" /> For his research about St. Thérèse, Dolan traveled to France and interviewed four sisters of the saint; he wrote about these interviews in his book ''The Intimate Life of Saint Thérèse Portrayed by Those Who Knew Her'' (1944) .<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Intimate Life of Saint Thérèse Portrayed by Those Who Knew Her |url=https://www.sistersofcarmel.com/intimate-life-of-saint-therese-portrayed-by-those-who-knew-her-fr-albert-h-dolan.php}}</ref> Dolan "devoted his priesthood to promoting devotion to St. Therese," wrote one obituary.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=January 29, 1951 |title=Fr. Dolan, Founder of U.S. Little Flower Shrine, Dies |pages=8 |work=Catholic News Service - Newsfeeds |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=cns19510129-01.1.10&srpos=20&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Albert+H.+Dolan%22-------}}</ref> Dolan founded and edited the first issues of The Sword, a quarterly journal within the Carmelite Order.<ref name=":1"/>


Dolan also founded the [[Matt Talbot]] Legion,<ref name=":1" /> "formed," as one of his obituaries explained, "to aid alcoholics through prayer and the inspiration of Matt Talbott's example."<ref name=":2" /> Dolan wrote two books about Matt Talbot: ''Matt Talbot, Alcoholic: The Story of a Slave to Alcohol who Became a Comrade of Christ'' (1947) and ''We Knew Matt Talbot: Visits with His Relatives and Friends'' (1948).
Dolan also founded the [[Matt Talbot]] Legion,<ref name=":1" /> "formed," as one of his obituaries explained, "to aid alcoholics through prayer and the inspiration of Matt Talbott's example."<ref name=":2" /> Dolan wrote two books about Matt Talbot: ''Matt Talbot, Alcoholic: The Story of a Slave to Alcohol who Became a Comrade of Christ'' (1947) and ''We Knew Matt Talbot: Visits with His Relatives and Friends'' (1948).


== Victim of imposter scam ==
== Imposter scam ==
In 1929, there were several incidents of a man posing as a priest who claimed to be Rev. Albert H. Dolan and who visited several convents. The man appeared to be trying to collect money supposedly for Mass intentions and he would sometimes bring copies of Dolan's books with him which he would autograph for the nuns.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1929 |title=Convents Victims Of Bogus Priest |pages=1 |work=The Catholic Telegraph |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=TCT19290502-01.2.28&srpos=10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Albert+H.+Dolan%22-------}}</ref>
In 1929, there were several incidents of a man posing as a priest who claimed to be Dolan and who visited several convents. The man appeared to be trying to collect money supposedly for Mass intentions and he would sometimes bring copies of Dolan's books with him which he would autograph for the nuns.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1929 |title=Convents Victims Of Bogus Priest |pages=1 |work=The Catholic Telegraph |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=TCT19290502-01.2.28&srpos=10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Albert+H.+Dolan%22-------}}</ref>


== Books, partial list ==
== Selected works ==
Dolan considered ''Roses Fall Where Rivers Meet'' (1937) his best work.<ref>Roming, Walter, ed. (1945). "Reverend Albert H. Dolan, O.Carm.". The Book of Catholic Authors, Third Series. Detroit, MI: Walter Roming & Co. p. 101.</ref> He said that his book ''Dare to Live!'' ''Is Our Religion a Burden or a Boon?'' (1941) was "suggested and inspired" by two books by [[Ida Friederike Görres]], namely ''[[The Nature of Sanctity]]'' and ''[[The Burden of Belief]]''.<ref>''The Catholic Library World'' Vol 13 Iss 2 (November 1941), p. 62.[https://archive.org/details/sim_catholic-library-world_1941-11_13_2/page/62/mode/2up?view=theater]</ref>
Dolan considered ''Roses Fall Where Rivers Meet'' (1937) his best work.<ref>Roming, Walter, ed. (1945). "Reverend Albert H. Dolan, O.Carm.". The Book of Catholic Authors, Third Series. Detroit, MI: Walter Roming & Co. p. 101.</ref> He said that his book ''Dare to Live!'' ''Is Our Religion a Burden or a Boon?'' (1941) was "suggested and inspired" by two books by [[Ida Friederike Görres]], namely ''[[The Nature of Sanctity]]'' and ''[[The Burden of Belief]]''.<ref>''The Catholic Library World'' Vol 13 Iss 2 (November 1941), p. 62.[https://archive.org/details/sim_catholic-library-world_1941-11_13_2/page/62/mode/2up?view=theater]</ref>
[[File:Roses Fall book cover.jpg|thumb|Cover of the book ''Roses Fall Where Rivers Meet'' by Rev. Albert H. Dolan.]]
[[File:Roses Fall book cover.jpg|thumb|Cover of the book ''Roses Fall Where Rivers Meet'' by Rev. Albert H. Dolan.]]
He wrote 53 books.<ref name=":1" /> Most, if not all, of Dolan's books were published by Carmelite Press, based in Chicago, IL and Englewood, NJ.[[File:Dolan Dare to Live Catholic Literary World Nov 1941 Vol 13 Iss 2, p62.png|thumb|Announcement about ''Dare to Live!'' in ''Catholic Library World'' ,1941.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Nov 1941 |title=book announcement |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_catholic-library-world_1941-11_13_2/page/62/mode/2up?view=theater |journal=Catholic Library World |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=62}}</ref> ]]
He wrote 53 books.<ref name=":1" /> Most, if not all, of Dolan's books were published by Carmelite Press, based in Chicago and Englewood, New Jersey.[[File:Dolan Dare to Live Catholic Literary World Nov 1941 Vol 13 Iss 2, p62.png|thumb|Announcement about ''Dare to Live!'' in ''Catholic Library World'' ,1941.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Nov 1941 |title=book announcement |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_catholic-library-world_1941-11_13_2/page/62/mode/2up?view=theater |journal=Catholic Library World |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=62}}</ref> ]]
* ''Life of the Little Flower: (Saint Therese of the Child Jesus)'' (1926)
* ''Life of the Little Flower: (Saint Therese of the Child Jesus)'' (1926)
* ''The Living Sisters of the Little Flower'' (1926)
* ''The Living Sisters of the Little Flower'' (1926)
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Albert Harold Dolan O.Carm (July 1, 1892 – January 22, 1951) was an American Catholic priest of the Carmelite order, the author of many popular books, and a prominent as well as early promoter of devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, especially in the United States and Canada.

Biography

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Gravestone of Rev. Albert H. Dolan
Mount Carmel Cemetery in Tenafly, NJ

Dolan was born on July 1, 1892, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He attended grammar and high school in Syracuse, New York, after which he attended Niagara University.[1] In 1918, he entered the Carmelite order.[1] He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1919.[2] He studied at the North American College in Rome and at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto.[3] Father Dolan spent the majority of his time at St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church in Englewood, New Jersey.[3] He died in White Plains, New York and is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Tenafly, New Jersey.

A significant part of Dolan's life after he entered the Carmelite order focused on fostering devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as "The Little Flower." In an autobiographical essay, Dolan wrote, "Even before ordination I owed much to the intercession of St. Therese. Consequently I undertook to propagate devotion to her in America first through the spoken and later through the written word."[1]

Dolan has been described as "Perhaps the greatest apostle of St. Therese in the new world."[4] In 1923, while teaching public speaking and English at Mount Carmel College in Chicago, Dolan founded the Society of the Little Flower.[3] Over many years, he established shrines to St. Thérèse of Lisieux in the United States, Canada, and France.[3] For his research about St. Thérèse, Dolan traveled to France and interviewed four sisters of the saint; he wrote about these interviews in his book The Intimate Life of Saint Thérèse Portrayed by Those Who Knew Her (1944) .[5] Dolan "devoted his priesthood to promoting devotion to St. Therese," wrote one obituary.[6] Dolan founded and edited the first issues of The Sword, a quarterly journal within the Carmelite Order.[3]

Dolan also founded the Matt Talbot Legion,[3] "formed," as one of his obituaries explained, "to aid alcoholics through prayer and the inspiration of Matt Talbott's example."[6] Dolan wrote two books about Matt Talbot: Matt Talbot, Alcoholic: The Story of a Slave to Alcohol who Became a Comrade of Christ (1947) and We Knew Matt Talbot: Visits with His Relatives and Friends (1948).

Imposter scam

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In 1929, there were several incidents of a man posing as a priest who claimed to be Dolan and who visited several convents. The man appeared to be trying to collect money supposedly for Mass intentions and he would sometimes bring copies of Dolan's books with him which he would autograph for the nuns.[7]

Selected works

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Dolan considered Roses Fall Where Rivers Meet (1937) his best work.[8] He said that his book Dare to Live! Is Our Religion a Burden or a Boon? (1941) was "suggested and inspired" by two books by Ida Friederike Görres, namely The Nature of Sanctity and The Burden of Belief.[9]

Cover of the book Roses Fall Where Rivers Meet by Rev. Albert H. Dolan.

He wrote 53 books.[3] Most, if not all, of Dolan's books were published by Carmelite Press, based in Chicago and Englewood, New Jersey.

Announcement about Dare to Live! in Catholic Library World ,1941.[10]
  • Life of the Little Flower: (Saint Therese of the Child Jesus) (1926)
  • The Living Sisters of the Little Flower (1926)
  • An hour with the Little Flower : the Little Flower, a seraph of love (1926)
  • The Little Flower's Mother (1927)
  • Where the Little Flower Seems Nearest, a visit to the interior of the cloister of the famous Lisieux Carmel (1928)
  • Our Sister Is in Heaven!: sequel to "the living sisters of the little flower" (1928)
  • Scapular Facts (1929)
  • Collected Little Flower Works (1929)
  • Mobilize for Christ!: Communism and the Theresian Spirit (1936)
  • Roses Fall Where Rivers Meet: a description and explanation of the shower of roses of the Little Flower (1937)
  • All the Answers: about marriage and birth control (1937)
  • Mother, I Belong to Thee : meditation on Mary at her home in Nazareth (1937)
  • Enjoy the Mass (1937)
  • You can be a Carmelite sister: A description of the life of the Carmelite Sisters of New York (1938)
  • Happiness in Marriage : how to achieve it...how to increase it... (1940)
  • Dare to Live! Is Our Religion a Burden or a Boon? (1941)
  • Half Way to Happiness (1941)
  • Friends and Enemies of Happiness (1941)
  • More Friends of Happiness (1942)
  • Homiletic Hints for Seminarians and Young Priests : the preparation, building and delivery of a sermon (1942)
  • Little Treasury of Indulgence Prayers (1943)
  • Saint Thomas More: The Greatest Catholic Layman in History The Patron Saint of Family Life (1943)
  • Why We Are Catholics: a defense of fundamental Catholic teachings most frequently attacked (1944; first edition 1933)
  • The Intimate Life of Saint Thérèse Portrayed by Those Who Knew Her (1944)
  • Blind man with perfect vision : a study of the life of Saint Francis (1944)
  • St. Therese : patroness of the missions (1945)
  • A Modern Messenger of Purity: talks to the laity concerning the sixth commandment (1945)
  • Sign of the Cross (1946)
  • Matt Talbot, Alcoholic: The Story of a Slave to Alcohol who Became a Comrade of Christ (1947)[11]
  • God Made the Violet Too: Life of Leonie, Sister of St. Therese (1948)
  • The Sisters of St. Therese Today (1948)
  • We Knew Matt Talbot: visits with his relatives and friends (1948)
  • St. Therese, Messenger of Mary (1949)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Roming, Walter, ed. (1945). "Reverend Albert H. Dolan, O.Carm.". The Book of Catholic Authors, Third Series. Detroit, MI: Walter Roming & Co. p. 100.
  2. ^ "Fr. Dolan, Unique Apostle Of Little Flower, Is Dead". The St. Louis Register. February 2, 1951. p. 9.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary: Rev. A. H. Dolan". The New York Times. January 23, 1951.
  4. ^ "The Society of The Little Flower".
  5. ^ "The Intimate Life of Saint Thérèse Portrayed by Those Who Knew Her".
  6. ^ a b "Fr. Dolan, Founder of U.S. Little Flower Shrine, Dies". Catholic News Service - Newsfeeds. January 29, 1951. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Convents Victims Of Bogus Priest". The Catholic Telegraph. May 2, 1929. p. 1.
  8. ^ Roming, Walter, ed. (1945). "Reverend Albert H. Dolan, O.Carm.". The Book of Catholic Authors, Third Series. Detroit, MI: Walter Roming & Co. p. 101.
  9. ^ The Catholic Library World Vol 13 Iss 2 (November 1941), p. 62.[1]
  10. ^ "book announcement". Catholic Library World. 13 (2): 62. Nov 1941.
  11. ^ This book was republished in 1961 as The Life of Matt Talbot: The Story of a Slave to Alcohol who Became a Comrade of Christ. Chicago: Carmelite Press, 1961.
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