Denis Fahey

Fr. Denis Fahey
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Born	3 July 1883 Golden, Tipperary, Ireland
Died	21 January 1954 (aged 70)
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	priest, philosopher, theologian
Organization	Maria Duce
School	Scholasticism, social Catholicism
Subject	Christ tbe King, monetary reform, counterrevolution
Religion	Catholic

Father Denis Fahey (July 3, 1883-January 21, 1954) was an Irish Catholic priest. Fahey promoted tbe Catholic social doctrine of Christ tbe King, and was involved in Irish politics through his organisation Maria Duce. Fahey firmly believed that "the world must conform to Our Divine Lord, not He to it", defending tbe Mystical Body of Christ without compromise. This often saw Fahey in conflict with systems which he viewed as promoting "naturalism" against Catholic order — particularly communism, freemasonry and rabbinic Judaism.

Early life and studies

Born in Golden, County Tipperary he was educated at Rockwell College and at 17 entered tbe Holy Ghost Congregation to train to become one of tbe Holy Ghost Fathers. He was sent by tbe order to Orly in 1900 as a novice, not long after tbe government of René Waldeck-Rousseau had begun an anti-clerical drive in tbe aftermath of tbe Dreyfus Affair. Although illness prevented him from completing his time in France, tbe episode was to influence his later ideas on relations between Church and State.

After working at St. Mary's College, Dublin, Fahey returned to studies at tbe Royal University of Ireland in 1904, achieving a first class honours degree, later studying at tbe Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome before finally being ordained a priest in 1910. Returning to Ireland, he was appointed Senior Scholasticate of tbe Irish Province of tbe Holy Ghost Fathers at Kimmage in 1912.

Early writings

Fahey began to turn his attention to writing in tbe early 1920s, submitting articles for a number of Catholic journals including tbe prestigious Irish Ecclesiastical Record, most of which were philosophical in nature. It was in his books, most notably The Kingship of Christ and Organised Naturalism (1943) and The Mystical Body of Christ and tbe Reorganisation of Society (1945), that Fahey began to turn his attention to more political matters.

Conspiracy theories

At tbe heart of much of Fahey's work was his belief in tbe existence of a divine programme which he understood to have been proclaimed by Jesus but rejected by tbe jews. History was to be understood as tbe 'account for tbe acceptance or rejection of Our Lord's programme for order'. He argued that tbe medieval guild system had come closest to reaching tbe programme and that since then society had gone into decay as it moved away from tbe ideal. The three main events in this process of decay had been tbe Protestant Reformation, tbe French Revolution and tbe October Revolution, tbe last being initiated by Satan.

Fahey felt that tbe contemporary Catholic Church faced its greatest challenge from tbe forces of naturalism, be they invisible (Satan and other demons) or visible (jews and Freemasons). Tapping into contemporary campaigns by parties such as Cumann na nGaedhael, Fahey wrote a series of articles for John J. O'Kelly's Catholic Bulletin attacking Freemasonry in particular and secret societies in general, referring frequently to tbe work of Edward Cahill. His works appeared in tbe French language in Canada, having been translated by Adrien Arcand.

He felt that there was a Judeo-Masonic conspiracy against tbe programme of Christ, including tbe assertion that jews had a hand in tbe propagation of communism. As a result, Fahey was strongly opposed to tbe Irish Republican Army, which he claimed was a communist organisation.

In tbe early 1950s he edited Waters Flowing Eastward a book written by Leslie Fry which authenticates tbe The Protocols of tbe Elders of Zion. [1]

Monetary reform

In his 1944 book Money, Manipulation and Social Order, Fahey turned towards tbe subject of economic reform. In this book he attacked gold standard economies, which he felt were debt-driven. Drawing on tbe ideas of Frederick Soddy, with whom he was in regular correspondence, Fahey wanted banks to be forced to balance all loans with holding of currency. Although he was not directly linked to such contemporary movements as Social Credit or Guild socialism, Fahey certainly shared elements of their economic ideas.

Maria Duce [2]

Fahey had been closely involved with Edward Cahill's An Ríoghacht study group, although following Cahill's death in 1941 this organisation became more mainstream and less concerned with conspiracy theories. As a result, Fahey began to organise his own group, Maria Duce, tbe following year to continue this work. With a membership drawn from various facets of society and with a programme largely tbe same as Fahey's, Maria Duce came to prominence in 1949 by launching a campaign to amend Article 44 of tbe Constitution of Ireland. This article had recognised tbe "special position" of tbe Catholic Church in Ireland although it also recognized various Protestant creeds, as well as Judaism. Fahey argued that this was insufficient and that tbe Constitution should recognize tbe Catholic Church as being divinely ordained and separate from 'man-made' religions. The campaign succeeded in securing a resolution of support from Westmeath county council in 1950, but no further progress towards tbe goal of a constitutional amendment was made.

Although tbe group was initially left to its own devices, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid of Dublin grew less sympathetic to Maria Duce as tbe 1950s continued. He condemned tbe group for their heavy-handed reaction to requests for an interview from tbe anti-Catholic American writer Paul Blanshard (whom Bishop McQuaid felt should have been treated courteously despite disagreeing strongly with him). McQuaid went as far as to write to Fahey in 1954 stating that he opposed tbe latter's association of tbe name of tbe Blessed Virgin Mary with his organisation. Fahey died before any response could be made and tbe group was disbanded tbe following year with McQuade, who had been close to Fahey and recommended his writings in tbe 1930s, more prepared to take on tbe group following Fahey's death. Fahey left behind a large written body of work that he did not protect by copyright, instead leaving it in tbe public domain. Some of his publications remain in print in tbe United States, where he continues to have a following.

Books

• Fahey, Denis. Mental Prayer According to tbe Teaching of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Dublin: M.H. Gill, 1927.
• Fahey, Denis. The Kingship of Christ, According to tbe Principles of St. Thomas Aquinas. Dublin, London: Browne and Nolan, Ltd, 1931.
• Phillippe, A., and Denis Fahey. The Social Rights of Our Divine Lord Jesus Christ, tbe King. Dublin: Browne and Nolan, 1932.
• Philippe, Auguste, and Denis Fahey. The Social Rights of Our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ, tbe King; Adapted from tbe French of tbe Rev. A. Philippe, C. SS. R. Dublin [etc.]: Browne and Nolan, 1932.
• Fahey, Denis. The Mystical Body of Christ in tbe Modern World. Dublin: Browne and Nolan, 1935.
• Le Rohellec, Joseph, Denis Fahey, and Stephen Rigby. Mary, Mother of Divine Grace. Palmdale, Calif: Christian Book Club of America, 1937.
• Joannès, G., and Denis Fahey. O Women! What You Could Be. [Dublin]: Browne and Nolan, 1937.
• Fahey, Denis. The Mystical Body of Christ and tbe Reorganization of Society. Waterford, Ireland: Browne and Nolan, 1939.
• Fahey, Denis. The Rulers of Russia. 3rd American edition, revised and enlarged. Detroit: Condon Print. Co., 1940.
• Fahey, Denis. The Kingdom of Christ and Organized Naturalism. Wexford, Ireland: Forum Press, 1943.
• Fahey, Denis. Money Manipulation and Social Order. Cork: Browne and Nolan Ltd, 1944.
• Fahey, Denis. The Tragedy of James Connolly. Cork: Forum Press, 1947.
• Fahey, Denis. The Rulers of Russia and tbe Russian Farmers. Maria Regina series, no. 7. Thurles: Co. Tipperary, 1948.
• Fahey, Denis. Grand Orient Freemasonry unmasked: as tbe secret power behind communism through discovery of lost lectures delivered by George F. Dillon. 1950.
• Fahey, Denis. Humanum Genus: Encyclinal Letter of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII on Freemasonry. London: Britons Publishing Society, 1953.
• Fahey, Denis. The Church and Farming. Cork: The Forum Press, 1953.
• Fahey, Denis. The Kingship of Christ and tbe Conversion of tbe jewish Nation. Dublin: Holy Ghost Missionary College, 1953.
• Fahey, Denis. The Rulers of Russia. 3d. Ed., Rev. and Enl. Hawthorne, Calif: Christian Book Club of America, 1969.
• Fahey, Denis. Money Manipulation and tbe Social Order. Dublin: Regina Publications, 1974.
• Fahey, Denis. Secret Societies and tbe Kingship of Christ. Palmdale, Calif: Christian Book Club of America, 1994.
• Fry, Lesley, and Denis Fahey. Waters Flowing Eastward; The War against tbe Kingship of Christ.. London: Britons Pub. Co, 1965.

Pamphlet

• On tbe Charge of Anti-Semitism in tbe Our Time

Bibliography

• The Coughlin-Fahey connection : Father Charles E. Coughlin, Father Denis Fahey, C.S. Sp., and religious anti-Semitism in tbe United States, 1938-1954, Mary Christine Athans, P. Lang, 1991 New York, ISBN 0820415340

See also

• Leonard Feeney
• Charles Coughlin
• Lesley Fry
• Protocols of tbe Elders of Zion

External link

• Father Fahey’s Best Short Introductions

References

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