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The Father Willie Doyle Association

Father Willie Doyle Association

Official site for the canonisation cause of the Servant of God Fr Willie Doyle SJ

Life

Posts dealing with the life of Fr Doyle and his history more generally

During midnight Mass at Dalkey Convent I made the oblation of myself as a member of the League of Priestly Sanctity…Our Lord …

December 25, 2021

I was alone in the drawing-room when Father came in and asked me if I had yet made up my mind as …

December 25, 2021

O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle is a remarkable source of information about Fr Doyle’s life and spirituality. However, there is another book …

December 25, 2021

Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on 21 December 1913, 108 years ago today. It relates to a recent trip …

December 21, 2021

We continue today with Fr Doyle’s narrative of events in the days leading up to his death. Today’s account is somewhat shorter …

August 1, 2021

28 July 1907, Miltown Park, Dublin. Fr Doyle is marked with an X.   My loving Jesus, on this the morning of …

July 28, 2021

In this excerpt from a long letter written 104 years ago today to his father, Fr Doyle writes about his publications on …

July 25, 2021

Fr Doyle had a tremendous joy and cheerfulness that easily communicated itself to others. He also retained this sense of fun despite …

July 20, 2021

I have come back from the missions with feelings of joy and gratitude, for these last three missions have been blessed in …

July 16, 2021

I did not write because I had nothing but disappointment, opposition, cold shower-baths and crosses to chronicle…Your news about the success in …

May 20, 2021