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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

Saints

Posts dealing with saints and their relevance to Fr Doyle

The life of St. Teresa teaches us that we should never despair of becoming saints. As a child she was filled with …

October 15, 2023

Today is the feast of St John XXIII. At first glance there does not seem to be much in common between Fr Doyle …

October 11, 2023

Fr Doyle began his “Long retreat” – 30 days of the Spiritual Exercises – at this time in 1907. It was a …

October 11, 2023

Do I ever say, when an occasion of denying myself comes, “It’s too hard, I am no saint?” Might it not be …

October 5, 2023

In the end what once caused us pain and tears becomes the source of great interior joy, since we have realised how …

October 4, 2023

I cannot deny that I love Jesus, love Him passionately, love Him with every fibre of my heart. He knows it, too, …

October 3, 2023

He hath given His angels charge over us, to guide us, to guard and shelter us from dangers, to lead us safely …

October 2, 2023

Kneeling at the grave of the Little Flower I gave myself into her hands to guide and to make me a saint. …

October 1, 2023

Don’t dwell on what you have not done, for I think that want of confidence in His willingness to forgive our shortcomings …

September 30, 2023

Today is the feast of the archangels, though in Fr Willie’s time 29 September was primarily the feast  St Michael.  St Michael …

September 29, 2023