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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

Having completed his course of philosophy, Willie returned to Clongowes in 1901 for another period of prefecting. Here he remained for two …

May 5, 2022

The more this generous spirit springs up in your heart, the nearer and dearer will you be to Jesus. Love for Love. …

May 4, 2022

At the community Mass this morning I again felt an overpowering desire to become a saint. It came suddenly, filling my soul …

May 3, 2022

I said my rosary with arms extended. At the third mystery the pain was so great that I felt I could not …

April 30, 2022

What is it to be a saint? Does it mean that we must macerate this flesh of ours with cruel austerities, such …

April 29, 2022

A mother puts her little child on its feet, but the child itself must do something, must make an effort if it …

April 22, 2022

If I were put in a dungeon, like the martyrs, with nothing to lie on but the bare stone floor, with …

April 19, 2022

If my resurrection is to be a real one and is to produce fruit, it must be external, so that all may …

April 18, 2022

Second pilgrimage to Amettes from Locre. During the journey I felt our Lord wanted to give me some message through St. Benedict …

April 16, 2022

My denial of Jesus has been baser than that of Peter, for I have refused to listen to His voice calling me …

April 12, 2022