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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

I saw many interesting places and things during my weeks of travel. But over all hung a big cloud of sadness, for …

February 18, 2020

St Claude de la Colombiere I have gone through a great deal of desolation, discouragement, fear and dread of my proposed vow. …

February 15, 2020

John McGuinness Contrary to popular perception, there was an extraordinary flourishing of holiness in Ireland in the 19th and early 20th Century. …

February 13, 2020

What I intended to imply was that I thought God had special designs on your soul and very great graces in store …

February 13, 2020

The effect of fervour may be likened to that of fire on water. When cold, water is motionless and chills all that …

February 12, 2020

Christian abnegation is not composed merely of renunciation: it leads to something tangible and definite. We abandon what is false to cling …

February 9, 2020

Blessed Pius IX Then in addition there is the great privilege and joy of carrying our dear Lord next my heart day …

February 7, 2020

St Agatha I was meditating on my desire to die a martyr’s death for Jesus, and then asked myself if I was …

February 5, 2020

St Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church It seems to me that the best and most practical resolution I can make …

February 3, 2020

Little Nellie of Holy God Kneeling there I asked her what God wanted from me, when I heard an interior voice clearly …

February 2, 2020