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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

Self-conquest

Posts dealing with penance and self-conquest

I am slowly learning the lesson Jesus brought me out here to teach me. The first and greatest is that I must …

October 26, 2020

Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on October 25 1916. It refers to the previous night, in other words, this …

October 24, 2020

My God, this morning I was in despair. After some days of relaxation owing partly to sickness, I resolved to begin my …

October 22, 2020

St John Paul II When it was not some infirmity or other than caused him to experience pain, it was he himself …

October 22, 2020

St Paul of the Cross   Today is the feast of St Paul of the Cross, the founder of the Passionist order. …

October 19, 2020

Last night I rose at one a.m. and walked two miles barefooted in reparation for the sins of priests to the chapel …

October 15, 2020

St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church The life of St. Teresa teaches us that we should never despair of becoming …

October 15, 2020

Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on this day in 1916: Lately the desire to be trampled on and become …

October 13, 2020

St John XXIII Today is the feast of St John XXIII. Just as many young Catholic have a great devotion to St …

October 11, 2020

St Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church   Kneeling at the grave of the Little Flower I gave myself into her …

October 1, 2020