The Father Willie Doyle Association
Official site for the canonisation cause of the Servant of God Fr Willie Doyle SJ
At the community Mass this morning I again felt an overpowering desire to become a saint. It came suddenly, filling my soul …
The more this generous spirit springs up in your heart, the nearer and dearer will you be to Jesus. Love for Love. …
I feel drawn still more to the life of “interior union.” To acquire this I must practise the following: 1 . Constant …
My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake. Darling Mother Mary, in preparation for the glorious martyrdom which I feel assured thou art going to obtain …
As you know I am very anxious to see these retreats started in Ireland, for I believe they would do a world …
What is it to be a saint? Does it mean that we must macerate this flesh of ours with cruel austerities, such …
We continue today with an excerpt from the original letter detailing some of the work Fr Willie had to undertake towards the …
Fr Willie sent the letter below to his father one year after the gas attack of April 1916 (see yesterday’s post). In …
Fr Willie had many incredibly close shaves with death during the almost 2 years he spent as a military chaplain. He has …
God sometimes seems to ask the impossible, a sorrow, a cross. Oh! it would crush me! How can this be? How? Lord, …