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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

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Today we start Fr Doyle’s reflections on the second week of the Spiritual Exercises. This part of the Exercises begins with a …

October 19, 2025

The Fruit of the First Week: I realise in a way I never did before that God created me for His service, …

October 18, 2025

One of the obstacles to my leading a fervent life is the thought of what others may think. I would often wish …

October 17, 2025

Meditating on the Particular Judgement, God gave me great light. I realised that I should have to give an exact account of …

October 16, 2025

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, 2025

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

October 15, 2025

Death is the end of all things here, the end of time, of merit, of pain and mortification, of a hard life. …

October 14, 2025

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

October 13, 2025

We continue with the meditations of the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises, and in particular with the meditation on Hell. Here …

October 13, 2025

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, 2025