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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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We love our life, cling to it, hug it, study how to prolong it, rebel if God thinks fit to shorten its …

May 9, 2025

Sometimes God seems to leave me to my weakness and I tremble with fear. At other times I have so much trust …

May 6, 2025

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

May 5, 2025

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

May 4, 2025

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

May 3, 2025

I feel drawn still more to the life of “interior union.” To acquire this I must practise the following: 1 . Constant …

May 2, 2025

My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake. Darling Mother Mary, in preparation for the glorious martyrdom which I feel assured thou art going to obtain …

May 1, 2025

As you know I am very anxious to see these retreats started in Ireland, for I believe they would do a world …

May 1, 2025

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

April 30, 2025

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

April 29, 2025