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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

Virtues

All the posts published.

If an aspiration, on the authority of the Blessed Cure d’Ars, often saved a soul, what must you not do each day …

June 28, 2013

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

June 15, 2013

Venerable Matt Talbot I do not want, in fact I forbid you, to be imprudent in the matter of corporal penances. But, …

June 11, 2013

Blessed Anna Maria Taigi I will strive ever to perform each action as perfectly as possible, paying special attention to small duties …

June 9, 2013

I had not the heart to wake up the poor nuns, and after all when one is fast asleep, is not a …

June 4, 2013

To Mary’s feet in heaven today the angels come in never-ending stream to lay before her the offerings of her loving …

May 31, 2013

One German prisoner, badly wounded in the leg, was brought in. He knew only a few words of English, but spoke French …

May 24, 2013

The following quote from one of Fr Doyle’s letters recounts some of his war time adventures on 23 May 1917. What shines …

May 23, 2013

Are you not foolish in wishing to be free from these attacks of impatience, etc.? I know how violent they can be, …

May 22, 2013

You would throw up your hands in horror were you to see my room at the present moment. It is a scene …

May 14, 2013