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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

WWI

Posts dealing with WWI

Fr Doyle had many incredibly close shaves with death during the almost 2 years he spent as a military chaplain. He …

April 26, 2011

What I look upon as a grace was told to me yesterday. A little child speaking of the missioners here said: …

March 16, 2011

St John of God Don’t be one of those who give God everything but one little corner of their heart on which …

March 8, 2011

I am suffering much in every way, most of all, perhaps, from sheer fatigue. As regards food and lodging I am not …

March 6, 2011

Fr Doyle had many close shaves with death during his time as a military chaplain. One of those adventures occurred on this …

March 5, 2011

  Blessed Pius IX Then in addition there is the great privilege and joy of carrying our dear Lord next my heart …

February 7, 2011

Abandon yourself completely into the hands of God, and take directly from Him every event of life, agreeable, or disagreeable. Only then …

January 29, 2011

  First Sunday after Christmas: The Feast of the Holy Family On St. Stephen’s Day the men were engaged in a football …

December 26, 2010

The following excerpt from O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle recalls Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass in 1916… Christmas itself Fr. Doyle …

December 24, 2010

Soldiers cooking Christmas dinner at the front Fr Doyle wrote the following letter to his sister from the trenches on 19th December …

December 19, 2010