On this day in 1917, Major General Hickie paid another tribute to Fr Doyle. Writing to his father, Hugh Doyle, General Hickie …
WWI
December 15, 2025
Since I became chaplain I’ve grown very lazy and unmortified, the cause of much unhappiness and remorse to me. My excuse is …
December 13, 2025
Thanks to the Servant Priests and Brothers of the Home of the Mother, a new short movie on Fr Willie’s war service …
December 11, 2025
Sir William Bernard Hickie was Major General of the 16th Irish Division and knew Fr Doyle extremely well. He wrote the following …
November 18, 2025
Received my appointment from the War Office as chaplain to the 16th Division. Fiat voluntas tua. What the future has in store …
November 15, 2025
107 years ago today the First World War came to an end. It was a dreadful war; the first industrial war in …
November 11, 2025
My offering myself as a war chaplain to the Provincial has had a wonderful effect on me. I long to go and …
November 10, 2025
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on October 25 1916. It refers to the previous night, in other words, this …
October 24, 2025
Pray for all, but especially for sinners, and in particular for those whose sins are most painful to His Sacred Heart. With …
October 9, 2025
I was very much annoyed because because someone burnt the floor of my dug-out and also on finding my candles had been …
September 25, 2025