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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

My offering myself as a war chaplain to the Provincial has had a wonderful effect on me. I long to go and …

November 10, 2017

I wonder is there a happier man in France than I am. Just now Jesus is giving me great joy in tribulation, …

November 7, 2017

Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on October 25 1916. It refers to the previous night, in other words, this …

October 24, 2017

Pray for all, but especially for sinners, and in particular for those whose sins are most painful to His Sacred Heart. With …

October 9, 2017

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

October 7, 2017

Lieutenant Colonel H. R. Stirke, who commanded the 8th Dublins, had the following praise for Fr Doyle in a note that he …

September 13, 2017

I realise in a way I never did before that God created me for His service, that He has a strict right …

September 13, 2017

For fifteen months Fr Doyle and I worked together out here, generally sharing the same dug-outs and billets, we we became fast …

September 9, 2017

This is one of my favourite scenes from all of Fr Doyle’s writings – 101 years ago today. By cutting a piece …

September 9, 2017

We continue the narrative from O’Rahilly’s biography which recounts the events of September 5, 1916. Please note: this excerpt reveals the true …

September 5, 2017