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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, 2015

103 years ago today, the Titanic sank with the loss of 1,514 lives.  A lot of the media coverage of the …

April 15, 2015

May every Easter blessing be yours, and may our crucified Jesus, Who has certainly drawn you to Him on the cross, …

April 5, 2015

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

March 6, 2015

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

March 5, 2015

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

February 7, 2015

The following two excerpts from a letter written by Fr Doyle recount two incidents that happened on St Stephen’s Day, 1916. …

December 26, 2014

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

December 24, 2014

My genius of an orderly fried meat and pudding together and, with a smile of triumph on his face, brought both on …

December 22, 2014

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

December 19, 2014