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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

3 March 1873 – 16 August 1917 My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake. Darling Mother Mary, in preparation for the glorious martyrdom which …

August 16, 2014

The feast of the Assumption was an important feast for Fr Doyle. He made his religious vows on this feast in …

August 15, 2014

Fr Doyle’s last written words   I have told you all my escapes, dearest Father, because I think what I have written …

August 14, 2014

Today we have the last of Fr Doyle’s narratives from his letters home to his father in August 1917, less than a …

August 11, 2014

Ecce Home: Behold the Man We return today to Fr Doyle’s narrative, and get some glimpse of the horror of war, and …

August 10, 2014

EWTN radio in Ireland and the UK will broadcast an interview about Fr Doyle this weekend. It will air at 8am (Dublin/London …

August 8, 2014

Continuing our narrative today, it is hard not to be struck by the extraordinary good humour of Fr Doyle. The “cathedral” to …

August 8, 2014

A German gas attack seen from the air Today’s account, from 7 August 1917, gives us some small insight into the horrors …

August 7, 2014

The events of August 6 1917 in Fr Doyle’s own words. In particular today we note Fr Doyle’s devotion to the Mass. …

August 6, 2014

We once again resume Fr Doyle’s narrative of the events at the Battle of Passchendaele. This is his account of the events …

August 5, 2014