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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

I had not the heart to wake up the poor nuns, and after all when one is fast asleep, is not a …

June 4, 2014

As you might like to know how the ‘game of raiding your neighbour’ is played, a sort of novelty for your next …

May 29, 2014

Fr Doyle wrote these words in late May 1917, and they recount some of the events he experienced in the war around …

May 25, 2014

One German prisoner, badly wounded in the leg, was brought in. He knew only a few words of English, but spoke …

May 24, 2014

The following quote from one of Fr Doyle’s letters recounts some of his war time adventures on 23 May 1917, 97 years …

May 23, 2014

St Damien of Molokai O eternal Lord . . . provided it be for Thy greater service and praise . . . …

May 10, 2014

We continue today with an excerpt from the original letter detailing some of the work Fr Doyle had to undertake towards …

April 28, 2014

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

April 26, 2014

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

April 20, 2014

Death is the end of all things here, the end of time, of merit, of pain and mortification, of a hard life. …

March 21, 2014