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WILLIE DOYLE, PRIEST - 16 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 16th of August

SERVANT OF GOD WILLIE DOYLE, PRIEST


William Joseph Gabriel Doyle ("Willie") was born to Hugh and Christine Doyle on March 3, 1873 in Dalkey, Dublin. 

The youngest of seven children, he became a Catholic priest and Jesuit. He was ordained on July 28, 1907 and took his final vows on February 2, 1909. Afterwards he served on the Jesuit mission team, travelling around Ireland and Britain preaching parish missions and conducting retreats. 

During the First World War, he was serving as military chaplain to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and was killed while administering the Sacraments to wounded soldiers on August 16, 1917 at Langemarck, Belgium. His body was initially pulled away to a place away from the firing line, but that area got bombed very soon after and his mortal remains were lost.

Fr Doyle is a candidate for sainthood and the case “progressing well” according to Bishop of Meath Tom Dennihan, speaking in February 2025.

Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Doyle
https://williedoyle.org/
https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/fr-willie-doyle-cause-progressing-well/
https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51692

PRAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION AND CANONISATION OF FR DOYLE

Eternal Father, Fr William Doyle, Your priest, offered his life as a sacrifice to Your love. With zeal for the salvation of souls, he sought to raise the fallen and console the broken-hearted. Amid the horrors of war, he was a servant of Your grace and an advocate for peace and reconciliation. 
Teach us to imitate his love for You and his heroic devotion to Your service. If it is Your will that he should be venerated among the Saints of your Church, please make known by miracles and favours the glory he enjoys in Your presence. Trusting in Your merciful goodness, graciously grant us, through his intercession, the grace of (here mention your request). Amen.

Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory Be...

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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fr-willie-doyle-prayer/id1524300246?i=1000625687086

































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