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WILLIE DOYLE, PRIEST - 16 AUGUST

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 16th of August WELCOME! 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 Dennih...