10 August 1916: Fr Willie's battle against his dominant defect "For the past couple of days I have been very unhappy, in bad humour, with peace of soul quite gone, owing to certain arrangements about billets etc which I dislike. This has come from fighting against God’s will. I

Novena in preparation for Fr Willie's anniversary. Day 3 - the virtue of charity williedoyle.org/preparing-for-…

11 August 1917" "Close beside us I had found the remains of a dug-out which had been blown in the previous day and three men killed. I made up my mind to offer up Mass there for the repose of their souls. In any case I did not know a better hole to go to, and to this little act

Novena in preparation for Fr Willie's anniversary. Day 4 - the virtue of prudence williedoyle.org/preparing-for-…

Novena in preparation for Fr Willie's anniversary. Day 5 - the virtue of justice in the life of Fr Willie williedoyle.org/preparing-for-…

Novena in preparation for Fr Willie's anniversary. Day t: the virtue of fortitude in Fr Willie's life williedoyle.org/preparing-for-…

14 August 1917 - Fr Willie's last letter home

Novena in preparation for Fr Willie's anniversary: Day 7 - the virtue of temperance in the life of Fr Willie williedoyle.org/preparing-for-…

Many thanks to Larne Museum for hosting a talk about Fr Willie on his anniversary today. It was a privilege to speak about his heroic holiness on this special day.

108 years ago today Fr Willie died as a martyr of charity, offering up his sufferings in reparation for the sins of priests williedoyle.org/108-years-ago-…

"Two wings by which we can fly to God and become saints: the habit of little tiny acts of self-denial and the habit of making a definite fixed number of aspirations every day." (Image: St John Eudes) williedoyle.org/thoughts-for-a…

20 August 1917 - Fr Frank Browne's praise for Fr Willie - "All during these last months he was my greatest help, and to his saintly advice, and still more to his saintly example, I owe everything I felt and did. With him, as with others of us, his bravery was no mere physical

"There are two patron saints to whom I have a tremendous devotion: a sheet of paper and a lead pencil. Mark down at least once a day everything you do and every time you do it. It will not make you proud to see all you do; but it will humble you by showing you all you don’t do."

Daily Express 22 August 1917: "The Orangemen will not forget a certain Roman Catholic chaplain who lies in a soldier’s grave in that sinister plain beyond Ypres. He went forward and back over the battle field with bullets whining about him, seeking out the dying and kneeling in

Daily Express 22 August 1917: "The Orangemen will not forget a certain Roman Catholic chaplain who lies in a soldier’s grave in that sinister plain beyond Ypres. He went forward and back over the battle field with bullets whining about him, seeking out the dying and kneeling in

"Look upon the grace God gives you as a talent you must work with and increase. The Master in the Gospel gave his profitable servants twice as many talents. In like manner will God double your grace if you make good use of it. He will give you “grace for grace”. (John 1. 16)"

Will you help us by organising a meeting in your area? One of the most important ways in which we can spread devotion to Fr Willie, and to raise the funds that are needed for his Cause, is through holding public talks. These talks have been very well received and many have left

"I am truly glad you are looking to the perfection of your daily actions; it is the simplest, yet perhaps hardest, way of sanctification, with little fear of deception. It is the certain following of Christ: “He hath done all things well.” (Mark 7:37)" williedoyle.org/thoughts-for-a…

If only one could grasp this fact: every tiny thing (aspiration, self-denial etc) makes us holier than we were. Just think of the thousands of tiny things done each day for God, all is done for Him, every one of them has added to our merit, making us more pleasing in His sight,