Willie Doyle SJ was born in Dalkey on 3 March 1873 to an affluent
Catholic family. Willie entered the Society of Jesus in 1891.
taking vows, Fr. Doyle embarked on a period of Jesuit formation
known as Regency. Fr. Doyle worked in two Jesuit schools Clongowes
Wood College and Belvedere College. He was ordained in 1908. His
prayerful nature took him into Retreat Ministry after ordination.
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola are a popular way
of praying in our time. At the turn of the Twentieth Century, they
were almost the exclusive preserve of priests brothers and
religious sisters. The Exercises made such a profound impact on Fr.
Doyle that he felt they should be available to the largest audience
possible. Fr. Doyle also had a great interest in vocations to
religious life, and produced two bestselling pamphlets on the
priesthood which were published by the Sacred Heart Messenger. In
1915 he volunteered as a Chaplain in the First World War. His time
in the war saw him demonstrate great acts of heroism. His death in
August 1917 came as a great blow to those who had known him. He
died attempting to save injured soldiers from the battlefield at
Ypres. His body was initially recovered, but subsequently
obliterated by a German shell. Interest in his life was sparked by
a book written by Professor Alfred O'Rahilly, which became a
bestseller. The book went on to inspire future saints, like Mother
Teresa. The desire to have Fr. Doyle declared a saint received much
traction in the 1930s, but it lapsed as the Irish Jesuits preferred
to give their energies to the cause of Fr. John Sullivan. In recent
years the cause has begun to get traction and a lay Association of
the Faithful is working to have it promoted.
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