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Homilies
Homilies offered by Bishop William Crean
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Developing faith and ministry in the Diocese of Cloyne
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Fáilte, Welcome
to the website for the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Bishop William Crean
Summer Break  
Coram Fratribus will take a holiday for a couple of weeks. Thank you for visiting the site. I hope you get something from it.
With best wishes,
+fr Erik Varden
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I remember one day in June.
The height of summer and the sun
still rising Read More
Desert Fathers 26
Desert Fathers 26
You can find this episode in video format here – a dedicated page – and pick it up in audio wherever you listen to podcasts. On YouTube, the full range of episodes can be found here. 
Two brothers went off to Read More
Learning to Pray
Learning to Pray
This text was written as a preface to the Spanish edition of Dom André Poisson’s precious treatises on prayer, recently published by Rialp. 
‘Lord, teach us to pray!’ This cry stirs in the heart of every believer. In Scripture, it is Read More
La Traviata Works of art affect us in different ways at different stages of our lives. Seeing La Traviata this evening I was moved, of course, by the drama of Violetta, a character showing that it is possible for the leopard to change its spots Read More
Chastity in French My book Chastity was recently launched in a fine French translation published by Artège.
On that occasion I was invited to present it in a number of media, in conversation with Vincent Roux of Le Figaro, with Aymerick Pourbaix in En quête d’Esprit, with Read More