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Welcome
Fáilte, Welcome
to the website for the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Bishop William Crean
Glory
Glory
From the seventh conference of this week’s Lenten Retreat. Italian text below.
When Jesus spelled out what it means to remain with him, to enter the Kingdom towards which he was pointing, ‘many of his disciples drew back and no longer went Read More
The Fall of Thousands
The Fall of Thousands
From the sixth conference of this week’s Lenten Retreat. Italian text below.
Falls can humble us when we are puffed up, showing God’s power to save. They can become milestones on a personal journey of salvation, to be recalled gratefully. 
Yet we cannot Read More
Splendour of Truth
Splendour of Truth
From the fifth conference of this week’s Lenten Retreat. Italian text below.
Bernard keeps us on our toes. He states: ‘I would have you warned: no one lives on earth without temptation; if one is relieved of one, let him surely expect Read More
Becoming Free
Becoming Free
From the fourth conference of this week’s Lenten Retreat. Italian text below.
The notion of ‘freedom’ has become contentious in public discourse. Freedom is a good to which we all aspire; we rise up against anything which threatens to curtail or confine Read More
God’s Help
God’s Help
From the third conference of this week’s Lenten Retreat. Italian text below.
Mary Ward, that great Christian educator of the 17th century, used to tell her sisters: ‘Do your best and God will help’.
The notion that God can and will help us Read More