Light a Candle at St Colman's from 1 Dec 2024
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Welcome
Fáilte, Welcome
to the website for the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Bishop William Crean
Pinse
Pinse
Preken holdt ved konfirmasjonsmessen på 1. pinsedag. 
Apg 2.1-11: Da hørtes plutselig et brus i luften.
1 Kor 12.3-13: Ingen kan si, “Jesus er Herre”, uten ved Den Hellige Ånd.
Joh 20.19-23: Fred være med dere.  
Kjære konfirmanter! I ett år har dere Read More
Alight ‘The formative impact over time of praying day and night in a Cistercian church comes from the interplay of light and shadow. The world we have made full of glaring lights and those maddening fixtures that switch themselves on at Read More
Cistercian Shape I was glad to be able to provide the following blurb for Nathaniel Peter’s excellent book on the early Cistercian movement, just out: ‘The early iconography of Cîteaux tends to show Cistercians engaged in purposeful work: chopping wood, sowing fields, Read More
Rededication
Rededication
Homily preached at the rededication of the Catholic chapel at Stiklestad, the site of St Olav’s martyrdom. It took place on the birthday of Sigrid Undset, chairman of the committee that oversaw the building of the chapel in 1930, to Read More
7. Sunday of Easter
7. Sunday of Easter
This Sunday falls on 17 May, Norway’s National Day. 
Acts 1.12-14:  The disciples went back to Jerusalem.
1 Peter 4.13-16: Rejoice when you share in the sufferings of Christ.
John 17.1-11: My glory shines in those who are mine.   
For forty days after Read More