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Christmas Message 2020 from Bishop William Crean   My friends,   We are looking forward to a meaningful Christmas. We have together been preparing to celebrate Christmas, knowing that it is going to be different because of Covid 19. We are strangely guarding against the risk that being together may be for one another. We […]

4th Sunday of Advent 20th December 2020 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh     My friends,   A few weeks ago, I got one of these WhatsApp messages. It was a very short video piece of a little boy probably no more than two years old. He was wearing a mask. But then he got a […]

3rd Sunday of Advent 2020 (B) 13th December 2020 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh “Gaudete Sunday”     My friends,   We are all preparing to celebrate a “meaningful” Christmas – Yes – that is the word the politicians have used – “meaningful” – full of meaning. I have no doubt that it is a genuine […]

Letter to priests re Preparation for the celebration of Christmas For information ​You will find at the end of my comments the updated HSE norms regarding places of worship.  The HSE guidelines are quite detailed.  A quick reading of them might refresh our memory on what is required.  Most of the guidance is already in […]

2nd Sunday of Advent 2020 (B) 6th December 2020 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh   “They also serve those who stand and wait”     My friends,   We have become very impatient – our fuse is very short when it comes to waiting. Yet it is such an important virtue or quality if we are […]

2020 safeguarding message from Bishop William Crean (please click on the above link)  

Living our Faith in a Fragile World Advent 2020 Pastoral Reflection – Bishop William Crean Press Release NB Bishop Crean’s Pastoral Letter. Advent 2020  

Feast of Christ the King 22nd November 2020 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh “Finding Christ in the Crisis” ​​​    ​​​​​     My friends, Where do we find God in the pandemic that is Covid 19?  That is the question that a recent book raises with the title “Finding Christ in the Crisis – what […]

33rd Sunday (A) 15th November 2020 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh “Accountability” ​​​    ​​​​​     My friends, It is not easy being a public servant – having to answer for what you have done or failed to do.  Standards of accountability are rising all the time – which is good in the long term […]

32nd Sunday (A) 8th November 2020 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh “Wisdom is bright and does not grow dim” ​​​    ​​​​​    Wisdom 6:12 My friends, Good advice is priceless.  It is much sought after and people pay a lot of money for it.  It explains why the expertise and knowledge of lawyers, doctor, psychiatrists, […]