Archive | Bishop William

Act of Consecration of Ireland to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for protection from the Coronavirus   Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, 25 March 2020   The Act […]

4th Sunday of Lent A TIME OF TESTING My friends, While the name of the virus we are struggling to control is known as COVID 19 – the entire experience […]

Homily for St. Patrick’s Day 2020 Bishop William Crean St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh Dia is Muire dhibh, Good Morning and welcome. We are glad you can join us for this […]

Bishop Crean has decided that all weekday Masses are cancelled, as well as weekend Masses for the present.   The priests of the Diocese will continue to remember the needs […]

Further advice of the Irish Bishops in response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus The following instructions take into consideration the new norms issued by the Irish government to be in force […]

23rd February 2020 Kanturk 7th Sunday (A)     COPING WITH DIVERSITY     My friends,   Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer who campaigned peacefully for the rights of […]

I welcome the appointment of Monsignor Michael F. Crotty of the Diocese of Cloyne to the position as Papal Nuncio of Burkina Faso. This is a great personal honour for […]

Bishop Crean wishes to advise of the following appointments   V Rev Michael Dorgan, PE, Castlemagner, who returns from sabbatical leave to be CC Cloyne residing in Ballycotton. V Rev […]

  Christmas Message   “I was a stranger and you made me welcome” Mt. 25:35     My friends,   Home is everything, without it we are all lost! Home […]

Pastoral Reflection Advent – Christmas 2019-1