Photos of the Cloyne Diocese Pilgrimage to LOURDES (France) Jun 1st to 6th 2018, under the patronage of Bishop William Crean. Photos courtesy of Aine Byrne.
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Diocesan Clergy Changes
CLOYNE DIOCESAN CHANGES JULY 2018 Most Rev. William Crean has accepted the resignation from office of the following priests in the Diocese of Cloyne to come into effect at noon […]
St. Gobnait’s Day in Ballyvourney – Report with Photos
On Sunday 24th of June, a beautiful June summer’s day, like all summer days in West Cork, people from all over the diocese of Cloyne gathered at the shrine of […]
Bishop William Crean – Pastoral Letter on the 8th Amendment
Pastoral Letter on the 8th Amendment “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you” (Jer l:5) Debate, Discernment and Decision Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The national […]
Bishop William Crean Homily, Chrism Mass, 2018
Chrism Mass St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh Wednesday, 28th March 2018 My friends, The rugby pundit Matt Williams wrote a column a few years ago that really was not about rugby […]
Bishop Crean Message for Safeguarding Sunday (4th Mar 2018)
Bishop Crean Message to People of the Diocese of Cloyne Safeguarding Sunday 4th March 2018 Dear Friends, In August we will celebrate the World Meeting of Families, a wonderful opportunity […]
Baptism of the Lord, Homily, Bishop William
Baptism of the Lord St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh Sunday, 7 January 2018 “Baptism barrier”? My friends, Is it not strange to hear baptism as the qualifying character of barrier? “Baptism […]
Feast of the Holy Family 2017, Bishop Crean Homily
Feast of the Holy Family Sunday 31st December, 2017 Sacred Heart Church, Ballymore My friends, A young poet Deirdre Ryan has recently published a short poem…. Listening to the news […]
Bishop William Crean, Christmas Message
2017 Christmas Message from Bishop William Crean, Bishop of Cloyne My friends, Just last month, as Chairman of Trócaire I visited Kenya to see for myself the projects that your […]
Bishop Crean issues guidelines for the Celebration of Funerals
November 2017: Bishop William Crean has issued guidelines for the celebration of Christian Funerals in the Diocese of Cloyne. Please visit the page called Policy Downloads to find these guidelines.
News from the Diocese and Homilies
Homily of Bishop William Crean - Sunday 12th May - Ascension B
May 13th, 2024Ascension B, St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh 12th May 2024 Knock Pilgrimage My friends, Exhauste...Homily of Bishop William Crean - 6th Sunday of Easter - 5th May 2024
May 9th, 20246th Sunday Easter 2024 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh 5th May 2024 “You did not choose me. No, I ch...Statement from Bishop William Crean, Patron Re: Configuration of Kyle National School
April 30th, 2024Statement from Bishop William Crean, Patron Re: Configuration of Kyle National School It is a numb...
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Fr Eamonn McCarthy (Radio Maria) interviews young ladies from Diocese of Cloyne
January 25th, 2018Fr Eamonn McCarthy, a priest of the Diocese of Cloyne and currently working with Radio Maria (based [...]How a Young Person may be active in parish: Áine Keane's activity and service through the Pope John Paul II Awards
June 2nd, 2017My name is Áine Keane. I am 19 years old. I'm a student at Presentation Secondary School in Mitc[...]Tips for Lent from Isaiah - Fr John McCarthy
March 10th, 2017In a recent Sunday Gospel Jesus tells us: ’You are the light of the world.’ The first reading from t[...]Setting the World on Fire - A young woman recounts her year of mission in Australia
February 28th, 2017The following is a recollection by Siobhan O’Shaughnessy, a young woman who attends a young adult pr[...]