Next Friday the Archbishop of Dublin will preside at a service to mark the 70th anniversary of the consecration of the parish church of St George and St Thomas in Cathal Brugha Street which was conducted by Archbishop Gregg on St Thomas's Day 1931.
St Thomas's parish church was erected in the middle of the 18th century in Marlborough Street to serve the fashionable quarter of the city around Rutland Square.
The church was seriously damaged in 1922 and was replaced by a new church in the Lambardic style which was built on the site of the parochial hall. The design of the architect, F.G. Hicks, won the gold medal of the Royal Institute of Architects and a silver medal at the Tailteann exhibition.
Following the closure of St George's in 1990, the church became the parish church of St George and St Thomas and has an active inner-city witness with, in particular, successful lunchtime lecture series. It is currently served by the Rev Katherine Poulton who is also chaplain to the Mater and Temple Street hospitals and to Mountjoy Prison.
This afternoon in St George's church, Belfast, Affirming Catholicism Ireland will host a seminar on "Christian Ministry in a Conflict Situation". The speakers will be the Rev Stewart Heaney, rector of Holy Trinity, Belfast, the Rev Norman Hamilton from the Presbyterian Church and Father Aidan Troy CP.
Tomorrow morning, as part of the 175th anniversary celebrations of Kinawley parish church, Co Fermanagh, the rector, the Rev George Davison, will lead a broadcast service on Northern Sound Radio.
In the chapel of Trinity College Dublin, the preacher of the Sung Eucharist will be Magister Joar Haga of the Church of Norway who will also give a public lecture in the Swift Theatre on Monday at 8 p.m. on "North European Youth Cultures and Christianity".
At evensong in St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, tomorrow, the French ambassador will attend the annual Huguenot commemoration service at which the preacher will be Canon W.G. Neely, prebendary of Swords.
A memorial service for the late Dean of Cork, the Very Rev Maurice Carey, will be held in St Fin Barre's Cathedral at 7 p.m. where the preacher will be the Dean of Christ Church, Dublin, the Very Rev John Paterson.
The standing committee of the Genera Synod and the executive committee of the Representative Church Body will meet on Tuesday in Dublin, where the House of Bishops will meet on Wednesday.
At the Centre for Christian Studies in St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, on Wednesday evening, the Dean of Cork, Dr Michael Jackson, will speak on "Does The Truth Disturb?" in the "And Is It True?" series.
In St Louis High School, Rathmines, Dublin, the Irish Council of Christians and Jews will host "A Celebration of Christian and Jewish Music" at 8 p.m.
On Thursday evening, the Archbishop of Dublin will introduce the Rev Olive Henderson as priest in charge of Rathdrum, Glenealy and Laragh. Ms Henderson has previously served as an auxiliary minister in Tallaght and as priest in charge in Moviddy, Co Cork.
In St Patrick's Cathedral the Cathedral chamber choir, under the direction of Andrew Mackriell, will give its inaugural concert which will renew the cathedral tradition of a concert celebration of the feast of St Cecilia.
The Mothers' Union has announced that Ms Paddy Wallace, diocesan president for the Diocese of Connor, will succeed Ms Thelma Mehaffey as All Ireland president on January 1st, 2002.