"The cascade of mellow colours coming through the stained-glass windows of Auckland Cathedral seemed to be reflected in the repertoire chosen by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin," enthused the New Zealand Herald review of the final concert of the choir's July tour.
Beginning in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch, the choir sang its way from the cold South Island to the sub-tropical North Island.
Without generous assistance from the Cultural Relations Committee at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin; the Ireland Fund of New Zealand; Air New Zealand; the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral; and Independent Newspapers this significant musical venture would not have been possible.
From Christchurch the choir moved on to Wellington, performing an evening concert in the Cathedral of St Paul, and then combining with St Paul's choir for a special Evensong.
In the city of Napier, home town of Mr Mark Duley, director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, the choir sang Evensong and performed a concert in St John's Cathedral.
Last city was Auckland, with a special concert for the Ireland Fund of New Zealand. After Eucharist in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, the final musical cascade was an afternoon concert, the audience including the Irish Society of Auckland.
The choir has now resumed its usual weekly duties in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
Today in Belfast, the Annual Conference of the Church of Ireland Men's Society will be held in St John's, Malone Road, where the speakers will be the distinguished former civil servant, Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, and Dr David Stevens, general secretary of the Irish Council of Churches.
This will be the last conference at which Bishop Samuel Poyntz will officiate as chairman. He will be followed in this post by the Dean of Armagh, the Very Rev Herbert Cassidy.
Today is St Fin Barre's Day, which has been chosen for the launch of Cork's millennium celebrations. School children, teachers and public representatives will assemble in St Fin Barre's Cathedral, where a millennium candle, which will burn until St Fin Barre's Day 2001, will be blessed by religious leaders.
In the evening, the singer Finbar Wright will give a concert in the cathedral.
Tomorrow, the Patronal Festival of St Fin Barre's Cathedral will be celebrated with Sung Eucharist, at which the preacher will be the Dean of Cork, Dr Michael Jackson, and Friends' Evensong when the Bishop of Cork, the Right Rev Paul Colton, will preach.
In the parish church of St Catherine and St James, Dublin, the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Walton Empey, will institute the Dean of St Patrick's, Dr Robert MacCarthy, as incumbent of the St Patrick's Cathedral group of parishes.
The Bishop of Tuam, Dr Richard Henderson, will preside at the Mothers' Union Diocesan Service in Tubbercurry, while in Cloughjordan the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, the Right Rev Edward Darling, will preside at the GFS Diocesan Festival Service.
The Harvest Eucharist will be celebrated in St Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway. Michaelmas term begins in the Theological College.
On Monday and Tuesday, the Bishop of Stepney will be in Armagh to meet with clergy and laity under the auspices of the "Know Your Faith" programme, launched by the Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames.
On Wednesday, the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe will ordain Ms Patricia Hanna to the diaconate in St Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe.
Ms Hanna, to serve in the auxiliary ministry, is the wife of the Rector of Drumcliffe, Ennis, but will initially work under the guidance of the Rector of Nenagh, Canon Patrick Towers.