Support the Dean’s Gift Day

This year’s Gift Day Appeal will be held in the Cathedral on Saturday 19th July 2025.

Each year the Dean’s Gift Day Appeal focuses on an aspect of Cathedral life which will enhance the worship of God.

This year we are inviting you to support a very down-to-earth, yet spiritually significant appeal: the
purchase of new chairs for the Lady Chapel and the Nave, due to the very encouraging increase in the size of the congregations.

These are no ordinary chairs. We have chosen designs that are elegant, durable, comfortable, and worthy of the sacred space they will inhabit—chairs that will serve both beauty and purpose. They are carefully crafted pieces, made to blend aesthetically with the Cathedral’s historic architecture while standing up to the everyday needs of a living, active, and vibrant worshipping  community.

There is something both appealing and practical about seating and that it should be the focus of our giving. From the earliest days of the Church, hospitality has been a holy duty. Making room for the strange – offering a seat (or a pew!) – has always been a sign of Christian welcome. In gifting a chair, it is not merely a question of donating a piece of furniture—rather of  extending an invitation to a person – perhaps known to us, or a stranger come into our midst – to join the worshipping life of Saint Patrick’s.

In so donating to this worthwhile cause we are providing a place for the tired to rest, the curious to reflect, the faithful to kneel, the music-lover to listen, and the community to gather. The message is: there is room for you here. Your generosity will quite literally support others—and be appreciated every time someone takes a seat in this sacred space.

Join us, then, in this very tangible act of welcome. Take a seat—and help someone else do the same.

This year’s Gift Day takes place on
Saturday 19 July 2025
11.00 – 13.00

If you are unable to attend in person donations can also be made by:

Online
Donate online here.

Cheque
Please forward your cheque made payable to
‘Saint Patrick’s Cathedral’ and reference ‘Gift Day’ on the reverse to the

Cathedral Office, c/o Saint Patrick’s Cathedral,
Saint Patrick’s Close, Dublin D08 H6X3

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Donations can also be made directly to the Cathedral’s bank account. Please contact info@stpatrickscathedral.ie for details.

Please reference ‘Gift Day’ on your payment.