Calling all Twin Cities Irish Catholics, film buffs and anyone else interested in the history of the religious group's presence on film.

Author and historian Christopher Shannon of Christendom College in Virginia is scheduled to discuss "Irish Catholics on the American Screen" at the University of St. Thomas on Feb. 13.

Sponsored by the university's Center for Irish Studies and Center for Catholic Studies, Shannon's lecture (which is free and open to the public) will delve into American Irish representations on film.

Here's more information from a released statement issued by St. Thomas about the lecture:

For more information about the lecture, contact the St. Thomas Center for Irish Studies.