Caring for our Community Collection
Our priests have walked with you, your families, your friends, your neighbors witnessing the Good News of Christ in all of life’s challenges and joys. As these church leaders get older we want to care for them as they have cared for us.
Please prayerfully consider your donation to the Caring for our Community Collection.
Formation Collection
This year's Formation Collection will help us support those actively discerning their vocation. This includes helping to fund the new discernment communities established by the Vocations Office and Holy Cross University Chaplaincy. These communities are places for young adults to discern freely their call to holiness and mission. The goal of these communities is to raise up mature Catholic men and women to embrace the mission of the Church, in whatever way they are called to do so.
The Daily Bread Outreach
The Daily Bread Outreach Program started out as a few people working out of the Saint Mary’s Cathedral Glebe, and has since grown into one of the largest ministries at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica. The mission is to embody the love of God to everyone who walks through our door. This is accomplished by offering a safe place (the cathedral hall) to everyone who arrives. On average 120 people are fed daily, four days a week. We are supported by over 90 volunteers.
Emergency Shelters Project
In 2021, Archbishop Dunn declared homelessness as a pastoral priority, which led to the creation of the Emergency Shelters program. Our Emergency Shelters Program provides shelter, access to personal care items and necessities, counselling, and help to apply for benefits. Our program also provides support while helping shelter occupants to find long-term housing and employment. As a result of the growing need of those experiencing homelessness and because of the continued generosity of donors , the Emergency Shelters Program added five shelters this fall.
For more information, please contact Josh at 902-429-9800 ext. 125 or jcanning@halifaxyarmouth.org.Thank you.
Mission Collection
In 2021, Archbishop Dunn declared homelessness as a pastoral priority, which led to the creation of the Emergency Shelters program. Our Emergency Shelters Program provides shelter, access to personal care items and necessities, counselling, and help to apply for benefits. Our program also provides support while helping shelter occupants to find long-term housing and employment.
Catholic Cemeteries of Halifax
The Catholic cemetery is a sacred place; it is holy ground where our faithful departed await the resurrection to eternal life. This is why the grounds of the cemetery are cared for and made as attractive as possible, maintained in this way as a sign of respect for the dead who rest in peace. The special respect we accord to the faithful departed and the places where they rest remind us of our hope of joyfully greeting them again, when we will be with them and the Lord forever.In the Halifax area, the Catholic Cemeteries of Halifax is responsible for three cemeteries: Gate of Heaven, Holy Cross, and Mount Olivet.
Steubenville Atlantic
The Steubenville Youth Conferences, an outreach of Franciscan University of Steubenville, are a series of 25 conferences across North America that help teens encounter the love of Christ every summer. Our mission is to build the Church by evangelizing, equipping, and empowering God’s children to become radical and joyful disciples. For more information about the Steubenville Conferences, visit steubenvilleconferences.com.Steubenville Atlantic, Canada's first Steubenville Youth Conference, is presented in partnership with the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and the Franciscan University of Steubenville. The event is held annually in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Holy Cross Chaplaincy
Holy Cross Chaplaincy is a Catholic chaplaincy dedicated to helping students navigate their lives on campus. We are a place where people can gather to freely discern their call to holiness and mission. We support our students spiritually, socially and sacramentally, and are dedicated to forming them to become a community of Christian believers.
We invite you to prayerfully consider contributing to our mission here at Holy Cross Chaplaincy in any way you are able. Donations from alumni, family members, friends, and community members help us to better support our students as they continue their journey of growth in holiness. We also appreciate and encourage you to reach out to find other ways to engage with our ministry and our students, by volunteering with us at an event or providing mentorship for a student. Your support, in prayer, in time, and in finances, is a vital way to help students come to know Christ and grow in their faith. Please reach out to us if you have ideas about how you could support our ministry.
For more information please contact hcc@halifaxyarmouth.org
Reconciliation and Healing
The funds raised will support local initiatives and programs for the Mi'kmaw communites of Nova Scotia. The Archdiocese is working with Mi’kmaw leaders to discern the best use of these funds. The goal of the collection is to support Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia as part of the Archdiocese’s ongoing response to the recommendations of the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Marriage Tribunal
The Marriage Tribunal Ministry seeks to reach out to divorced people in an effort to help heal the wounds while affirming its teaching of marriage, which is a lifetime exclusive and permanent relationship between a man and a woman. They give and receive mutual help and love, and from their union bring forth and raise children. Marriage according to the Church’s understanding is a sacred bond and a covenant of love in which Christ confirms the union of the couple with his love.
Hospital Chaplaincy
The Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth provides chaplaincy services at the QEII and the Veterans Memorial Hospital. On average at these hospitals, there are approximately 300 Catholic patients at any given time.
In health care institutions, priest chaplains and qualified lay chaplains, called to provide a compassionate presence, sacramental and spiritual care to patients/ residents, families, and staff at these facilities. The Archdiocese also provides denominational endorsement for lay persons wishing to study and for those seeking employment as chaplains, according to the standards of the Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education (CAPPE).
To continue providing hospital chaplaincy and assistance in training priest chaplains and lay persons called to this ministry, we ask you to prayerfully consider partnering with us by donating to this appeal.