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Good Friday & Easter Sunday Morning on Eastlink TV

Once again this year our friends at Eastlink TV will broadcast live liturgies from Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica.  The following liturgies will be on Eastlink TV channel 10 or 610:

  • Good Friday at 3:00pm
  • Easter Sunday Morning at 10:30am

Please share this information with family and friends ill or homebound or otherwise unable to get to Mass over Holy Week and Easter.  Let us pray together!

Good Friday Collection 2024

On Good Friday, Catholics across Canada are invited to contribute to the Holy Land Collection overseen by the Commissariat of the Holy Land Canada.  This is a way in which Canadian churches can be united in solidarity with the Holy Land and support the Christian peoples and the holy sites in the land where Christ lived and where the earliest Christian communities arose.

Webinar Series: A Great Symphony of Prayer

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) recently announced a two-part free webinar series titled, “A Great Symphony of Prayer” as a means for the faithful to participate in the Year of Prayer which was announced by Pope Francis on January 21, 2024.

The Jubilee Office in Rome has prepared a series of booklets on prayer, the themes of which will be taken up during the webinar series.

Catholic Diocesan Centre Hours

Please note the following business hours for Holy Week and Easter for the offices of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth:

  • March 26: Closed from 11:00am to 3:00pm as staff take part in the Chrism Mass
  • March 29: Closed for Good Friday
  • April 1: Closed for Easter Monday

We will re-open on Tuesday, April 2 for regular business hours, 8:30am to 4:30pm.  Thank you