Skip to main content

Donate   facebook   X  youtube logo 2lines 24x29

Chancery

The Chancery office is the administrative offices of the Archdiocese. The purpose of the Chancery Office is to provide leadership and service to the parishes
of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth. The offices of Archbishop, Chancellor and members of the administrative support team
provide day-to-day secretarial and administrative support to the offices working out of the Chancery Office.

Prayers for Archbishop Emeritus Terrence Prendergast

Last week the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall shared the following news on their Facebook page:

Continue Reading

CCCB Easter Message

The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), Most Rev. Pierre Godudrealt, Bishop of Sainte-Annede-la-Pocatière, PQ shares Easter greetings to all on behalf of the CCCB:

Continue Reading

RIP: Fr. Thomas Tekkekara 

 

The Archdiocese recived word that Father Thomas Thekkekara died on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the age of 90 years at home in Kaloor, Kerala, India.

Father Thomas was ordained on March 10, 1963 in his home diocese of Kothamangalam, Kerala and joined the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth in 1987. He served at several parishes for 21 years as a Pastor and Chaplain of the hospitals, and retired from active pastoral ministry in 2008. He returned to India in October 2025.

Funeral mass will be celebrated on March 26, 2026, at St. John the Baptist Church, Kaloor, Thodupuzha, India followed by burial in the church cemetery.

May eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen.

Continue Reading

Change at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital

Recently the media have shared news that St. Martha’s Regional Hospital, the only Catholic hospital in Nova Scotia, will lose its Catholic identity come September 30, 2026. 

Continue Reading

Archdiocesan Funeral Guidelines

Archbishop Mancini in collaboration with the clergy, religious and lay faithful of our Church of IMG 2500 webHalifax-Yarmouth prepared the document on Catholic funerals in the Archdiocese of Halifax Yarmouth. The document is titled "Catholic Funerals: Theological and Pastoral Considerations".

The document touches on the frequent experience in our faith communities that funerals draw people with diverse connections to the Catholic faith or faith in general. Liturgical options, specifically the separation of the Funeral Rite (Order of Christian Funerals) and the celebration of the Eucharist, can facilitate a fuller involvement of mourners at Catholic funerals. As well new opportunities are presented to evangelize and catechized a Christian understanding of life, death and resurrection. For the faithful the opportunity to celebrate Eucharist at a memorial Mass within a short time of the funeral liturgy can be much more meaningful experience of communion.

This guidelines addresses issues like eulogies, use of Christian symbols at funerals, cremation, and the celebration of the funeral rite at funeral parlors as well as other points to assist parish personnel in the ministry to those who are grieving.

download:             English (pdf)                          French (pdf)