Development

MINISTRY AT SEA, MONSIGNOR ÉMILE BOURNEUF, blessing the scallop and deep sea fishing fleet, 1961. The blessing is carried out annually in this little village on the western shore of Digby, Nova Scotia.

Source: Library and Archives Canada/National Film Board of Canada fonds/e010975973

PRAYER, POPE JOHN PAUL II kneels to pray during his visit to SAINT MARY’S CATHEDRAL BASILICA, Halifax. Pope John Paul II visited Halifax on September 14, 1984, as part of a 12-day tour of Canada. This was the first papal visit to Canada in history.

This weekend November 1-2, 2025 a letter from Archbishop Dunn inviting the faithful to contribute to the Bold In Faith will be distributed in parishes.  Read the full letter by clicking here or visit the Development page on the Archdiocesean website. 

HEALING THE SICK, THE SISTERS OF CHARITY-HALIFAX owned and operated the Halifax Infirmary from its beginnings in 1886 until 1973.

Source: SCHalifax Archives #9184 S. Joseph Charles Gillis, operating room supervisor at the Halifax Infirmary, June 1962.

PILGRIMS OF HOPE, Paroisse Notre Dame d’Acadie and Paroisse Notre-Dame de l'Assomption came together for a retreat at SAINT AMBROSE CO-CATHEDRAL in honour of the Jubilee Year, June 2025. Saint Ambrose is a designated Jubilee Year local pilgrimage site.

WITNESS, FÊTE-DIEU (Feast of Corpus Christi) procession in Meteghan, Nova Scotia, 1916. La procession de la Fête-Dieu à Meteghan (N.-É.).

Community elders have described processions numbering over one thousand in this Acadian fishing community along the shores of Baie Sainte-Marie. Des personnes âgées dans la région ont décrit des processions dans lesquelles on comptait plus de mille participants.

Source: Nova Scotia Archives/Harold Robichaud Collection Centre/Acadien Series B/photo 30

In this Jubilee Year, our Archdiocese launches the BOLD IN FAITH annual appeal: “Proclaiming the kingdom of God with boldness and without hindrance.” -Acts 28:31

This is a celebration of our story as Catholics in Nova Scotia and a renewal of our commitment to Christ’s mission here and now.