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Liturgy

On December 8 we will celebrate our diocesan feast day.  This special day for our diocese fall on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  Archbishop Dunn will celebrate a special Mass at 7:00pm at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica and he invites all the faithful to join him.

Our Archdiocesan Feast Day is December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is also the day that we became the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth. Archbishop Dunn invites the faithful to join him to celebrate this important date in the life of our local Church by joining him for a special 7:00pm Mass on Monday, December 8, 2025 at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica. A reception will follow in the hall. All are welcome!

As part of the celebrations of this Jubilee Year, the Archdiocese will welcome the major relics of the Canadian Martyrs and St. Kateri Tekakwitha. 

Martyrs’ Shrine, where the relics reside in Midland, Ontario is an official pilgrimage destination for this Jubilee Year. However, not everyone may be able to travel there hence the relic tour will bring the relics to places where people might not easily travel to the Shine.