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Saint Patrick's Church is open Monday to Friday, from 2-3 p.m.
for free tours. We invite everyone to come have a guided tour of our
beautiful, historic Church.
Saint Patrick's Church
Restoration Society Events
Tickets for all our upcoming
events can be purchased at the back of the Church before and after Mass
or through the office by calling 429-4170.
For more information on events please click here
 MARIMBA
LESSONS!
Do you or your daughter/son want to learn marimbas? Learn
the Marimbas now... Marimba lessons are being offered by Mufaro
Chakabuda of the Maritime Centre for African Dance. The lessons are for
ANYONE! NO prior musical experience (or musicality!) needed — simple,
fun and easy. The Marimba Lessons will be held
once a month on the last Sunday of each month. Lessons will only be for
an hour, so be sure to bring something to drink/eat as we do work up a
sweat!
Saint
Patrick's
Choir
Saint
Patrick's Choir is looking for new members to sing with our
Casavant organ the 2nd Sunday of each month. Please see Hugh or Joan
after Mass.
Social
Justice and Charity
Some of
the Social Justice and
Charity initiatives Saint Patrick's parishioners are engaged in
are:Saint Vincent de Paul - Refugee Committee - Outreach Committee -
Development and Peace - Hope Cottage Meals - Ministry to Seniors -
George Leach Scholarship Committee - Saint Patrick's School Breakfast
Program. These groups are delighted to have you "come and see" what
they do and consider joining them. Many hands make for light work or,
in this area, allow us to do more! Inquire after Mass on Sunday or call
Betty at 429-1300 for contact
information.
 Saint Patrick's
Lending Library
The library is currently housed on
the 3rd floor of the Rectory. All parishioners may borrow books on an
honor system with no signing in and no signing out. Subjects will
include scripture, liturgy, spirtuality,
social justice, church history and other suitable topics. Contributions
of books are welcomed, as are helpers to administer this project.
Please see Mary Schaefer.
 Ave
Maria Memorial Bell
The Sisters of Charity have donated
the Ave Maria Bell to the
Restoration Society. The bell came from Saint Joseph's Convent, that
was rebuilt after the 1917 Halifax Explosion, and contains the
names of all the members of the Sodality of Saint Joseph's Church who
were killed during the Explosion. When we complete our restoration the
bell will be incorporated into a memorial to the victims and survivors
of the Halifax Explosion and to the parishioners of the former Saint
Joseph's Church. We are very grateful to the Sisters of Charity for
entrusting part of their heritage to th Society so that we may educate
future generations on the rich history of the old north end of Halifax.
The following link describes the blessing of the Memorial Bell.
Click Here to download
an Historical Document
of the Ave Maria Bell.
(PDF Dofument 121 Kb, link will launch new browser window.)
Our church secretary, Betty Vaughn, has written an award-winning novel
that is now available for purchase on our website.
I’ll
Buy You an Ox takes place in the fog-shrouded Acadian village of
Cape St. Mary, situated on the southwestern shore of Nova Scotia.
Boudreau-Vaughan weaves an intricate and surely tragic tale of a young
girl—the beautiful, strong Zoe—who grows up in her family’s tangled web
of events and the love/hate relationship she has with her community and
its intriguing characters. At the same time, it brings a rich culture
to Acadian Nova Scotia beyond rappie pie and poutines. The author’s
description of rural community living is strong and vivid, at times
harrowing and haunting. The award-winning novel, published by Nimbus,
is bone chilling to the core, with pride, fear and desperate isolation
running through every vein of the story that is sprinkled with births,
burials, love and failure of love. Set in the 50’s and 60’s, it reads
like a poetic song, effective and entertaining, with a universal appeal
that lets you step into your own past and keeps you turning the
incident-filled pages, chockfull of magnetic details.
Price: $17.95 + postage.
Orders by e-mail: thevaughans@hfx.eastlink.ca
OR by phone 1-902-443-5599.
The
World Youth Day fundraising committee is looking ahead to World
Youth Day, 2011 which will be in Madrid, Spain. If you are a young
parishioner at St. Patrick's and will be 18 years old before summer
2011 and are interested in attending WYD in Madrid please see Jo-Ann
MacNeil at church or Betty Vaughan at the parish office.
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