Pastoral Letter December 2025 My Dear People, As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on the past and look ahead with hope. This past

“Hope does not disappoint” (Rom 5:5) The Jubilee year opened on December 29, 2024 and closed December 28, 2025. In accordance with the Vatican’s instructions

Welcome to our Celebration of Advent!   —   Advent Reflections by Sheila O’Handley, Diocesan Hermit Advent and Christmas can evoke soul-heart questions that have

  On Sunday, November 2, the Feast of All Souls, when we pray for those who have died and reflect on how we, as Christians,

Vicar of the Founder Lecture Series Each year Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, Vicar of the Founder for St. Francis Xavier University, hosts a lecture on a

Download the Map Welcome to our Pilgrim’s Way! Our diocesan Pilgrim’s Way includes parishes, shrines, and sacred celebrations honouring our namesake saints, cultures, and traditions

A documentary on the life of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV , has been released by the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.  Watch it here:

Mass and Veneration Monday, November 17, 2025 1:00 pm St. Ninian Cathedral, Antigonish  This  visit in our diocese is part of an eastern Canadian tour

World Day of the Poor is Sunday, November 16.   ‘Our Daily Bread: Food Security and the Call to Solidarity’ is a pastoral letter issued

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