Saturday 4 p.m.
HAP - St. Joseph's Faith Community, Shad Bay
HAP - St. Patrick's Faith Community, New Ross (1st Saturday of the month) - Seasonal Closure
Sunday 9 a.m.
HAP - St. Augustine's Faith Community, Chester
Sunday 11 a.m.
HAP - St. Anthony's Faith Community, Hubbards
HAP - St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Faith Community, Upper Tantallon (Livestreamed)
WEEKDAY
for March
Tuesday
March 4, 11, 18, 25
9:00 a.m.
HAP - St. Joseph's Faith Community, Shad Bay
Wednesday
March 12(with Adoration),19, 26
9:30 a.m.
HAP - St. Augustine's Faith Community, Chester
Thursday
March 6(with Adoration), 13, 20, 27
9:30 a.m.
HAP - St. Anthony's Faith Community, Hubbards
On Saturday, February 22, thirteen children from the Parish celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time. Congratulations to Braxen, Liam, Annie, Axton, Isaac, Emilia, Isla, Rory, Alivia, Brynn, Lillian, Thomas, and Esme, as well as their families. The children will spend the next few months preparing for their First Communion, which will take place in May. Let’s keep them in our prayers!
Wednesday, March 5 - Saturday, April 19, 2025
HOLY APOSTLES PARISH
As Lent fast approaches there are a number of opportunities for prayer, engagement, and Parish growth.
Please keep these dates and events in mind, with more details to follow:
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Sunday, March 2
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
location: HAP - SMB Faith Community (Upper Tantallon)
Please join us for a time of personal prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
Our evening will include a reflection on responding to God's call, praise and
worship music and time for sacred silence.
If you are not able to join us for the whole evening,
please feel free to come when you can and leave when you have to.
PANCAKE SUPPER
The Knights of Columbus are hosting a Pancake Supper on Tuesday, March 4
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
location: HAP - SMB Faith Community (Upper Tantallon)
Good Will Offering
All proceeds will go to the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
ASH WEDNESDAY
9:30 a.m.
HAP - St. Augustine's Faith Community (Chester)
Mass with Distribution of Ashes
11:00 a.m.
HAP - St. Anthony's Faith Community (Hubbards)
Lay Lead
12 noon
HAP - SMB's Faith Community (Upper Tantallon)
Mass with Distribution of Ashes
(live streamed)
7:00 p.m.
HAP - SMB's Faith Community (Upper Tantallon)
Mass with Distribution of Ashes
7:00 p.m.
HAP - St. Joseph's Faith Community (Shad Bay)
Mass with Distribution of Ashes
Lent 2025 Series Experiencing Prayer and Spiritual Conversations
You are invited to join the Lenten Series - Experiencing Prayer and Spiritual Conversation.
This six-session series will have instruction in Ignatian Prayer, scripture passages from the
liturgical season, quiet time, and sharing and listening.
The sessions are online on Thursdays March 06, 13, 20, 27, April 03 and 10
from 7:00pm to 8:15pm Atlantic time.
The sessions will be recorded and links to the recordings distributed to all registrants.
You can register by email to atlanticignatianministry@gmail.com. Please register by March 02, 2025.
You can forward inquiries to the same address. There is no charge!
World Day of Prayer
Please join the Shad Bay Community for the World Day of Prayer. Thursday, March 6 7:00 p.m.
location: HAP - St. Joseph's Faith Community (Shad Bay)
Please join the Chester Community for the World Day of Prayer Friday, March 7
2:00 p.m.
location: St. Stephen's Community Centre
(54 Regent Street, Chester, NS)
Storm Date: Friday, March 14
LENTEN PRAYER BREAKFAST
Holy Apostles Parish will be hosting a prayer breakfast
for all women & men of the Parish as well as guests
on Saturday, March 22
8:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
location: HAP - SMB Faith Community (Upper Tantallon)
A time of praise, breakfast, sharing and getting to know each other.
followed by hospitality Friday's (during the Lenten Season)
6:00 p.m.
location: HAP - St. Joseph's Faith Community (Shad Bay)
FINANCIAL
How to Support Our Parish Financially
Pre-Authorized Remittances (PAR)
PAR is invaluable to the parish in these times as these contributions still arrive even if you can’t. For the parish, PAR provides a steadier and more predictable stream of funds. This is extremely helpful for budgeting and planning for larger projects. Contact the Parish office at 902-826-2696 or email engagehap@gmail.com. The PAR form is available to download here.
Canada Helps (Credit Cards can be used here)
You can now make donations to Holy Apostles Parish through Canada Helps. Through this safe and secure site you can support any Canadian charity and centralize all your giving. If you choose to use one, a free account allows you to track all your giving, set giving goals, manage monthly gifts, and more. Choose to receive an instant tax receipt after each donation or a summary receipt at the end of each year for all donations.
For those who have asked about using a credit card, Canada Helps allows you to donate using one. You can make one time or recurring donations.
E-Transfers
E-transfers can be made to holyapostlesparish16@gmail.com. Please include your envelope number or contact info so we can ensure that we credit the right person for the donation!
We are excited to share that our HAP Community Potluck was a tremendous success! Thank you to everyone who attended. The variety of food was delightful, and the conversations were abundant. We want to extend a special appreciation to those who helped set up and take down tables and chairs, as well as those who cleaned the dishes, etc. We recognize that this was hard work and want to express our heartfelt gratitude!
We praise the Lord for blessing our efforts!
Riding the wave of success from our recent community potluck dinner, we are thrilled to share that the food received fabulous reviews! Many attendees commented on how delicious and varied the dishes were.
It's time to launch our next parish fundraising initiative: a HAP Cookbook!
To make this initiative successful, we need your help. Please send us your favourite recipes, including:
Salads
Appetizers
Main courses
Casseroles
Side dishes
Desserts
We aim to have the cookbook ready for sale by the end of May 2025. Please write, type, or scan your recipes, and double-check the content to ensure it includes your name and community. Feel free to add personal notes about the recipe (e.g., "Granny's Kitchen").
The deadline for recipe submissions is March 30, 2025.
If you have any questions, please use the same email address to contact Dale Rycroft.
Thank you for your contributions!
Knights of Columbus Scholarship
Applications for the 2025 Nova Scotia State Council Scholarship are now available from the Guidance Office at the following High Schools; Bay View, Halifax West, Charles P. Allen, Forest Heights, and École Secondaire du Sommet, or from the Parish Office.
Completed applications must be submitted by Friday March 7th 2025.
For more information, please contact your high school Guidance office and request Forms from Council 12917 or contact Richard Vallée using gk12917nskofc@gmail.com or (902) 225-6248.
We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone at Holy Apostles Parish who offered their condolences. Your prayers and practical support mean so much to us. Losing a child is incredibly difficult, but we are thankful to our Lord Jesus for His peace and comfort during this time.
Today’s readings exhort us Christian disciples to form ourselves — mind and heart — in imitation of Christ so we can better reflect His goodness in our daily lives.
The first reading from Sirach offers timeless counsel: “the fruit of a tree shows the care it has had: so too does one’s speech disclose the bent of one’s mind. Praise no one before he speaks.” Jesus uses the very same analogy in today’s Gospel reading from Luke: “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit.”
Everything we have is a gift from God to be used for His honor and glory. This includes the gift of speech and, even more broadly, all forms of modern-day communication — email, text, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and the rest. What comes forth from our mouths, or keyboard, or phone, reflects what is in our minds and hearts. Our ability to communicate with each other is itself a gift which we must steward well.
In the same Gospel passage, Jesus reminds us, “No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher.” The more time we spend with Jesus, our teacher, through regular prayer and a strong sacramental life, the more we will become like Him. Then all that we do and say (and tweet and post) will bring others to closer to Him. This is the life’s work of the Christian steward. It is privileged work indeed.
HARP applications are now open for the 2024-2025 season.
If you are in need of assistance this winter season, consider
The Nova Scotia Heating Assistance Rebate Program (HARP).
HARP helps low and modest income Nova Scotians with the cost of home heating.
Rebates are $1000 for each household.
You can apply until 31 March 2025 and applications are available at http://www.novascotia.ca/heatinghelp
Additionally, you can dial 211 to see if there are any heating programs in your area.
The HEAT Fund
The Home Energy Assistance Top-up (HEAT) Fund applications are open for the 2025 season.
The Home Energy Assistance Top-up (HEAT) Fund supports Nova Scotians
in need with home heating cost during the winter months.
For over 20 years, this program has helped keep thousands
of individuals and families across Nova Scotia warm during the winter.
Together, the Province of Nova Scotia through Service Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia Power,
its employees and its customers, have played a significant role
in growing this Fund to help more families each year.
You may apply to the HEAT fund if:
You live in Nova Scotia and are within the following low-income thresholds:
$29,000 for one-person households,
$47,703 for two to four person households, and
$67,937 for households of five or more individuals.
Your household has not received assistance from the HEAT Fund in the past 24 months.
Your household is experiencing an emergency heating situation.
The HEAT Fund will continue until funds are depleted. Approved applicants will receive assistance
one time only up to a maximum of $400 depending on the amount required.
Additionally, you can dial 211 to see if there are any heating programs in your area.
CONTACT US
Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals and Sacrament of the Sick (Annointing): Please contact the main office at 902-826-2696.
Baptisms at Holy Apostles Parish
For further information or to schedule a baptism, please call the main office at 902-826-2696. Please note that a short baptismal preparation course will be required and provided before the actual baptism.
Parish Communications
If you have any concerns to be addressed by our parish Leadership Team, you can now email them directly at LeadershipHolyApostles@gmail.com.
All communications should be made to the Holy Apostles Parish office
(call 902-826-2696 or email HAParishNS@gmail.com).
St. Augustine's Faith Community 105 King Street, Chester
Office Hours: Mondays - 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Telephone: 902-275-5463
Mailing Address: please use HAP main office address
St. Joseph's Faith Community 3709 Prospect Road, Shad Bay
Office Hours: Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Telephone: 902-852-2763
Mailing Address: please use HAP main office address
We live, work and play in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral, current, and unceeded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. For more information on the Peace and Friendship Treaties please click HERE.
HOLY APOSTLES PARISH
Maryn Anderson, DMI
Parish Life Coordinator
Father Edwin Ewuzie
Assistant Priest
Maryann Doyle, CPHR
Manager for Business Administration
Dale Rycroft
Coordinator for Cemeteries
Andre Edmunds
Building & Maintenance Coordinator
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Faith Communities - Staff
Dinah Simmons
Coordinator of Elementary Religious Education
SMB Faith Community
Jim Kemp
Janitor
SMB Faith Community
Tish Hammond
Administrative Support Worker
St. Joseph's Faith Community
Karen MacKenzie-Stepner
Administrative Support Worker
St. Augustine's Faith Community
