When I moved back to Halifax in 1986, I bought a house on Clyde Street, just shouting distance from Saint Mary’s Basilica. Less than two years later, my garden apartment tenant Sharon Fraser and I agreed to marry in the Catholic church.
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When Joanne Varen was young, her father would tell a story about the chimney stack at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica. When they were going to mass, or walking down Spring Garden Road, he would point it out, proudly telling her how he built it himself. Joanne’s father, Guiseppe Innocente arrived in Nova Scotia from Vedelago, Italy sometime around 1916.
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Having lived in Halifax for less than a year, Denver, his wife Supriya have already marked several family milestones at Saint Mary’s. The renewal of their wedding vows on their 10th anniversary was a very special celebration. This year, their daughter, Kierra received the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
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