About Veritas Society

Veritas Catholic Books and Gifts was opened on October 4, 1994,  in the Brewery Market on Lower Water Street.  Since then it has undergone several  relocations at the expiry of leases, usually of five years each:  to the Maritime Center, where it occupied two different locations, more and more visible and spacious,  and finally to the present location at 1546 Barrington Street.

The inspiration for the initiative came from the Antigonish Right to Life store, which had been opened and was operated by Ramona MacDonnell.  Her son Tony was working in Halifax at the time and was also promoting a weekly prayer meeting at St. Theresa’s Parish.  The members of that prayer group were the first volunteers of Veritas Books and Gifts.  Tony MacDonnell left Halifax soon afterwards to join a religious community.

The Society and the Bookstore were starting without any asset. Members donated what they could to furnish the room. The first inventory came from Mrs. McDonnell; it was later repaid.  From the very beginning the Society was incorporated in Nova Scotia as a non-profit corporation. It was also registered as a charity with Revenue Canada.   (Registration # 13919-5150-RR001).  Donations to the Society are tax deductible; membership in the Society is made up of all donors and  of the volunteers who operate the bookstore six days a week. 

Since the very beginning, for  all  the  fifteen years of its existence, the Bookstore has been operating  exclusively  by volunteers.

Board of Veritas Society

The Board of Veritas Society meets five times a year.   An Annual General  Meeting is held once a year for the election of officers and other items of agenda.  The purpose of the Society, as stated in the Memorandum of Association,  September  29, 1994,  is first of all  “to promote the sacred Tradition, sacred Scripture, and the living  Magisterium  of the Catholic Church”.