Although they were not well-off, they regularly invested money to support the building of St. Mary's Basilica and St. Patrick's Church in Halifax.

The name Saint Patrick's originated from the Irish community who attended services in a stable at the southwest corner of Gerrish and Gottingen Streets.

[6][7] With the congregation growing in numbers, plans were drawn up to build a larger church so that it would have a greater capacity.

He also built the South Street Poor House, an Irish Catholic Institution in the Victoria Era.

On 8 August 1883, the Archbishop of Halifax, Cornelius O'Brien, laid the cornerstone of the new church.

In 1922, the Bavarian Art Establishment of Franz Mayer of Munich and New York replaced all the windows and did other repairs to the church.

In 1953, Joseph Purcell, the well-known artist from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, was commissioned to paint the murals above and behind the altar.

This led to its designation in 2006 as a National Historic Organ by the Royal Canadian College of Organists.

On the 14 September, 1984, high Mass was presented by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on the Halifax Common, which is very close to Saint Patrick's Church.

Saint Patrick's now had the opportunity to raise funds in order to be able to restore and maintain the church.

On 16 December George Frideric Handel's Oratorio, the Messiah, was performed by the Bedford Singers - the first concert in a series of eight fundraising concerts of The Saint Patrick's Church Restoration Society.

2008: The first Saint Patrick's Church New Year's levee was presented by The Restoration Society.