Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall

Message for National Indigenous Peoples Day

As Indigenous Peoples celebrate the summer solstice today, we salute them in admiration of their cultures, languages, and traditions. On the longest day of the year, and therefore the one with the most light, we contemplate the Divine Light that Jesus Christ, the light of the world (John 8:12), brings into our world. We hope this light will continue to guide the Church as it walks with the Indigenous brothers and sisters of this land in our reconciliation journey. I invite all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall to join me in praying to our Creator, through the patron saint of Indigenous Peoples, Our Lady of Guadalupe, to richly bless them and inspire all our efforts in reconciliation and healing.  

✠Marcel Damphousse

Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall

Sample Will Wording and Charity Number

It is important that your Will include the correct legal name and charitable registration number in your documents. The legal name for the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall is:

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION OF OTTAWA-CORNWALL Charitable Registration # 128967353 RR0001

Your parish office is able provide you with the legal name for your own parish. However, most Archdiocesan parishes and programs can be designated in your Will as:

The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of OTTAWA-CORNWALL, for the benefit of [ Specific Parish, Cemetery, Ministry or Program ] in [ Town / City ].

You may also consider the following clauses in your Will:

For your parish:

“To pay to (Legal Name of Parish) Roman Catholic Parish for its own use absolutely, the sum of (amount) dollars. I declare that the receipt of the person professing to be the Pastor or Parochial Administrator of the parish shall be sufficient discharge to my Trustee who need not see to the application thereof. I further direct that if the (Name of Parish) does not exist at the time of my death, this bequest shall be paid to the Parish’s successor, and if no such successor exists, then to an institution with similar objectives and goals.”

Making a Declaration

Please email dev@ottawacornwall.ca to make a declaration that you have included the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall or any for its parishes in your Estate Plans.

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