Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall

CAREERS

Employment opportunity – Choir Director/Organist, St. George’s Parish – Ottawa

Employment opportunity – Choir Director/Organist (Part-Time)

St. George’s Parish is seeking a part-time Choir Director/Organist (10 hours/week) to lead sacred music for our Saturday Vigil and Sunday Chanted Mass while helping grow a vibrant parish music ministry rooted in the teaching documents of the Catholic Church on liturgical music.

The successful candidate will cantor, direct choirs, play organ and piano, develop congregational singing, and help rebuild a sacred polyphony program within a supportive and renewal-focused parish community. Ideal applicants will have experience in choral direction, organ accompaniment, Gregorian chant, and liturgical music, along with a desire to foster spiritual and musical formation among parishioners.

Compensation ranges from $1,000–$1,400 per month (contract) depending on education, training and experience, with additional paid opportunities for funerals and weddings. The position is expected to grow as the parish music program expands.

Preferred starting date is end of August. For full details on the position, visit our website here: saintgeorges.ca/employment

To apply send curriculum vitae and covering letter to music@saintgeorges.ca by end of day June 30, 2026.

Please note that only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. References and a police record check will be required following the interview process.

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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