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Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall

Echoes from the Synod Assembly, Rome 2024: A voting delegate’s insight

Lunch and Learn: 12 noon, Sunday, February 9th, in the Holy Spirit Parish Hall

Dr  Catherine Clifford, professor and founding director of the Centre for Research on Vatican II and 21st century Catholicism at St Paul University, served as a voting delegate and expert consultant at the Synod on Synodality.

So what happened in Rome? What does synodality mean for you and I? Come and learn. Bring your questions. Followed by a light lunch offered by our CWL and Holy Spirit Parish synod team. Everyone is welcome. For more, information contact the Holy Spirit parish Office at 613-836-8889.

Date
Feb 09 2025
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Time
12:00 pm
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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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