Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Events

September 30th – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Please join us at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte for Reconciliation Through Art. This event features an Art Exhibition of local and Indigenous artists from across Ontario. They will be selling their art, explaining and demonstrating their craft, and telling stories and significance behind their pieces. In addition, Indigenous educators, dancers, and musicians will deliver teachings and demonstrations throughout the day.

Not only is this a great event, Reconciliation Through Art has been the recipient of two grants from the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund – money that you have generously contributed over the last three years. It is definitely worth the drive to this pretty town. Be sure to check out: www.reconciliationthroughart.ca

 

Archdiocesan Mass for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30, 2025

All are invited to gather for a Special Mass on Tuesday, September 30th, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Archbishop Marcel Damphousse will preside the bilingual Mass at 7:00 PM at Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica (385 Sussex Drive, Ottawa.)

This day is a vital component of the reconciliation process, and we join in public commemoration of the tragic and painful history of residential schools and their ongoing impacts. We invite you to gather with us in prayer, reflection, and solidarity. We will honour the residential school survivors, the children who never returned home, and their families, committing ourselves to walk with Indigenous peoples on the path of healing and hope.

 

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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