Echoes. A new Catholic church for Burlington, Vermont. Published 12/18/2020
Help us expand our reach! Please share this article on social media On Dec. 30, 1840, John M. Hopkins, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, penned a letter to Bishop Benedict J. Fenwick of the Diocese of Boston. The subject of the letter was the proposed construction of a new Catholic church in Burlington, Vermont. "I call your attention," he wrote, "to a matter which I think important to the comfort and satisfaction of the Roman Catholic Church in this village, as well as the Church which is under my own pastoral care." At the time the letter was written, the Catholic Dioce...
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