On the night of July 10, 2023, the city of Barre lost 13 percent of its housing stock when the Stevens Branch of the Winooski River flowed over its banks and into the streets, exacerbating Barre’s housing shortage and inflicting particular damage on working class neighborhoods on the city’s north side. “It has just been …
The story behind the 18-unit apartment house rising in the lot behind St. Paul’s Church in White River Junction began in a moment of prayer. Then things got complicated. The Rev. Scott Neal, who was then the church’s rector, was sitting in its old parish house one day in 2018 seeking some divine inspiration about …
Dear People of God in the Diocese of Vermont, In just a few hours, our Lenten fast will end as we renew our Baptismal Covenant during the Great Vigil of Easter. We are buried with Christ by Baptism into his death and raised with him to newness of life, as the liturgy tells us. And …
In 2022, General Convention approved the trial use of alternative Good Friday liturgical texts, and Bishop Shannon has authorized those texts for use in Vermont this year. The texts were developed in the Diocese of Texas by the Rev. Dr. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, an Episcopal priest who is now the director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning …
You are invited toA Truth & Reconciliation EucharistOn March 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. atTrinity Episcopal Church85 West StreetRutland, Vermont 05701 At this gathering we will acknowledge the brokenness in our community that has resulted from the tension between the 2023 Standing Committee and Bishop Shannon that was identified in the recent Mission Leadership …
In January, Bishop Shannon distributed the report of a Mission Leadership Review conducted by the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings late last year. The review, a standard feature of a bishop’s letter of agreement with her diocese, draws on interviews with 48 diocesan leaders to assess our diocese’s shared ministry, opportunities for growth, and challenges to be addressed. The …
The Dioceses of Vermont and Massachusetts have prepared a Lenten devotional called “Baptism and Collaboration in the Body of Christ.” It includes lay, ordained, and monastic voices reflecting on the daily scriptures of the season and the various “Will you…” questions of the Baptismal Covenant. It is ideal for congregations, small groups and individuals looking for a …
Several members of the Diocese of Vermont’s deputation to the upcoming General Convention have been named to legislative committees. Legislative committees work before and during convention to review resolutions, hold public hearings, and recommend action on resolution’s submitted to convention. Deputies appointed to committees are: Tom Little, Vice Chair, House of Deputies Rules of Order Anne …
Everything came into being through the Word, and without the Word not one thing came into being that came into being. What has come into being in the Word was life, and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the bleakness, and the bleakness did not overtake it. —John 1:3-5 …
On January 6 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Rock Point School will host a display of Advent art, icons and meditations featuring the icons and artwork of Bishop Shannon and her daughter, Anneliese MacVean, with written reflections by Bishop Shannon’s father, the Rev. Canon Paul Ronald Spann. The event is free and open to everyone in the diocese, …