BENNINGTON (VT)
Bennington Banner
January 21, 2019
By Mark Rondeau
Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales Church will be the site on Monday, Jan. 28, of one of six Catholic “town meetings” to be held around Vermont this month.
The meetings will feature Diocese of Burlington Bishop Christopher Coyne. This is part of an overall effort to improve communications within the diocese, which encompasses all of Vermont.
The church is located at 238 Main St. The meeting will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Catholics and anyone else interested may attend.
“I think it’s wonderful to have the bishop coming down here to have a town hall meeting and talk to the parishioners,” said the Rev. Bob Wiseman, C.S.C., pastor of Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales and St. John the Baptist Church in North Bennington. “We’re three hours from the headquarters, but the fact he’s committing to an hour and a half with the parish, asking questions and answering questions, I think that’s very positive.”
Coyne announced the town meetings in a Jan. 2 letter to the diocese.
“When I returned from the U.S. bishop’s meeting in November, I felt it was important to establish better two-way communication with people in the pews,” Coyne wrote. “Because of my schedule, it took a while to plan these meetings in easily accessible locations around the state, but now I am ready to listen and respond to concerns and questions from the Catholic community. I think it so important to be as open and transparent about all matters as much as possible.”
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