Category: Diocese of Burlington

Sister Janice Ryan, ex-college president, activist, dies

by bcadmin | Apr 5, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, Obituary, Religious Sisters, Sisters of Mercy, Vermont | 0 |

A Vermont nun who served as a college president, worked in Washington to ban land mines and served as a deputy commissioner of the state Department of Corrections has died.

As referee, retired educator, 89, helps players learn about sport and life

by bcadmin | Mar 27, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholic school, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, Education, News, Teachers | 0 |

Robert Houle jumps at the chance to be a referee because it combines sports and working with youth.

Priest who balked at COVID precautions removed from parish

by bcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Associated Press, Bishop Christopher Coyne, Catholic Church, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Burlington, News, Vermont | 0 |

A priest who balked at some of the Vermont Catholic diocese’s COVID-19-related precautions has been removed from his parish.

Priest who balked at COVID precautions removed from parish

by bcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Associated Press, Bishop Christopher Coyne, Catholic Church, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Burlington, News, Vermont | 0 |

A priest who balked at some of the Vermont Catholic diocese’s COVID-19-related precautions has been removed from his parish.

Vermont Catholic church seeks demolition of former cathedral

by bcadmin | Dec 22, 2021 | Associated Press, Church closings, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, Vermont | 0 |

The Catholic Diocese of Burlington is seeking permission to demolish a closed cathedral and a grove of trees in the downtown of Vermont’s largest city.

Catholic orphanage’s ex-residents ask church to fund therapy

by bcadmin | Sep 17, 2021 | Abuse, Associated Press, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, Orphanages, Vermont | 0 |

Some of the residents of a long-closed Vermont orphanage want the Catholic Church to pay for therapy as they continue to recover from what they described as abuse at the hands of the nuns and priests who were supposed to care for them.

Court affirms tuition for students at religious school

by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, School vouchers, Vermont | 0 |

A federal appeals court on Wednesday explained its decision to stop Vermont from excluding tuition funding for students who attend a religious school, saying a lower court ruling from earlier this year did not go far enough to accomplish that.

Federal court: Vermont can’t exclude religious schools from tuition program

by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2021 | Diocese of Burlington, News, News Briefs | 0 |

Washington D.C., Jun 2, 2021 / 14:15 pm A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the state of Vermont cannot refuse to fund tuition for religious institutions that would otherwise qualify for the funding. […]

Vermont bill would end time limit for civil physical abuse

by bcadmin | Apr 20, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, Orphanages, Vermont | 0 |

The Vermont Senate on Tuesday passed a proposal to eliminate the statute of limitations in civil cases of childhood physical abuse.

Orphanage investigation finds no crimes, but abuse occurred

by bcadmin | Dec 15, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, Orphanages, Vermont | 0 |

Vermont’s top law enforcement officer said Monday a two-year investigation into allegations of murder at a long-closed Burlington orphanage found no evidence of such crimes and the criminal investigation is over.

DOJ: Catholic school student wrongly excluded from program

by bcadmin | Aug 20, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, Religious Freedom, religious liberty, Vermont | 0 |

The U.S. Department of Justice says a Vermont student who attends a Catholic school was wrongly excluded from a state program, considering a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that said that states cannot cut religious schools from programs that send public money to private education.

Court: Catholic school students likely to succeed in appeal

by bcadmin | Aug 7, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, Federal court, News, Religious Freedom, Vermont | 0 |

A federal appeals court has granted an injunction to stop Vermont from excluding some students who attend a Catholic school from participating in a state program while an appeal is pending, in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said states cannot cut religious schools from programs that send public money to private education.

Category: Diocese of Burlington

Sister Janice Ryan, ex-college president, activist, dies

As referee, retired educator, 89, helps players learn about sport and life

Priest who balked at COVID precautions removed from parish

Priest who balked at COVID precautions removed from parish

Vermont Catholic church seeks demolition of former cathedral

Catholic orphanage’s ex-residents ask church to fund therapy

Court affirms tuition for students at religious school

Federal court: Vermont can’t exclude religious schools from tuition program

Vermont bill would end time limit for civil physical abuse

Orphanage investigation finds no crimes, but abuse occurred

DOJ: Catholic school student wrongly excluded from program

Court: Catholic school students likely to succeed in appeal

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