BARRE, Vt. (CNS) — The official newspaper of the Diocese of Burlington celebrated its 50th anniversary by giving a gift.
The Vermont Historical Society’s collection of Catholic materials increased significantly in September with a donation of 83 parish histories from the Vermont Catholic Tribune newspaper.
Pat Gore, editor of the newspaper, and Father Peter Routhier, vicar general of the statewide Diocese of Burlington, presented a dozen white binders filled with booklets or typewritten parish histories, as well as several hardcover histories, to Paul Carnahan, Vermont Historical Society librarian.
“This is a unique donation in that a denomination has pulled together for us histories of various parishes,” Carnahan said.
The idea for the donation was generated by the staff of the Catholic Tribune, as a way to commemorate the diocesan newspaper’s 50th anniversary.
