This says it all!
Diocesan Neglect:
"The Diocese of Burlington squandered the opportunity to save St. Matthews. It was not the changing demographics in Vermont that caused the closure. It was the Diocese's near-sightedness. Had St. Matthew's been a church with deep pockets, perhaps the Diocese would have assigned priests to the area capable of answering the call of the people.
Regardless, the Diocese got its wish of reducing the Mountain Valley Parishes to only two churches. ...... a priest capable of nurturing the church community was assigned to the parish only in its final days. This gesture was 10 years overdue."
"The Diocese of Burlington squandered the opportunity to save St. Matthews. It was not the changing demographics in Vermont that caused the closure. It was the Diocese's near-sightedness. Had St. Matthew's been a church with deep pockets, perhaps the Diocese would have assigned priests to the area capable of answering the call of the people.
Regardless, the Diocese got its wish of reducing the Mountain Valley Parishes to only two churches. ...... a priest capable of nurturing the church community was assigned to the parish only in its final days. This gesture was 10 years overdue."
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