Bishop Matano Visits St. Mary’s School
By Mike Cameron
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His Excellency Salvatore R. Matano Ninth Bishop of Burlington was in Middlebury on Thursday morning February 4th 2010 looking after his flock. The event was Catholic Schools Week January 31st thru February 6th 2010, at Saint Mary’s Parish and Saint Mary’s School where the Bishop celebrated Holy Mass with students and their grandparents during a special Grandparents Day as part of the week long event. Bishop Matano visited each classroom at Saint Mary’s and offered praise and encouragement to the students individually and collectively, complimenting them and blessing many of their class projects.
The children were noticeably drawn to Bishop Matano’s genuine interest and affection for each of them. They presented the Bishop with a poster sized card of thanks for his visit to their parish signed by the students. The Catholic Schools Week activities theme this year was “Dividends For Life” a reflection of morals, discipline, faith and knowledge and a celebration of “the exciting things happening in Catholic Education”, according to parish and school officials. Catholic Schools Week ended this past weekend with an open house at Saint Mary’s School.