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Burlington Bishop Calls Synod To Attract, Retain Vermont Catholics

Vermont Public | By Ric Cengeri,

Published February 7, 2018 at 12:00 PM EST

Burlington Bishop Christopher Coyne has called for the diocese's first synod since 1962.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington is concerned about active membership in the church and the need to attract young people and their families. Now the diocese has called its first synod in more than five decades to decide issues of doctrine as they pertain to attracting new church members.

Burlington Bishop Christopher Coyne joins Vermont Edition to discuss what the church has heard so far during its outreach process and what it might consider in the way of changes.

Broadcast Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Ric Cengeri

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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