Conversion of St. Paul Church

In 1893 (132 years ago) (1893), the Conversion of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church was founded in Barton, Vermont, USA.

Bishop John Michaud blessed the church, whose membership included 60 families and an average Sunday attendance of 300 people.

[1] In 1962, a parishioner erected a statue of Jesus overlooking Crystal Lake.

[2] In 2004, the church was merged into a parish with St. Theresa's in Orleans and St. John Vianney in Irasburg.

Rupp entered a demolition derby as part of fundraising activity to help send parish teachers on a trip to Rome.

[1] Because the church had been converted to Catholic use, the official name the "Conversion of St. Paul" was thought appropriate.

[2] The parish's first priest also said mass in Greensboro Bend twice a month for several years.

Eugene Leblanc contracted with the Sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Nicolet, Quebec to teach at the parochial school in 1907.

School population was around 100 until 1917 when a fire destroyed the tub factory, forcing their employees to move elsewhere for work.

[11] In 2010, authorized by the state to do so, the public Orleans Central Supervisory Union furnished an interventionist, part-time, at the school.