Circling
"Relational Meditation" Dialogue group
The Community, Fletcher and Pickering Rooms are available for Public Reservation by request.
"Relational Meditation" Dialogue group
"Relational Meditation" Dialogue group
Ashley Roark interviewing patrons to gather content for art project
A meeting between researchers collaborating on a project for the VT Food Bank
The St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Burlington was home to more than 13,000 children from 1854 to 1974. Although the Catholic-run institution was held in high regard in the community, accounts began to emerge in the 1990s from scores of former orphanage residents describing abuse at the hand of nuns and other clerical personnel. Few were believed at first, but these ex-orphans persevered, ultimately winning validation for the harm done to them and working for laws protecting vulnerable children in Vermont. This is the story of these former orphans, now known as the Voices of St.