Visions of Renewal: Acknowledge grief for our country, then tell a new story

Visions of Renewal: Acknowledge grief for our country, then tell a new story

On the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 2, my wife Rita and I drove from our home in Bristol to Burlington in order to attend a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at the College Street Congregational Church. We had learned about this Vermont Choral Union concert from Father Stephen Marchand, the priest at St. Ambrose, Rita’s church, who is also a member of that choir’s tenor section. Father Marchand had mentioned to us that in preparation for the concert …