St. Peter's Church and Mount St. Joseph Convent Complex

St. Peter's Church and Mount St. Joseph Convent Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
43°36′8″N 72°59′10″W / 43.60222°N 72.98611°W / 43.60222; -72.98611
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1872
Architect	Patrick C. Keely
Architectural style	Italianate, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	80000388[1]
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1980

St. Peter's Church and Mount St. Joseph Convent Complex is a Roman Catholic religious and educational complex on Convent and Meadow Streets in Rutland, Vermont. The complex includes a church, rectory, two schools, a convent, and an elderly housing building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1] The church is an architecturally significant work of architect Patrick C. Keely.^[2]

Built largely through the efforts of Italian American stoneworkers from 1869 to 1873 from stone quarried from the site of the church, St. Peter's is the largest and oldest (the "mother parish") of three Roman Catholic parish churches in the city of Rutland. The church was designed by the noted 19th-century ecclesiastical architect Patrick Charles Keeley of Brooklyn, New York, and is noted for its rugged exterior walls, lofty interior, and excellent stained glass. The church is 150 feet in length, 71 feet wide, and can seat over 880 people. Major renovations have taken place in 1950 under the direction of Rev. Robert Joyce, 1973 under the direction of Msgr. Thomas Connor, and 2000–2004 under the direction of Rev. W. Andre Houle. Buried under a large monument next to the church tower is Fr. Charles Boylan, the priest responsible for the construction of the church, and the former Sisters of Saint Joseph Convent directly across convent avenue. St. Peter's Parish is closely associated with Mount St. Joseph Academy, as well as the St. Joseph Home and the Loretto Home. It is within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington. St. Peter Parish is currently administered by priests from the Capuchin Franciscan Province of Saint Mary.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington

Bishops

Louis de Goesbriand

John Stephen Michaud

Joseph John Rice

Matthew Francis Brady

Edward Francis Ryan

Robert Francis Joyce

John Aloysius Marshall

Kenneth Anthony Angell

Salvatore Ronald Matano

Christopher J. Coyne

John Joseph McDermott

Churches

Cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Joseph

Parishes

St. Monica's Church, Barre

Conversion of St. Paul Church, Barton

St. Augustine Church, Montpelier

St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Newport

St. Peter's Church, Rutland

St. Thomas Church, Underhill

Saint Francis Xavier Church, Winooski

Former parishes

St. George's Church, Bakersfield

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington

Education

Higher education

Saint Michael's College

Former colleges

College of St. Joseph

Trinity College

High schools

Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Rutland

Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington

Saint Michael Catholic School Brattleboro

Priests

Bernard Joseph Flanagan

Louis Edward Gelineau

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