Deacon Armand Auclair is the new part-time marriage and family life coordinator for the Diocese of Burlington.

He reports to the executive director of the Office of Pastoral Ministries and provides support for and strengthens the marriage and family life efforts, programs, and ministries of the Church in Vermont.

A member of St. Isidore the Farmer Parish in Montgomery Center, Deacon Auclair — ordained in 2020 — serves that church as well as All Saints in Richford and Our Lady of Lourdes in East Berkshire. He was administrator of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in the Champlain Islands from May 2021 to June 2023.

“Working in the Marriage and Family Life office, I will be putting all my effort into relationships with people,” he said. “I intend to work with people so their spiritual and temporal lives will be in harmony.”

He brings to his new ministry great love for the Lord and a commitment to assisting at Mass and working with priests and parishioners to strive to have an active and blossoming parish life.

He and his wife, Susan, have been married for 47 years and we have two children and three grandchildren. “I understand the day-to-day struggles that married couples endure to keep the family thriving,” he said.

Deacon Auclair, 67, was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He graduated from Woonsocket Senior High School in 1974 and earned an associate’s degree in business administration from a local community college.

He retired from Hayward Tyler in Colchester as a buyer on the aftermarket parts team.

To reach Deacon Auclair, email deaconarmandauclair@vermontcatholic.org or call or text 802-582-8752.