Vermilion Catholic

As you approach the front doors of Vermilion Catholic you will see a two-part school motto displayed above both doors. Upon entering the school building the first part reads, “Enter to Learn Christ” and as you leave the building the second part reads, “Leave to Serve Christ.”
This motto is something we strive to instill in all of our students on a daily basis.
Beginning with the Class of 2019, the senior classes embraced this motto. Mimicking the project of St. John’s Cathedral in Lafayette, our seniors began the task of fundraising to bury those unclaimed in Vermilion Parish. As a result, they were able to raise enough money to provide a final resting place for these cremated remains.
To date we have been able to bury 68 cremated remains. On Thursday, the senior class of 2026 was able to honor 2 unclaimed and were able to give them a proper Christian burial.
A mass of Christian Burials celebrated by Fr. Albert, took place for this years’ remains during a weekly school mass on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church. Burial followed immediately in the Old Catholic Cemetery behind the church.
Reba Broussard, a teacher at VC, who has helped organize the effort through the years has called this, “A Corporal Work of Mercy.”