DUXBURY and BROCKTON, Mass. – VERC Enterprises, a leading convenience store and gasoline operator with locations throughout Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, recently completed renovations on a former rectory adjacent to Trinity Academy in Brockton, Massachusetts, and has partnered with Stonehill College to facilitate a graduate curriculum under the auspices of the Stonehill College Service Corps program.

The building, now known as the Community House at Trinity, was purchased by VERC Enterprises in the fall of 2013.  VERC subsequently renovated the building and has now leased it to Stonehill College for use as part of its Service Corps program, sending recent graduates to work with inner city residents. Prior to VERC Enterprises’ purchase and renovation of the 12-bedroom building, there was no housing for these Service Corps students. 

“Our goal was to put this once active rectory to good community use,” said Leo Vercollone, president of VERC Enterprises and NACS board member, noting that the inspiration for the Community House came from his parents, Margaret and Eugene Vercollone.