It's very hard for me to write that our beloved Pastor Msgr. Robert D. Bergin went home to our Loving Lord on Thursday.

I went to our church this morning and before Mass learned of his passing, thru out the Mass I fought back tears. He knew the meaning of suffering thru his illness's as the visiting pastor said and recalled many warm memories of him in seminary school. I only knew this pastor for about two years yet he impacted my life.
Not only did he over see St.Peter's but he also said Mass for the Hartford area's deaf people who would come in the summer time when the collage was closed, watching Msgr. say Mass in sign was ahh inspiring, I picked up a few signs myself. He had a dog when he 1st came to St.Peter's and he would walk the old dog around the grounds before it died. The thing I will remember most of him is his smile.

So will you kindly pray for him and our parish who is now without a Shepard.

http://www.archdioceseofhartford.org/news/08-07-11_death.htm
http://www.st-peter-church.org/menu.htm

Thank you for all your prayers.

Jessica

Prayers!

May this good shepherd be at rest with The Good Shepherd!

and prayers for your parish....

God bless!

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.

Prayers for you and your parish.

The wake and parish Mass was touching.
There were lots of the deaf community that came out to say goodbye.
At the Mass they had two translators one on the alter and one in the middle row. To see how one person can touch so many lives is just . . . well no words can describe.
I did tape the Mass and hope that it will upload.
The 1st part is too big and until I find out how to upload it, we will have to settle on the part that did upload.
Its after Communion. http://video.xanga.com/ADiscerningSoul/4b8...3019/video.html

Thank you all for your loving support and prayers.