Father Joseph Bertrand, the first Virgin Islander to be ordained as a Redemptorist priest, died of cancer Wednesday, Jan. 14,2009, at St. John Neumann Residence in Saratoga Springs, NY. He was 83 year old.
Hundreds of pilgrims attended the annual 12:15 p.m. feast day Eucharist celebration at the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, Philadelphia, PA. The Most Reverend Joseph R. Cistone, D.D., V.G., Auxilary Bishop, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, presided.