Monsignor Robert Hemberger honored by Newman University
Monsignor Robert Hemberger was honored by Newman University at a June 9 reception that drew a standing-room only crowd in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center. Monsignor Hemberger, retired in June after serving for nearly a year as Diocesan Administrator and for several years as Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Wichita. He had been the diocesan representative to the Newman Board of Trustees since February 2008.
To see a video of the reception, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgii4nVFOk
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- The Most Rev. Eugene Gerber, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Wichita, offers some comic, and touching, comments about Monsignor Hemberger.
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- Monsignor Hemberger hugs his brother Father Kent Hemberger following the younger Hemberger’s remarks.
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- Newman Board of Trustees Chair Linda Snook Davison ’77 holds the microphone for her mother, Helen Bergkamp, as she speaks about Monsignor Hemberger during the reception.
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- A large crowd gathered at Newman to see Monsignor Hemberger off.
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- Via Christi Health President and CEO and Newman Board of Trustees member Jeff Korsmo spoke of his admiration for Monsignor Hemberger.
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- Patrick O’Shaughnessy and Newman University President Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D. with Monsignor Robert Hemberger.