Six-year-old Noah Jacob is a child model whose image can be seen in ads for the department store Target. His nickname is “Super Noah,” a nod to his status as a supermodel. However, behind the bright smile and playful eyes, Noah faces a problem too big for a young boy to handle.He has Down Syndrome, a condition often accompanied by other health issues — in Noah’s case, poor eyesight is one of them.
“Ave Crux, Spes Unica ” (“Hail to the Cross, Our Only Hope”) is a small book, but filled with prayers, including contributions from Holy Cross High School (Flushing) students who wrote them in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Msgr. Malagreca, the pastor of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, is one of 56 priests from around the country chosen by the U.S. bishops to travel the U.S. preaching on the Eucharist.
The Holy Cross Knights won this year’s Msgr. King Basketball Tournament hosted by St. Thomas Aquinas.
Fifteen local women were recently honored by the diocesan ministry to Haitian immigrants for embodying the qualities of maternal figures from the Bible.
On Saturday, March 18, the English Charismatic Prayer Group at Holy Cross Church, Flatbush, will host a Day of Prayer, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in St. Mary’s Hall.
Haitians celebrate New Year’s Day as Independence Day, marking their country’s freedom from French colonial rule. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated this year’s Mass to mark the occasion at Holy Cross Church, Flatbush.
Antoinette Malagreca, the mother of Msgr. Joseph Malagreca, pastor of Holy Cross parish, Flatbush, died Nov. 30.
Sister Patricia Sullivan, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 70 years, died Oct. 22.
Sister Anna Mildred Desiderio, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 64 years, died in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, Oct. 21.
