It was a week ago today that a massive earthquake struck the island  
nation of Haiti – and the country still has urgent needs.  Haitian  
officials now estimate 200 thousand people have died – and hundreds of  
thousands more are living in tent cities around the nation’s capital  
of Port-Au-Prince.

Haitians remain hopeful, however, and those hopes were in the hearts  
of many here in Brooklyn who came together for a special Mass at Holy  
Cross Church in Flatbush this past Friday.

Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq, the first Haitian-American Bishop in  
the U.S., was the main celebrant – and Father Donelson Thevenin  
preached the homily in both English – and Creole.