Brother Michael’s photograph is on the wall at Rocco’s Pasticceria down on Bleecker Street.
from the Villager Newspaper 
Brother Michael LaMantia served “51 years as a brother in the Scalabrini Order and nearly 40 years at the parish in the heart of Greenwich Village.”
(Our Lady of Pompeii Church is across the street from Rocco’s. My sister says there is a memorial to Brother Michael in the church.
Before Brother Michael passed in 2013, he gave the Pasticceria this statue of Saint Rocco. Brother Michael is Gone, But Not Forgotten.
Thanks to Krista Evans for this challenge
Rocco’s on Bleecker Street.
For the story of Saint Rocco you can check out the link in this post from the Saint Rocco Festival in Pittsburgh
Franco (posing for me with a cheesecake below) is the one who showed me Brother Michael’s prayer card on the wall at Rocco’s and told me that Brother Michael had given the Saint Rocco Statue to the store. Franco has been at Rocco’s for more than thirty years!
Here is Franco posing for me with a cheesecake. Mary and I stopped in Saturday night for a coffee and pastry after a nice day at Galleries and Target First Night at the Brooklyn Museum.
What an interesting story and great photos, too!
Thanks George. I like your avatar
Good of you to visit today
A nice tribute to Brother Michael and the bakery.
Lovely photos and story, Ruth. I had to smile, as Franco looks as though he’s about to throw that cheesecake. That would be such a waste of delicious cheesecake. 😀
What a sweet memorial – wonder if Brother Rocco knows how nicely he’s remembered?!
That is the hope!
Rocco’s looks like a cool shop with a classic NYC vibe. Terrific pics. 🙂
Sad to say but they just don’t make ’em like Brother Michael anymore. What a gift he was to his community. May he rest in peace.