tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18019064591986065142024-03-20T08:06:38.701-07:00Nassau County N.Y. CatholicThis blog may evolve as a mixture of the history and geography of Catholic parishes in Nassau County. In no way is this blog official. <u>Please scroll down.</u>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-41484237140097188522024-02-25T17:46:00.000-08:002024-02-25T17:46:56.539-08:00Hymn for Transfiguration<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today's Gospel was from Mark 9, an account of the Transfiguration. Peter said, "Rabbi, it is good that we are here." Our processional hymn today was Joseph A. Robinson's " 'Tis good, Lord, to be here." I wonder whether the composer was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Robinson_(composer)">this Joseph Robinson </a>(1815-1898)</span></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-64115861855667603882024-02-02T18:26:00.000-08:002024-02-02T18:26:45.166-08:00Syro-Malankara Catholics in Elmont<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Please note <a href="https://www.syromalankara.church/new-pastoral-center-auditorium-blessed-and-inaugurated-in-elmont-2024-01-20.html">this event</a> at what was (or still is partially) the Parish of Saint Vincent de Paul in Elmont.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Syro-Malankara rite is Catholic and in the USA has its own bishop or Exarch.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-38656403356464575042024-01-16T13:57:00.000-08:002024-01-16T13:57:19.781-08:00Order of Preachers to Bellmore<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Bishop John Barres has given care of St. Barnabas Parish, Bellmore, to the Saint Joseph Province of the Dominican Friars.</span></b><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Please see <a href="https://dominicanfriars.org/dominicans-expand-to-rockville-centre/">this report</a> from the Friars.</b></span></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-76927685576471032952024-01-09T16:16:00.000-08:002024-01-09T16:18:13.612-08:00Syosset's Our Lady of Mercy Academy will close <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sad to report. but Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset will close permanently at the end of June. Please see news reports in Newsday of 1.9.2024 and various parts of the school's website <a href="https://olma.org/about/closure-faq/">https://olma.org/about/closure-faq/</a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The cause of the closure is low enrollment. According to Newsday, peak enrollment of 525 was attained in the 1970's. This year's freshmen number 37. I note that Syosset's population was largely Jewish, now becoming more Asian. To the north, St. Dominic's offered a Catholic high school. To the south, Holy Trinity Diocesan High School in Hicksville draws numbers.</b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I tend to trust James Conant's 1959 opinion that a high school should have at least 100 graduates per year in order to offer a broad curriculum.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-78532336101849042052023-12-10T11:10:00.000-08:002023-12-10T13:37:43.905-08:00When the darkness closes in, Come Lord Jesus<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Meri Dell Ridge wrote this morning's entrance hymn, "Come Lord Jesus." It begins, "When the darkness closes in." M. D. Ridge lived 1938-2017.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Link for her biography <a href="https://liturgicalleaders.blogspot.com/2017/06/meri-dell-md-ridge.html">HERE</a>.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I cannot link the text, but it shows up in missals published by the Oregon Catholic Press.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-2112669871885804212023-08-27T13:08:00.007-07:002023-08-27T15:07:09.034-07:00Test for Admission to a Catholic High School<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Archdiocese of New York (seven counties), the Diocese of Brooklyn (two counties), and the Diocese of Rockville Centre (two counties) generally require the test offered on the website <a href="https://tachsinfo.com/">https://tachsinfo.com/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">----</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The test is taken by computer at home. It costs $71. The student selects three high schools to which the testing company will send results. The test is apparently scheduled for early November, 2023. There must be some way the downloaded program knows that is is the registered eighth grade student and not a learned grandma answering the test questions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">---</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The abbreviated name for the test is TACHS. Much more information is at <a href="https://tachsinfo.com/">https://tachsinfo.com/</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-64887851455109196402023-07-23T12:16:00.006-07:002023-07-23T12:23:28.368-07:00Assignments in 2023, mostly June<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The link below is to a composite list of 2023 priestly assignments. Note that the sole assignment of a new pastor in Nassau County is Rev. Leo Song to St. Raphael, East Meadow. Other new pastors are in Suffolk County.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Link <a href="https://www.drvc.org/wp-content/uploads/Clergy-Appointments-June-2023.pdf">HERE</a>.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-32503897297314340232023-02-02T12:53:00.003-08:002023-02-02T12:56:52.721-08:00New Catholic Relief Services donation address<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Mailed donations to Catholic Relief Services now go to a processing firm in the small city of Harlan, Iowa. Instead of Baltimore, the donation address is now Catholic Relief Services, Post Office Box 5202, Harlan, Iowa 51593-0702. This is a Hearst-owned corporation that handles incoming payments for many magazines and non-profit organizations.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-9714669483388417022022-12-12T06:46:00.004-08:002022-12-12T06:46:45.679-08:00Guadalupe, in Spain and Mexico<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">At the end of the 12th century in Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain, a man found a hidden statue of Mary.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Please see the Wikipedia article linked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_Mary_of_Guadalupe">HERE</a>.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Two hundred years later, Juan Diego met Our Lady at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_Mary_of_Guadalupe">Tepeyac</a>, now part of Mexico City. Her feast is December 12th.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-13066199113347199282022-12-03T13:42:00.005-08:002022-12-03T13:42:39.952-08:00The loss of Catholic print media<p> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pilot is the official weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, published from offices in Braintree, Massachusetts. On December 3, 2022, it published an article, "Loss of print media seen as posing challenges to U. S. church communications." The link to the thirty-paragraph analysis is <a href="http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.php?ID=193718">HERE</a>.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-29415089083717366902022-05-23T11:20:00.002-07:002022-05-23T11:21:10.830-07:00Synod Questions 2022<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> In case you haven't noticed the banner atop the diocesan webpage, "Let your voice be heard. Fill out the DRVC Synod survey." Link <a href="https://form.jotform.com/221245883754159">HERE</a>.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-90358761561850275142022-05-04T12:06:00.003-07:002022-05-04T12:06:57.744-07:00Catholic News Service will cut back<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> I read <a href="https://www.catholicnews.com/catholic-news-service-to-cease-domestic-operations-at-years-end/">this announcement</a> with regret. The Catholic News Service will close its Washington bureau and its distribution of domestic news, while maintaining news from the Vatican. I fear this will leave the domestic Catholic news market open to the biased reporters on various media.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-66759392227969298332022-04-24T16:56:00.008-07:002022-04-30T14:30:56.209-07:00Assignment of pastors, effective 6.29.2022<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The page listing assignments of new or renewed pastors is linked <a href="https://www.drvc.org/wp-content/uploads/June-23-2022-Announcements-and-Assignments.pdf">HERE</a>.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>---</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>There are few changes in Nassau County. At St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hempstead, </b></span><b style="font-size: large;">Msgr. Francis Maniscalco will retire, and Fr. Anthony Stanganelli will move from St. Brigid to St. Thomas. The new pastor of St. Brigid will be Fr. John Sureau from Center Moriches.</b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>At St. Christopher, Baldwin, Fr. Johnny Mendonca, administrator, becomes pastor.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fr. Malcolm Burns at Corpus Christi is appointed to a second term.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Msgr. Francis Caldwell at Curé</b></span><b style="font-size: large;"> d'Ars is appointed to a second term.</b></p><p><b style="font-size: large;">---</b></p><p><b style="font-size: large;">A few days later, more Nassau changes were announced, also effective June 29, 2022.</b></p><p><b style="font-size: large;">Fr. Kevin Dillon from Sea Cliff to Carle Place as pastor.</b></p><p><b style="font-size: large;">Canon Regular Josef Norys from Glen Cove to St. Boniface the Martyr, Sea Cliff, as pastor.</b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-79313806497424529332022-03-11T18:56:00.003-08:002022-03-26T18:31:25.582-07:00R-1 visas and priests <p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The link below concerns the situation with foreign priests employed in the diocese of Little Rock. Although the link goes to the reliable website CruxNow, it originates from the likewise reliable official Catholic News Service.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Link <a href="https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2022/03/thirteen-priests-in-arkansas-face-uncertainty-over-their-immigration-status">Thirteen Priests in Arkansas face uncertainty over their immigration status.</a></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The article is an excellent summary of the immigration status of many overseas priests who help in our parishes. I value the spiritual work of these priests, and I do not devalue them as mere externs or curates. However, because the topic is seldom explained by parish or Rockville Centre, I found this article illuminating. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">There are other angles, such as i</span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ncardination and excardination. I suspect that, in practice, incardination (belonging to a diocese) hereabouts requires U. S. citizenship, so the "extern" remains subject to the bishop in his home diocese. </span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Comparison of Catholics per priest in sending dioceses vs. the Rockville Centre ratio (1 priest for 3,387 Catholics) can be researched at <a href="http://catholic-hierarchy.org">catholic-hierarchy.org</a> The sending diocese may have a surplus of priests (as I found one in India, and one in Poland) or may need the priest more than RVC needs him.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The history page at drvc.org/history is about three years stale, but it states that the diocese had 392 priests in active ministry, 223 diocesan, 107 externs and 62 religious.</b></span></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-34246954045520730122021-12-16T16:27:00.003-08:002021-12-16T16:29:45.685-08:00Pope Francis turns 85<h3 style="text-align: left;">Pope Francis, Jorge Bergolio, was born in a neighborhood of Buenos Aires called Flores. The article in La Nación linked below shows that home in its present condition. Scroll through the article for ten photos.</h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="https://www.lanacion.com.ar/propiedades/casas-y-departamentos/se-vende-la-casa-donde-nacio-el-papa-francisco-en-flores-nid02072021/">https://www.lanacion.com.ar/propiedades/casas-y-departamentos/se-vende-la-casa-donde-nacio-el-papa-francisco-en-flores-nid02072021/</a></h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Pope Francis is one of eleven or twelve Popes who passed age 85. A discussion of this is linked below.<br /><a href="https://aleteia.org/2021/12/16/a-look-at-the-oldest-popes-of-history-including-francis/#">https://aleteia.org/2021/12/16/a-look-at-the-oldest-popes-of-history-including-francis/#</a></h3>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-53036392428588094972021-09-01T07:14:00.006-07:002021-09-01T07:14:57.441-07:00Two print publications cease<p><b> Please see this announcement from Sean Dolan of the diocese of Rockville Centre.</b></p><p><a href="https://www.drvc.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-media-release.pdf"><b>https://www.drvc.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-media-release.pdf</b></a></p><p><b>In 1957, the diocese of Rockville Centre was split off from Rockville Centre, and Walter Kellenberg was installed as bishop under obvious sponsorship of Francis Cardinal Spellman. Shortly thereafter (when?) the diocese began the publication of The Long Island Catholic in broadsheet format. About 2012 (?), this became a large drain on diocesan funds, and the weekly was replaced by a monthly insert in a magazine published in Michigan but with the Long Island Catholic masthead. Most articles were feature articles, not news.</b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-33018775726703957552021-06-06T19:01:00.001-07:002021-06-06T19:01:24.880-07:00Corpus Christi hymns<p><b>I miss the sequence Lauda Sion Salvatorem, but today's Mass from the Passionists in Jamaica came up with an oft-sung gem, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_the_Bread_of_Life#:~:text=Suzanne%20Toolan%20was%20born%20in,her%20time%20in%20between%20classes.">I Am the Bread of Life</a>, written by Sister Suzanne Toolan, R.S.M. in 1966.</b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-42604057204081977392021-05-12T06:06:00.003-07:002021-05-12T13:12:23.780-07:00Seven new pastors<p><b> <span style="font-size: large;">On May 9, 2021, the diocese of Rockville Centre listed some transfers of priests and some appointments of pastors effective June 23rd. I use the word "some" because more may follow. The link to this document is</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://licatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/clergy-assignments-may-2021.pdf" style="font-size: large;">HERE</a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>---</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The following Nassau County parishes will receive new pastors:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>St. Rose of Lima, Massapequa.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>St. Catherine of Sienna, Franklin Square.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Maria Regina, Seaford.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Notre Dame, New Hyde Park.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Our Holy Redeemer, Freeport.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Holy Family, Hicksville.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In Suffolk County:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>St. John of God, Central Islip</b></span></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-58820513807491642722021-03-22T17:57:00.003-07:002021-03-23T09:39:17.008-07:00St. Christopher school closing in June<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The diocese has announced the June, 2021, closing of St. Christopher School in Baldwin. Please see the media release linked <a href="https://www.drvcschools.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FINAL_Media-Release_03_22_2021.pdf">HERE</a>. The pandemic is blamed, but again I suggest that demographic changes (Catholics moving out, non-Catholics moving in) have been at work for more than a decade. The school had only 179 students in September, 2020.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>---</b></span></p><p><br /></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-19395919477682907292021-03-17T12:06:00.012-07:002021-03-23T09:51:25.290-07:00St. Thomas school closing<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> The diocese has announced the June, 2021, closing of the parish school at St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hempstead. Please see the press release linked <a href="https://www.drvc.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL_Media-Release_-2.pdf">HERE</a>, but I fear the release will soon disappear from the diocesan website. The enrollment at St. Thomas was 209 in September, 2020, according to the media release. The pandemic is blamed, but I see changing demographics as a major cause of the drop in enrollment. On Long Island, people move and neighborhoods change. In this case, an <a href="https://www.yiwh.org/eruv">eruv </a>includes much of the parish, and public school districts #17 and #27 are affected by lower enrollments. For more commentary, please see <a href="http://nccath.blogspot.com/2011/02/st-thomas-apostle-west-hempstead.html">my post for St. Thomas parish.</a> </span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-67658791343387608762021-03-17T11:57:00.002-07:002021-03-23T09:49:23.690-07:00St. Raymond's school closing<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> The diocese of Rockville Centre has announced the June, 2021, closing of the school at the parish of St. Raymond of Penafort in East Rockaway. The press release is linked <a href="https://www.drvc.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL_Media-Release_-2.pdf">HERE</a>, but I fear the notice and its explanations will disappear. In September, 2020, the school enrollment was 130. For more commentary, please see <a href="http://nccath.blogspot.com/2012/08/st-raymond-east-rockaway.html">my post for St. Raymond parish.</a></span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-14944908987484921052021-01-17T13:26:00.001-08:002021-01-17T13:26:26.211-08:00Hymn: The Church's One Foundation<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Church's One Foundation is Jesus Christ Our Lord. Today I heard this familiar hymn as the entrance song at the Passionist Fathers' pre-recorded Sunday Mass from Jamaica, Queens. Searching for its origin, I learned that it is a poetic explanation of the ninth article of the Apostles' Creed. Samuel John Stone, a Church of England priest, published it in 1866 in <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Lyra_fidelium_12_hymns_on_the_twelve_art/2hYDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover">Lyra Fidelium</a>. In that book he connects scriptural passages to each of the twelve articles of the Creed and to poetic verses he wrote. I admire its clarity.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-17792620552772576712020-12-01T15:09:00.004-08:002020-12-01T15:09:55.835-08:00Pastor Martin Rinkart and the plague<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pastor Martin Rinkart wrote "Now Thank We All Our God" despite his parish's tribulations of plague, famine, and war. I refer you to Pam Griffin's Story Behind the Song, linked <a href="https://www.thedestinlog.com/news/20181120/story-behind-song-pastor-gives-praise-thanks-during-darkest-of-times">HERE</a>.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>---</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>He lived in Saxony 1586-1649, more than a hundred years after Luther.</b></span></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-55633981344292659332020-11-30T05:47:00.007-08:002020-11-30T12:57:52.339-08:00Feast of St. Andrew, brother of Peter<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Today, November 30, is the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. There is a Catholic Church in Westbury, Nassau County, under his patronage. Please see the updated website <a href="https://mdaddona2.wixsite.com/standrews">HERE</a>.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">---</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Below dates from 2011.</span></b></p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4Mha3BlgSY/TiRLXIGMayI/AAAAAAAADSk/ftJmp_5qhFI/s1600/westbury%2B014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630708294802500386" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4Mha3BlgSY/TiRLXIGMayI/AAAAAAAADSk/ftJmp_5qhFI/s400/westbury%2B014.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Clicking on any photo will enlarge it.</p><div><b>St. Andrew the Apostle Byzantine Catholic church is located at 275 Ellison Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590, on the northwest corner with Whitney Street. Its website is linked </b><a href="https://mdaddona2.wixsite.com/standrews" style="font-weight: bold;">here</a><b>.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div></div><div></div><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lsHgjU1bkEY/TiRJtD-n2CI/AAAAAAAADSU/OqKdt9PrngY/s1600/westbury%2B015.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630706472630868002" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lsHgjU1bkEY/TiRJtD-n2CI/AAAAAAAADSU/OqKdt9PrngY/s400/westbury%2B015.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></p><div></div><div></div><div></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"></div><p><b>This is an Eastern Rite Catholic parish, not under the jurisdiction of the Latin Rite bishop of Rockville Centre, but rather under the Eparchy of Passaic, New Jersey. It is Ruthenian in heritage. The Divine Liturgy is celebrated in English.</b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801906459198606514.post-19263640798414249652020-08-24T12:01:00.001-07:002020-08-25T06:56:46.644-07:00Registration has begun for the Test for Acceptance to Catholic High Schools<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>This notice addresses the eighth grade students who hope to begin attendance at a Catholic High School in September, 2021. The time for registration has begun. For more information, please see this handbook, which might be worth printing.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.tachsinfo.com/PDF/HandBook.pdf"><b>https://www.tachsinfo.com/PDF/HandBook.pdf</b></a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This entrance exam now includes Catholic High Schools on Long Island, twelve counties in total:</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange. There are no Catholic high schools in Sullivan or Ulster counties. I know of one Catholic High School that requires a separate exam, namely all-boys Regis High School in Manhattan. Because the school listings are on landscape pages, I suggest that you print the lists of the counties that interest you.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">---</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some important information is lacking from the Rockville Centre page: the Approximate Admissions number and tuition data. Also, all the charts refer to the wrong year, 2020, not 2021.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><br /></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0