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 this Joseph Robinson (1815-1898)
Nassau County N.Y. Catholic
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Sunday, February 25, 2024
Friday, February 2, 2024
Syro-Malankara Catholics in Elmont
Please note this event at what was (or still is partially) the Parish of Saint Vincent de Paul in Elmont.
The Syro-Malankara rite is Catholic and in the USA has its own bishop or Exarch.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Order of Preachers to Bellmore
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Syosset's Our Lady of Mercy Academy will close
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 https://olma.org/about/closure-faq/
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.
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.
Sunday, December 10, 2023
When the darkness closes in, Come Lord Jesus
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.
Link for her biography HERE.
I cannot link the text, but it shows up in missals published by the Oregon Catholic Press.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Test for Admission to a Catholic High School
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 https://tachsinfo.com/
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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.
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The abbreviated name for the test is TACHS. Much more information is at https://tachsinfo.com/
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Assignments in 2023, mostly June
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.
Link HERE.