Catholic Directory, 1855

At random frequency, a Google search comes up with a scanned copy of a book of fascinating interest. Please go to page 189 of this Metropolitan Catholic Almanac and Laity's Directory 1855 for a description of  Catholic Long Island in that year.
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The diocese of Brooklyn was only two years old under Bishop John Loughlin. From Brooklyn through Suffolk County there were twenty-four churches, eleven stations, and thirty clergymen. The Brothers of the Christian Schools were already teaching on Jay Street, together with the Sisters of Charity and the Order of St. Dominic at other schools.
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The directory makes a few geographic errors, listing some Suffolk towns as Queens. Nassau County was cut from Queens in 1898. Parishes listed in 1855 within present Nassau County include St. Boniface, Forster's Meadow (Elmont), Hicksville (St. Ignatius Loyola, with many missions), Manhasset (St. Mary's, attended monthly from St. Michael's, Flushing), and St. Brigid, Westbury, attended occasionally from Jamaica. Glen Cove seems to be missing as an attended mission, but in 1866 Bishop Loughlin erected St. Patrick's parish there.
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This 1855 directory is free to download.

Bishop Barres's dissertation

In a brief biography of Bishop John O. Barres (linked HERE), mention is made of his doctoral dissertation, "Jean-Jacques Olier's Priestly Spirituality: Mental Prayer and Virtue as the Foundation for the Direction of Souls."  He wrote this while becoming a Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) with emphasis on spiritual theology, gained from the Opus Dei Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in the Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, Rome.
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The dissertation is available at some libraries.
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In his forty-eight years of life, Jean-Jacques Olier did quite a few other things than improve the training of priests.  Like St. Vincent de Paul, he was concerned about the lives of Parisians, particularly those of the parish of St. Sulpice, Wikipedia article.
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Although John Baptist de la Salle was only five years old when M. Olier died, Olier was a tremendous influence on de la Salle, as described here.  And so, I heard the name Olier in teen years and later searched out Rue Princesse and the nearby church of St. Sulpice.
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Bishop John O. Barres will take his see at St. Agnes, Rockville Centre, January 31, 2017.  You may find various articles at licatholic.org

Our Holy Redeemer, Freeport

The church of Our Holy Redeemer is located on South Ocean Avenue, Freeport, at the corner of Pine Street.  This is one block south of Sunrise Highway and less than a half-mile west of the Freeport railroad station.

Above is the rectory and the church, in this view looking southeast.  The mailing address is 37 South Ocean Avenue, Freeport NY 11520, telephone 516-378-0665. Linked here is the parish's informative and captivating website.  

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The Bishop of Brooklyn established Our Holy Redeemer parish in 1903, and the church built in 1911.  Obviously, there have been recent renovations.

Wedding witnesses had just left, and the first of the 5 p.m. congregation are arriving in a church that is fiercely air-conditioned on a 74-degree day.

A tabernacle is seen here, but the Eucharist is also reserved in an Adoration Chapel to the right.  I appreciate the bannister.  Several years ago, an acquaintance in Brooklyn suffered a fatal fall on altar steps that lacked a handrail.

From Pine Street, here is the entrance to the Adoration Chapel. "Apply at the rectory for the key."

The church's bell tower and the steeple of the nearby Methodist Church can easily be seen from passing Long Island Rail Road trains.

On the south side of Pine Street, the parish center occupies the former convent.  Padre Pio observes passersby.

At 87 Pine Street, The De La Salle School uses part of the former parish elementary school.  Supported by vigorous fund-raising, the staff teaches boys in grades five through eight.