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 HERE, but I fear the notice and its explanations will disappear. In September, 2020, the school enrollment was 130. For more commentary, please see my post for St. Raymond parish.
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Showing posts with label East Rockaway. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Friday, August 3, 2012
St. Raymond, East Rockaway
The church of St. Raymond Penyafort is located at 263 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway, New York 11518, at the corner of Rocklyn Avenue. The telephone is 516-593-5000, and the website is linked here.
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The parish property (school, rectory, church) is one short block west of the Centre Avenue station of the Long Island Rail Road. It is also about 0.7 mile southeast of the Lynbrook station.
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St. Dominic founded the Order of Preachers in 1216. Already learned and specializing in Canon Law, St. Raymond joined the Dominicans in Spain some time after their foundation. He died in 1275.
The bishop of Brooklyn established this parish in 1909.
St. Raymond's elementary school is located at 263 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway NY 11518, telephone 516-593-9010. Its website is linked here.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Five Towns deanery
In the diocese of Rockville Centre, the Five Towns Deanery includes nine parishes, that is, more of southwest Nassau County than the fabled "Five Towns," Hewlett, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, and Inwood. In order of establishment these parishes are:
1872 - St. Joseph, Hewlett. The April 13, 2011, Long Island Catholic includes an important article, "Five Towns parishes to enter new era for collaboration." The bishop announced plans for the pastor of St. Joseph parish to become in the future also the administrator of St. Joachim and Our Lady of Good Counsel. Three parishes will remain, but the priest(s) will live in one. The article did not tell the number of Catholics enrolled in each parish. None of the three has a school.
1894 - St. Joachim, Cedarhurst
1909 - St. Raymond of Penyafort, East Rockaway
1910 - Our Lady of Good Counsel, Inwood. See also this article in Five Towns Patch about the centennial. About twenty photos are linked here.
1915 - St. Mary of the Isle, Long Beach
1926 - St. Ignatius Martyr, Long Beach
1927 - St. Anthony, Oceanside
1937 - Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Point Lookout
1938 - Sacred Heart, Island Park
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The above nine parishes comprise the Five Towns deanery, which has two Catholic elementary schools. St. Raymond's has a parish school, and the three parishes of Long Beach and Point Lookout sponsor Long Beach Catholic Regional School at St. Ignatius Martyr.
1872 - St. Joseph, Hewlett. The April 13, 2011, Long Island Catholic includes an important article, "Five Towns parishes to enter new era for collaboration." The bishop announced plans for the pastor of St. Joseph parish to become in the future also the administrator of St. Joachim and Our Lady of Good Counsel. Three parishes will remain, but the priest(s) will live in one. The article did not tell the number of Catholics enrolled in each parish. None of the three has a school.
1894 - St. Joachim, Cedarhurst
1909 - St. Raymond of Penyafort, East Rockaway
1910 - Our Lady of Good Counsel, Inwood. See also this article in Five Towns Patch about the centennial. About twenty photos are linked here.
1915 - St. Mary of the Isle, Long Beach
1926 - St. Ignatius Martyr, Long Beach
1927 - St. Anthony, Oceanside
1937 - Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Point Lookout
1938 - Sacred Heart, Island Park
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The above nine parishes comprise the Five Towns deanery, which has two Catholic elementary schools. St. Raymond's has a parish school, and the three parishes of Long Beach and Point Lookout sponsor Long Beach Catholic Regional School at St. Ignatius Martyr.
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