Nassau County N.Y. Catholic: Williston Park

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The heart of the Christian community is our Triune Lord: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Geography, history, and numbers are not the heart, but probably I will type mostly on these topics. As the internet already provides many encouraging spiritual guides and discouraging contentious forums, I intend to offer neither.
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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Nassau K-8 enrollments in 2015

The 2016 edition of the Official Catholic Directory probably reports information from 2015 or earlier. This new edition lists twenty-two parish or regional Catholic elementary schools in Nassau County. The top ten in reported enrollment are:
St. Agnes Cathedral, 728.
St. Anne, Garden City, 540.
St. William the Abbot, Seaford, 538.
St. Aidan, Williston Park, 487.
St. Martin de Porres, Uniondale, 460.
Long Beach Catholic, 440.
St. Rose of Lima, Massapequa Park, 404.
Maria Regina, Seaford, 400.
Holy Family, Hicksville, 397.
Our Lady of Victory, Floral Park, 389.
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Eighteen schools have more than 300 enrolled.
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Only one school, All Saints Regional, Glen Cove, has fewer than 200.
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The total K-8 enrollment in Catholic schools is about 8,544.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

St. Aidan, Williston Park

The church of St. Aidan and its buildings line both sides of Willis Avenue in Williston Park. Though each building carries a separate number (helpful to emergency services), the parish mailing address is 505 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, New York 11596. The phone number is 516-746-6585, with various extensions for the offices, among them: Rectory ext. 9101, west school ext. 9202, east school ext. 9302. The parish website is linked here.

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Above, the first photo shows the church on the west side of Willis Avenue, one block north of Hillside Avenue (NY 25B).
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On the east side of Willis Avenue is this school at 510 Willis Avenue. The school's website is linked here.

On the west side of Willis Avenue is this school.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

North Hempstead deanery

The Diocese of Rockville Centre has seven deaneries in Nassau County. The North Hempstead Deanery includes the following parishes, in order of foundation:
1863 -- St. Mary, Manhassset
1876 -- St. Aloysius, Great Neck.
1893 -- Holy Spirit, New Hyde Park.
1901 -- St. Peter of Alcantara, Port Washington
1901 -- Corpus Christi, Mineola.
1925 -- St. Aidan, Williston Park
1941 -- Notre Dame, New Hyde Park.
1948 -- Our Lady of Fatima, Manorhaven.
The North Hempstead deanery is not coterminous with the Town of North Hempstead.
Four of the eight parishes support a parish elementary school: St. Aidan (at about 600 students, maybe the sixth largest in the diocese), St. Mary, St. Peter of Alcantara, and Notre Dame. St. Mary's parish, Manhasset, hosts a parish high school.