Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Point Lookout

In Point Lookout, the church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal faces south.  To the right is Parkside Drive, which travels north only about 50 yards to the only traffic signal in the hamlet of Point Lookout. The address is 75 Parkside Drive, Post Office Box 20, Point Lookout, NY 11569, telephone 516-431-2772.  The parish website is linked here.
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If the above description of the streets is not clear, let me rephrase it.  All traffic enters the small community of Point Lookout eastbound.  At the first and only traffic signal, turn right onto Parkside Drive.  You will soon see the church.

Any photo may be enlarged by clicking on it.  The above photo was taken in April, 2012.

This parish is one of three parishes sponsoring Long Beach Catholic Regional School, six miles west.
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There are two parishes in the Diocese of Rockville Centre under the patronage of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.  In 1936, the OLMM parish in Wyandanch, Suffolk County, was established, followed the next year by the establishment of this OLMM parish in Point Lookout.
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Point Lookout has a population of about 1,500.

St. Mary of the Isle, Long Beach

The parish of St. Mary of the Isle stands on the south side of East Park Avenue at Monroe Boulevard, Long Beach, New York, three blocks east of the Long Beach railroad station and the city center.  This view shows the church, the parish center to the right, and the rectory at 315 East Walnut Street, Long Beach, NY 11561, telephone 516-432-0157.  The parish website is liked here.

Founded in 1918, this parish is the oldest of the three parishes on the barrier reef that runs ten miles from Point Lookout on the east to Silver Point on the west.  St. Mary of the Isle sponsors Long Beach Catholic Regional School.
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The above photo was taken in 2012, before the hurricane Sandy damaged many buildings in Long Beach.  The photo below was taken in 2014, after repairs.

This is the night

Exsultet iam angelica turba!  Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven! Exsultent divina mysteria!  Exult, let angel ministers of God exult! Et pro tanti Regis victoria tuba insonet salutaris!  Let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King's triumph!

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(A magnificent poetic song, with elegance and paradox, originating somewhere between the fifth and seventh centuries.)

St. Paul the Apostle, Brookville

Established in 1962, the parish of St. Paul the Apostle is located at 2534 Cedar Swamp Road (NY highway 107), Brookville, New York 11545, telephone 516-935-1880.  The parish website is linked here.  Located adjacent to Jericho High School and across the road from the State University of New York at Old Westbury, the extensive grounds of the parish lie just inside the Village of Brookville.  The church was built in 1966.
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Any photo may be enlarged by clicking on it.  The above photo of the Mass schedule was taken in early April, 2012.

The church is to the left of the photographer.  The rectory is beyond the tree and along the entrance drive.  Jericho High School is in the distance.

Apparently, teams from Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, Hicksville, are among those using the three ball fields.

St. Joachim, Cedarhurst

St. Joachim church is located at 614 Central Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York 11516, telephone 516-569-1845.  The parish website is linked here.  This is at the intersection of McGlynn Place.

Above is the Fatima shrine.

Across McGlynn Place, Kulanu, a service for children with special needs, purchased the parish school.
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This editor notes that the parishes of St. Joachim and St. Joseph have Jewish men as patron saints.

Our Lady of Good Counsel, Inwood

Our Lady of Good Counsel church is at the corner of Wanser Avenue and Church Street in Inwood, Long Island, about a half-mile east of Far Rockaway, Queens.  The mailing address is 68 Wanser Avenue, Inwood, NY 11096, telephone 516-239-0953. Inwood (not to be confused with Inwood, northern Manhattan) is in Nassau County. The above Mass schedule was photographed in March, 2012.

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In April, 2011, the Long Island Catholic reported that the three parishes of St. Joseph (Hewlett), St. Joachim (Cedarhurst), and Our Lady of Good Counsel (Inwood) would be placed in some sort of unified care without being merged.  In December, 2011, the Long Island Catholic reported that Father Moriarty, pastor of St. Joseph, would also be administrator of Our Lady of Good Counsel. "The parishes of St. Joseph, Hewlett, St. Joachim, Cedarhurst, and Our Lady of Good Counsel, Inwood, will work together to provide pastoral services."

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When the parish was established in 1910, the congregation was mostly Italian.  The devotion to Mary under the title Madonna del Buon Consilio arose in Genazzano, some thirty miles south of Rome, in the fifteenth century.

The bell dates from 1910.  To read the inscription, please click on the photo.

This statue honors Padre Pio.

Crossroads School for Children uses the former parish school on Henry Street.
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Bus Q113 from Jamaica stops at the corner, and the Lawrence railroad station is nearby. 

St. Ignatius Martyr, Long Beach

The mailing address of the parish of St. Ignatius Martyr is 721 West Broadway, Long Beach, NY 11561, telephone 516-432-0045.   The parish website, linked here, includes the Mass schedule and an excellent history of the parish.  The church's patron is St. Ignatius, third bishop of Antioch, martyred in Rome about 108 A.D.   He has left us seven letters.

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The above view looks east along West Penn Street, with the church steps on the southwest corner of West Penn Street and Grand Boulevard.  The tall building to the right of the church is the rectory, which faces West Broadway.  To the right of the rectory, in the gap and a short block south, is the Long Beach boardwalk, the wide beach, and the Atlantic Ocean.  As the shoreline runs almost east-west, the view of the ocean is south, and the next land is Turks Island in the Caribbean!

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Fortunately, the parish has placed a directional sign (with Sunday Mass schedule) on the Long Beach's principal street, Park Avenue, at Grand Boulevard, pointing four blocks south.

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Long Beach Catholic Regional School is at 735 West Broadway, Long Beach NY 11561, telephone 516-432-8900.  The school website is linked here.  Three parishes (St. Ignatius, St. Mary of the Isle, and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal) sponsor the school.

The above views look east along West Broadway towards Grand Boulevard.