On March 8, shouts of “Go Gold, Go Green” could be heard coming from St. Agnes Cathedral School gymnasium. It was the annual Green and Gold Night, featuring grade 7 students as “secret agent …
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3/13/13
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More than 1,000 pack St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre to honor Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr.
The solemn sound of bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace” mixed with the throaty roar of motorcycles as the hearse carrying Lance Cpl. Gregory T. Buckley’s body pulled up in front of St. Agnes Cathedral last Saturday afternoon.
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By Alex Costello
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8/22/12
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In a joyous ceremony before a crowd that filled St. Agnes Cathedral on July 25, the Most Rev. William Murphy, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, installed the Rev. Monsignor Robert J. Brennan, 50, and the Rev. Monsignor Nelson J. Perez, 51, as auxiliary bishops at a Mass of Episcopal Ordination. The two were selected by Pope Benedict XVI.
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By Judy Rattner
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8/1/12
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June 15 was a day of celebration tinged with nostalgia as St. Agnes Cathedral School said farewell to its graduating class of eighth graders.
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6/27/12
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In a March 25 newsletter to parishioners, Monsignor William Koenig, the rector of the Parish of St. Agnes, announced that on June 2, the parish center on North Village Avenue will be renamed in honor of Monsignor James Kelly, a former rector, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest.
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By Aaron Axelson
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5/23/12
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Hundreds of protesters from six Long Island Catholic schools braved the snow outside St. Agnes Cathedral last Saturday afternoon in an effort to keep the schools open.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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1/25/12
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Members of Hewitt Elementary School’s Student Council enthusiastically participated in an annual Thanksgiving food drive organized by the St. Agnes Parish Outreach ministry.
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11/30/11
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Parks and Recreation Superintendent Tony Brunetta was joined by Mayor Francis Murray, Deputy Mayor Nancy Howard and Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce President Margarita Fox on Monday afternoon as they collected turkeys that will be delivered to the St. Agnes Parish Outreach, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and the Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre, for distribution to local families in need.
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11/23/11
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Paul E. Durnan Jr. was joined by his father, Paul E. Durnan Sr. and his grandfather, Paul H. Durnan on his first day of kindergarten at St. Agnes Cathedral School. He is the third of his namesake to attend the school — his grandfather Paul H. entered it in 1947, and his father started in 1981.
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10/19/11
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Nassau County police are looking into a theft at St. Agnes Cathedral between Sept. 22 and Sept. 29, when it was reported.
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10/5/11
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