by tonyleto | Jun 19, 2020 | news
River Crest Sanitarium Before there was a Mater Christi. the Rivercrest Sanitarium operated on what would become the school grounds. The old entrance ramp to Rivercrest is still in place on Ditmars Blvd. River Crest Sanitarium was a New York State licensed mental...
by tonyleto | Jun 19, 2020 | news
Long Journey Home By Patrice O’ShaughnessySTAFF WRITER , NEWSDAYDecember 15, 2000 The oil painting of Christ was “dark and kind of depressing,” but the gold frame around it was beautiful, so when Sister Mary Rosaire received it as a gift from her school’s principal in...