Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school

High school

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 for young men. Located in Mineola

Mineola, New York

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, New York

New York

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, the school was founded in 1930 by the Society of Mary

Society of Mary (Marianists)

The Society of Mary, a Roman Catholic Marian Society, is a congregation of brothers and priests called The Marianists or Marianist Brothers and Priests. The Society was founded by Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, a priest who survived the anti-clerical persecution during the French Revolution. ...

 (Marianists), an international Roman Catholic teaching order of priests and religious Brothers. The school is named for Father William Joseph Chaminade

William Joseph Chaminade

William Joseph Chaminade or Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, now called by his liturgical title of Blessed Chaminade , was a French Roman Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution. He founded the Society of Mary, also called the Marianists, in 1817...

, S.M. (1761–1850), who founded the Marianist order in 1817, and who was beatified by Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

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 in 2000. The school continues to be operated by the Marianists and is independent of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre

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