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Signs of faith as LI Catholic schools close

June 20, 2012 11:28 PM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

The farewell sign outside the Prince of Peace

Photo credit: Newsday/Jacqueline Connor | The farewell sign outside the Prince of Peace Regional Catholic School in Sayville. Prince of Peace is one of the schools that the diocese has decided to close. (June 20, 2012)

'Farewell Prince of Peace, Hello . . ."

So read a sign in front of the now-shuttered Prince of Peace Regional Catholic School in Sayville Wednesday.

"Hello . . ."

The ellipsis is apt because it offers a hint that generations of children who studied, played and prayed -- unlike most American children today -- will keep the best of what the dwindling number of Catholic schools have...

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