St. Frances de Chantal was founded in 1952 as the town of Wantagh was making the rapid transition from a farming community to a suburb of New York City.

The local residents saw the need for their own parish after having worshipped in makeshift quarters at the local fire house and then an area elementary school. The Diocese of Brooklyn purchased a large tract of land on the town's major thoroughfare Wantagh Avenue and......

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