I want to welcome you to our website. My name is Father Bill Muench, pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Ticonderoga, New York and Sacred Heart Church, Crown Point, New York in the Diocese of Ogdensburg. For those of you who are not local, both of our communities were very important during revolutionary days.
We are located in Eastern New York State on the Vermont border in a most beautiful section of New York State, between Lake George on the South and Lake Champlain on the North. Now, each community has restored forts and battlegrounds of the Revolutionary War. A great deal of history has touched our parishes. For the parishioners of St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart, this website will be an important way for me to keep in touch with you.
You will find here parish news, regular and special schedules and plenty of pictures of the activities of our parishes. I hope that you check in often to keep involved in parish life. If you have any suggestions for this website, please contact me, Fr. Bill, or Jim Cunningham.
We, the people of the Catholic Community of St. Mary's and Sacred Heart, find our unity made alive in the word of God. Fed by the Holy Eucharist and strengthened by the sacraments of our church, we remain open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
In our Christian Journey, we strive to build a caring, prayerful and friendly community by living in compassion and service to one another and to all people. Through these efforts, we desire to demonstrate our dynamic faith in the message of Jesus Christ.
St. Mary's School is a Catholic elementary school, established in the best traditions of quality education and striving today to educate our children in the context of a Catholic faith community, to challenge each child to reach one's full potential in an orderly and loving environment, to promote within each individual a lifelong realization of the message of the gospel, a commitment to community, and service to all people.
Updates from Fr. Bill's Trip and Fr. Bill's Trip Summary and pictures.
Fr. Bill is adding his messages directly on-line. The messages, present and past, can be found here:
Present and past church bulletins can be found here:
Anniversary Celebration Images
The parish celebrated the 40th anniversary of Sister Sharon our school principal. Sister has been here in Ticonderoga for about 23 years and has truly been more than just a school principal. She has been very active in the parish, staying close to the sick being part of so many families in good times and in difficult; so it will be a great opportunity to honor Sister Sharon, and also to honor the Sisters of St. Joseph, who have been part of St. Mary's School for 40 years.
I am truly grateful for Sister Sharon's place in this parish. She keeps the school operating soundly, and has been a positive force for good in the parish, reaching out to those in need, and always being ready to help keep the parish filled with the Spirit of the Lord, and always happy and peaceful.
