About St. Therese · Newcomb, New York
St. Therese Church is a small, welcoming Catholic parish in the hamlet of Newcomb, in the central Adirondack region of New York State. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg and shares its pastor with St. Henry's Church in Long Lake and St. Alphonsus Parish in Tupper Lake. The parish traces its origins to the mining village of Tahawus, where the original St. Therese's Church was built and later relocated to Newcomb when the mines closed. Today the church stands at 18 Adams Lane (also given as 14 Adams Lane on the diocesan directory) and is part of a tri-parish cluster served by the Tupper Lake Catholics office. Sunday Mass is celebrated at 9:00 AM in English, and the church is open daily from early morning to evening for visits to the Blessed Sacrament.
- Patron
- St. Therese of Lisieux
- Rector
- Reverend Severinus Torwoe
- Diocese
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg
Why belong here
St. Therese's is a small but genuinely welcoming Catholic community tucked into the central Adirondacks, where the parish is part of the Tupper Lake Catholic cluster and shares its pastor with St. Henry's in Long Lake and St. Alphonsus in Tupper Lake. Visitors and newcomers are warmly invited to introduce themselves, attend Sunday Mass, or simply stop in for a visit to the Blessed Sacrament — the church is open daily from early morning to evening. It is the kind of parish where the priest and congregation know one another by name, and where the wider cluster offers additional Mass times, devotions, faith formation, and sacramental preparation across the Adirondack region.
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- Church open daily from early morning to evening for visits to the Blessed Sacrament
About St. Therese Parish, Newcomb
St. Therese Church is a small, welcoming Catholic parish in the hamlet of Newcomb, in the central Adirondack region of New York. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg and shares its pastor with St. Henry's Church in Long Lake and St. Alphonsus Parish in Tupper Lake. The parish's Sunday Mass is celebrated at 9:00 AM in English, with an additional Wednesday Mass at 4:00 PM. The church is open daily from early morning to evening for visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and the rectory is next door.
- Located at 18 Adams Lane, Newcomb, NY 12852
- Part of the Diocese of Ogdensburg
- Shares its pastor with St. Henry's (Long Lake) and St. Alphonsus (Tupper Lake)
- Church open daily from early morning to evening
History: From Tahawus to Newcomb
St. Therese Parish traces its beginnings to the former mining community of Tahawus in the heart of the Adirondacks, where the National Lead company extracted ore. The original St. Therese's Church was built there to serve the Catholic workers and their families. When the mines closed and National Lead relocated its workforce about ten miles to the hamlet of Newcomb in the late 1960s/early 1970s, the wooden church building was itself physically moved from Tahawus to Newcomb and re-erected on Adams Lane, where it remains the parish church today. The migration of the building mirrored the migration of the people, and the parish has continued serving the Newcomb community under the Diocese of Ogdensburg ever since.
- Original church built at Tahawus for the National Lead mining community
- Building physically relocated to Newcomb when the mines closed (~late 1960s/early 1970s)
- Today functions as a mission of St. Henry's Parish, Long Lake, in the Hamilton/Herkimer Deanery
Tupper Lake Catholic Cluster
St. Therese is administered jointly with two neighboring parishes under the 'Tupper Lake Catholics' umbrella and the shared website tupperlakecatholics.org. The cluster shares one pastor across all three worship sites.
- St. Alphonsus Holy Name of Jesus Parish — 48 Wawbeek Ave, Tupper Lake
- St. Henry's Parish — 1188 Main St, Long Lake
- St. Therese Parish — 18 Adams Lane, Newcomb
Clergy and Staff
The parish is served by a shared pastoral team that covers St. Therese, St. Henry's, and St. Alphonsus.
- Reverend Severinus Torwoe — Pastor (per diocesan directory)
- Reverend James V. Teti — Pastor (listed by Town of Newcomb's worship page)
- Fr. Clement Rimonds HGN — Assistant Pastor (listed by Town of Newcomb's worship page)
- Parish office / cluster contact: 518-359-3405, [email protected]
Visiting and Worship
The parish warmly welcomes visitors to Newcomb and the surrounding Adirondacks. The church is open daily from early morning into the evening so that anyone may stop in for prayer or a visit to the Blessed Sacrament. Newcomers to the area are encouraged to introduce themselves to the pastor, and visitors to this scenic Adirondack location are invited to attend Sunday Mass or simply drop in.
- Church open daily from early morning to evening
- Rectory is next door to the church
- Sunday Mass at 9:00 AM in English
- Midweek Mass on Wednesday at 4:00 PM
St. Therese Cemetery
St. Therese Cemetery, also known locally as the Newcomb Cemetery, lies in the hamlet of Newcomb in Essex County. The cemetery is associated with the parish and contains nearly 400 memorials, many of which have been photographed and documented by family-history volunteers.
- Also known as: Newcomb Cemetery
- Location: Newcomb, Essex County, New York
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 65422
- Approx. 384 memorials documented