Menard: Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Now known in Menard as the “old Catholic church,” the original Sacred Heart Catholic Church is a few blocks away from its 1955 replacement. Before its construction along the Ditch Walk acequia, local Catholics—many descended from 18th-century Hispanic settlers at Presidio de San Saba—could only celebrate Mass when a traveling priest came through town. But in 1899, Father Baudrillard directed the construction of this church.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church