About Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish · Elkton, South Dakota
Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish is a small Catholic parish in the rural community of Elkton, South Dakota, one of six parishes that together form the All Saints Pastorate of the Diocese of Sioux Falls. Founded in 1881, it serves the farming faithful of east central South Dakota and offers Sunday Mass, a weekly Wednesday Mass, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The parish is pastored from the larger St. Thomas More Catholic Student Parish in neighboring Brookings, together with St. Francis de Sales (Estelline), St. Paul (White), St. John the Evangelist (Arlington), and Pius XII Newman Center at South Dakota State University.
- Established
- 1881
- Patron
- Our Lady of Good Counsel
- Rector
- Father Thomas Fitzpatrick
- Diocese
- Diocese of Sioux Falls
Why belong here
Our Lady of Good Counsel is the spiritual home of Elkton's small but faithful Catholic community, offering Sunday Mass at 10:30 AM and a midweek Wednesday Mass at 9:00 AM in a setting where generations of farm families have worshipped since 1881. Because the parish belongs to the six-parish All Saints Pastorate, visitors and parishioners also have access to weekday Masses, Adoration, and Spanish-language Mass celebrated at sister churches in Brookings, Estelline, White, and Arlington. Confessions are heard about 30 minutes after Sunday Mass at Elkton and by appointment, making the sacraments accessible to rural Catholics across the pastorate.
Mass times at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- 30 minutes after Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Elkton
- By appointment
Adoration times
- Wednesday 2:30 – 8:00 PM at All Saints Pastorate (during the academic year only)
About Our Lady of Good Counsel, Elkton
Our Lady of Good Counsel is a small Catholic parish serving the town of Elkton in Brookings County, east central South Dakota. Its physical church stands at 202 W 7th Street, Elkton, SD 57026, where the community gathers for Sunday and Wednesday Mass. Although it is a smaller rural parish, it is fully integrated into the liturgical and sacramental life of the wider All Saints Pastorate, which pools clergy and resources so that each of its six member parishes can keep regular worship available.
- Physical address: 202 W 7th St., Elkton, SD 57026
- Phone: 605-997-2610
- Pastored as part of the All Saints Pastorate (Diocese of Sioux Falls)
History of the Parish
According to the GCatholic directory, the parish traces its history to 1881, when Catholic worship was first established in the Elkton area. Like many rural South Dakota parishes, it grew with the surrounding farming communities and weathered the population shifts of the twentieth century. Today it continues to operate as a worship site while being administered in collaboration with the other five parishes of the All Saints Pastorate.
- Parish history recorded as beginning in 1881 (GCatholic).
- Now part of the six-parish All Saints Pastorate in the Diocese of Sioux Falls.
All Saints Pastorate — Sister Parishes
Our Lady of Good Counsel is one of six parishes that make up the All Saints Pastorate, a family of Catholic parishes in east central South Dakota under the Diocese of Sioux Falls. The other parishes are St. Thomas More in Brookings, Pius XII Newman Center at South Dakota State University, St. Francis de Sales in Estelline, St. Paul in White, and St. John the Evangelist in Arlington. Sharing clergy and a common bulletin, the pastorate keeps daily Mass, Adoration, and the sacraments available across the region.
- St. Thomas More — Brookings, SD
- Pius XII Newman Center — Brookings, SD
- St. Francis de Sales — Estelline, SD
- St. Paul — White, SD
- St. John the Evangelist — Arlington, SD
- Our Lady of Good Counsel — Elkton, SD
Clergy and Leadership
Our Lady of Good Counsel is served by the clergy team of the All Saints Pastorate, who also minister to the other five parishes in the grouping. The Diocese of Sioux Falls lists a Pastor, two Parochial Vicars, and a Deacon who together care for the spiritual needs of the six communities.
- Father Thomas Fitzpatrick — Pastor
- Father David Stevens — Parochial Vicar
- Father Patrick Grode — Parochial Vicar / Priest Director, Newman Center
- Deacon Bradley Wiemann
Contact and Visiting
The parish's mailing and administrative address is handled through the All Saints Pastorate office at 1700 8th St. S., Brookings, SD 57006. Visitors and parishioners are invited to call the pastorate office at 605-692-4361 during office hours. Use of St. Mary's Hall, which is associated with the pastorate, is arranged by contacting the same office.
- Pastorate mailing address: 1700 8th St. S., Brookings, SD 57006
- Pastorate office phone: 605-692-4361
- Parish (church building) phone (per GCatholic): 605-997-2610
Worship Across the Pastorate
In addition to the Mass and Confession at Our Lady of Good Counsel, the All Saints Pastorate offers daily Mass at the sister churches in Brookings, Estelline, and elsewhere. Sunday Masses include 8:30 AM (Brookings, Estelline, White), 10:30 AM (Brookings, Pius XII Newman Center, Our Lady of Good Counsel), and 5:15 PM (St. Thomas More in Spanish, plus a 6:30 PM Newman Center Mass during the academic year).
- Sunday 8:30 AM — St. Thomas More, Brookings; St. Francis de Sales, Estelline; St. Paul, White
- Sunday 10:30 AM — St. Thomas More, Brookings; Pius XII Newman Center, Brookings; Our Lady of Good Counsel, Elkton
- Sunday 5:15 PM — St. Thomas More, Brookings (Spanish)
- Sunday 6:30 PM — Pius XII Newman Center, Brookings (during academic year)