About St. Agnes · Hunter, North Dakota
St. Agnes Catholic Church is a small mission parish serving the rural farming community of Hunter, North Dakota, in the Diocese of Fargo. Worshipping at 102 1st St. E in the heart of the village, St. Agnes alternates Sunday Masses with its sister parishes in a tri-parish cluster led from Our Lady of Peace in nearby Mayville. The faith community is small but remains a steady presence on the prairies of eastern North Dakota, sharing a pastor, website, and Sacramental life with Our Lady of Peace (Mayville) and St. Olaf (Finley).
- Patron
- St. Agnes
- Rector
- Rev. Eric S. Olsen
- Diocese
- Diocese of Fargo
Why belong here
St. Agnes is a tight-knit prairie Catholic community where Sunday Mass is still the heart of the week for Hunter-area farming families. As a mission in the Our Lady of Peace (Mayville) / St. Olaf (Finley) cluster, the parish shares a dedicated resident priest, Sacramental preparation, and a published schedule of Masses and confessions — making it a real, accessible worship home in rural eastern North Dakota despite its small size.
Mass times at St. Agnes
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 8:00–8:30 AM (St. Agnes in odd-numbered months)
About St. Agnes Catholic Church
St. Agnes is a Catholic mission parish in the village of Hunter, North Dakota, in the Diocese of Fargo. It belongs to a tri-parish cluster with Our Lady of Peace in Mayville and St. Olaf in Finley, and shares a single pastor and a single parish website (olp-stagnes.org) with those sister communities. Worship is celebrated in English in the Roman (Latin) Rite.
- Parish type: Mission (Diocese of Fargo)
- Cluster: Our Lady of Peace (Mayville) / St. Agnes (Hunter) / St. Olaf (Finley)
- Patron: St. Agnes (feast day January 21)
- Location: 102 1st St. E, Hunter, ND 58048
Parish Cluster and Pastoral Team
St. Agnes is pastored as part of the Our Lady of Peace (Mayville) / St. Olaf (Finley) / St. Agnes (Hunter) cluster, which Bishop John T. Folda formally established on June 26, 2024. The pastor serves all three communities from the Mayville cluster office.
- Current pastor: Rev. Eric S. Olsen — first-term six-year appointment beginning June 26, 2024
- Previous pastor: Msgr. Daniel Pilon, who served the Hunter community prior to the 2024 reassignment
- Cluster office: Our Lady of Peace, 846 5th St. SE, Mayville, ND 58257
- Cluster phone: (701) 788-3234 — Tuesday–Thursday 9:30 AM–12:00 PM by appointment
Parish Ministries and Lay Service
St. Agnes draws on lay ministers from its small but committed congregation to support the liturgy and bring Communion to those who cannot attend. The parish is known for multi-generational family involvement in liturgical and pastoral roles.
- Lectors (Scripture readers at Sunday Mass)
- Eucharistic Ministers (distributing Holy Communion at Mass)
- Homebound Communion visits to parishioners who are ill or elderly
- Family and farming-community catechesis through participation in the cluster's Sacramental preparation
Sacraments
Because St. Agnes is a mission within the Mayville-area cluster, Sacramental preparation (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick) is coordinated through the Our Lady of Peace cluster office. Funeral and other rites are scheduled through the same office.
- Sunday Eucharist (rotating schedule at St. Agnes)
- Reconciliation (Sunday 8:00–8:30 AM at St. Agnes in odd months, plus cluster times)
- Baptism, Marriage, First Communion, Confirmation — coordinated through the Mayville cluster office
- Anointing of the Sick and funeral rites available on request through the parish office
Diocese of Fargo
St. Agnes is part of the Diocese of Fargo, a Latin-Rite Catholic diocese covering the eastern portion of North Dakota and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The Cathedral of St. Mary in Fargo serves as the diocesan mother church, and Bishop John T. Folda leads the diocese.
- Diocese: Fargo (Dioecesis Fargensis)
- Bishop (as of recent diocesan announcements): Most Rev. John T. Folda
- Mother church: Cathedral of St. Mary, Fargo
- Rite: Roman-Latin
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Msgr. Daniel PilonThrough 2024
Listed as parish pastor on the City of Hunter website and featured on Real Presence Radio; served the tri-parish cluster before the June 2024 reassignment.
- Rev. Eric S. OlsenJune 26, 2024 – present
Appointed by Bishop John T. Folda as first-term pastor of the newly formed Our Lady of Peace / St. Agnes / St. Olaf cluster for an initial six-year term.