About St. Margaret · Lakeside, South Dakota
St. Margaret is a small Catholic mission church in the rural community of Lakeside, in western South Dakota. It is a parish of the Diocese of Rapid City and is attended from nearby St. Patrick Parish in Wall, with which it has long been pastorally linked. The church sits on Wicksville Road near Owanka and serves Catholic families spread across the sparsely populated ranch country east of Wall, gathering the faithful for Sunday Mass and the sacraments.
- Patron
- St. Margaret
- Rector
- Fr. Jonathan Dillon
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rapid City
Why belong here
St. Margaret offers Sunday Mass in the heart of rural Pennington County ranch country, where the Catholic faith has been celebrated for generations. Though small, it is a tight-knit mission attached to St. Patrick's in Wall, giving rural parishioners the stability of a pastor and community with deep roots in western South Dakota.
Mass times at St. Margaret
Weekly Mass schedule
About St. Margaret
St. Margaret is a rural Catholic mission in the small community of Lakeside, South Dakota, on the windswept plains between Wall and Rapid City. The mission is part of the Diocese of Rapid City and is attended from St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Wall, where its mailing address (PO Box 405, Wall, SD 57790-0405) and main contact line (605-279-2542) are based.
- Type: Mission (Church)
- Diocese: Rapid City
- Contact email: [email protected]
- Listed on GCatholic (ID 36679) under the Diocese of Rapid City
Contact & Location
St. Margaret sits at 22100 Wicksville Road, Owanka, in the Lakeside area east of Wall. The mailing address goes to PO Box 405, Wall, SD 57790-0405, reflecting that the parish office is staffed through St. Patrick Parish in Wall.
- Address: 22100 Wicksville Rd, Owanka, SD 57790-0405
- Mailing: PO Box 405, Wall, SD 57790-0405
- Phone: 605-279-2542
- Email: [email protected]
- Diocesan website: https://www.rapidcitydiocese.org/location/lakeside-st-margaret/
- Listed at GCatholic (Church ID 36679) under the Diocese of Rapid City
Parish Groupings & Deanery
St. Margaret is grouped with St. Patrick in Wall and is part of Deanery 3 of the Diocese of Rapid City. The diocese has at various times brought St. Margaret into parish groupings with neighboring missions (Martin, Kadoka) while keeping Wall as the parent community.
- Deanery 3 includes Wall (St. Patrick), Lakeside (St. Margaret), Martin (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart), Kadoka (Our Lady of Victory) and other parishes.
- Pastoral coordination is administered from Wall.
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Fr. Dan Juelfs2018-2019
Assigned as Pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Wall and St. Margaret Parish in Lakeside effective September 4, 2018, through June 30, 2019.
- Fr. Tony Grossenburg2021
Released from assignment as Pastor of St. Patrick in Wall and St. Margaret in Lakeside in 2021 to become Parochial Vicar for Blessed Sacrament Parish in Rapid City.
- Fr. Tyler Dennis
Assigned as Pastor of the parishes of St. Patrick in Wall and St. Margaret in Lakeside, part of a parish grouping with Martin and Kadoka.
- Fr. Jonathan Dillon2026-
Currently pastor, while remaining pastor of St. Patrick in Wall; resides in Wall.