About Sts. Peter and Paul · Cayuga, North Dakota
Sts. Peter and Paul is a small Catholic mission church serving the rural community of Cayuga in southeastern North Dakota. It is one of three parishes in a cluster served from St. Boniface Catholic Church in nearby Lidgerwood, along with St. Martin of Tours in Geneseo, all under the pastoral care of Fr. Peter Anderl in the Diocese of Fargo. Because the Cayuga mission gathers only once a week, Sunday evening Mass at 7:00 PM is the central celebration for the parish, with confessions heard beforehand.
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul (Prince of the Apostles)
- Rector
- Rev. Peter Anderl
- Diocese
- Diocese of Fargo
Why belong here
Sts. Peter and Paul offers a faithful, family-sized Catholic home in the heart of the Cayuga farming community, where everyone knows one another and Sunday Mass is the gathering point of the week. As a mission of the Lidgerwood–Geneseo–Cayuga tri-parish cluster, the parish benefits from a full-time resident priest and parish staff, faith formation for children and youth, and the warmth of a multi-generational rural congregation that travels from across the countryside to worship together.
Mass times at Sts. Peter and Paul
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 6:30 PM (prior to Mass) at Sts. Peter & Paul, Cayuga
About the Parish
Sts. Peter and Paul is a Catholic mission church in Cayuga, North Dakota, in the Diocese of Fargo. It is the smallest of the three parishes in the Lidgerwood–Geneseo–Cayuga cluster, serving a farming community in Sargent County in southeastern North Dakota. The parish gathers on Sunday evenings for Mass, with confessions heard before the liturgy.
History
The parish's own website and the publicly indexed sources for Sts. Peter and Paul in Cayuga do not publish a written parish history, founding date, or anniversary narrative. No parish history section was found on stboniface.net, the Diocese of Fargo parish finder, GCatholic, or the major church-directory sites.
Patron and Feast Day
The parish is named for Saints Peter and Paul, the two great apostles commemorated together on a single feast. Their joint feast day, June 29, is the parish's patronal celebration each year.
- Patron: Saints Peter and Paul (Prince of the Apostles and the Apostle to the Gentiles)
- Feast day: June 29 — Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
Cluster of Parishes
Sts. Peter and Paul does not stand alone. It is one mission in a tri-parish rural cluster anchored by St. Boniface Catholic Church in Lidgerwood, ND. The third member of the cluster is St. Martin of Tours in Geneseo. One pastor, one parish secretary and one Director of Religious Education serve all three churches, and the cluster shares a single bulletin and office in Lidgerwood.
- St. Boniface Catholic Church — Lidgerwood, ND (anchor parish)
- St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church — Geneseo, ND (mission)
- Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church — Cayuga, ND (mission)
- Cluster office: 230 1st St NW, Lidgerwood, ND 58053 — phone (701) 538-4604
Sacramental Life
Sacramental preparation for the cluster's children and adults is coordinated through the cluster's Director of Religious Education and the pastor. Couples preparing for marriage and families seeking Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation or the Anointing of the Sick should contact Fr. Anderl through the cluster parish office in Lidgerwood.
- Baptism — contact parish office
- First Reconciliation & First Communion — through cluster Religious Education
- Confirmation — diocesan and cluster preparation
- Marriage — contact Fr. Peter Anderl at the rectory (701-538-4608)
- Anointing of the Sick — by appointment; emergency calls answered by the pastor
Parish Staff and Leadership
The cluster is led by Fr. Peter Anderl, who has been pastor of St. Boniface, St. Martin of Tours and Sts. Peter and Paul since 2018. He previously served as pastor of parishes in Mooreton and Mantador, and as parochial vicar at Sts. Anne and Joachim in Fargo. Two lay staff members keep the tri-parish cluster running day to day.
- Rev. Peter Anderl — Pastor (cluster)
- Cindy Jelinek — Parish Secretary (cluster)
- Melodi Novotny — Director of Religious Education (cluster)
Contact and Visiting
Because the mission has no independent office, all calls, mail and visit coordination are handled through the cluster parish office in Lidgerwood. The address below is the Cayuga church itself; the mailing address for cluster business is the Lidgerwood office.
- Cayuga church: 229 Franklin Ave. West, Cayuga, ND 58013
- Cluster office phone: (701) 538-4604
- Rectory: (701) 538-4608
- Pastor cell: (701) 640-6050
- Pastor email: [email protected]
- Cluster website: http://www.stboniface.net