St. Mary-Holy Cross Parish
St. Mary's Church, Elkhart
Holy Cross Church,
Rural Maxwell
Please pray for the repose of the soul Dan Sickerson, a life–long member of our Parish, who passed away September 21. He is now resting with our Lord! May his family know the compassionate presence of Christ in their time of loss.
Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
Services: Visitation at Ankeny Funeral Home, 5:00-7:00pm on Wednesday, Sept. 30 and at St. Mary’s one hour before the 10:00am Mass of Christian burial on Thursday, October 1.
Fr. Pisut will be at the annual Fall Priest Workshop the week of Sept. 28
so there will be no weekday Mass except Friday October 2.
WELCOME!
Our two churches, located in rural Northern Polk County, bring together members from 13 school districts and 23 communities to pray, serve, minister, socialize, and grow in our Catholic Faith. Please join us!
Fr. Pisut will be at the annual Fall Priest Workshop week of Sept. 28 so there will be no weekday Mass
except Friday October 2..
Fr. Pisut does not have set office hours at the Parish.
To reach him please email, call or text:
cpisut@dmdiocese.org or 515-473-2743.
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Registration for Preschool - 10th Grade for 2026-2027 is open.
Click HERE for the Parish Religious Ed Registration form
A New Way to Donate to St. Mary-Holy Cross Parish! Use the QR code or click the image to the right and in the drop down menu choose our parish (St. Mary/Holy Cross Parish - Elkhart) and make your donation. You have choices for your contribution: Tithes, Building Fund and/or Food Pantry or a general donation to the parish. The Catholic Foundation of Southwest Iowa will send all gift acknowledgement letters.
