Continuing Tradition in the Heart of North Dakota - Sacred Restorations

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this episode, we travel to Bismarck, North Dakota, where the faithful of St. Michael’s are building a new Romanesque church on a hill overlooking the city. Fr. Dominic May walks us through the remarkable history of Tradition in North Dakota, from the legacy of Fr. Frederick Nelson and Powers Lake, to the first Society Masses offered in a living room, to the growth of a chapel serving faithful across the Dakotas and parts of Montana. After years of outgrowing their current church in Mandan, the parish purchased 20 acres on the edge of Bismarck and began raising a beautiful new house of God, with salvaged marble altars, restored pews, and countless hours of parishioner labor. With construction well underway, St. Michael’s is preparing a new home for the Mass – and for generations of Catholic families to come.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sacred Restorations, a limited series on the SSPX podcast that highlights the beautiful work being done across the U.S. District.
0:16.0	In this episode, we travel to Bismarck, North Dakota, where the faithful of St. Michael's are building a new Romanesque church on a hill overlooking the city. Father Dominic May walks us through the remarkable
0:25.3	history of tradition in North Dakota, from the legacy of Father Frederick Nelson in Powers Lake,
0:30.1	to the first society masses offered in a living room, to the growth of a chapel serving faithful
0:34.4	across the Dakotas in parts of Montana. After years about growing their
0:38.2	current church in Mandan, the parish purchased 20 acres on the edge of Bismarck and began raising a
0:43.0	beautiful new house of God, with salvaged marble altars, restored pews, and countless hours
0:47.9	of parishioner labor. With construction well underway, St. Michael's is preparing a new home for the
0:53.6	Mass, and for generations of Catholic
0:55.5	families to come. So now let's join Father Dominic May for this episode of Sacred Restorations
1:00.6	right here on the SSPX podcast. Welcome to our next episode on the Sacred Restoration series and welcoming Father Dominic May.
1:13.6	Father May, very good to have you.
1:15.6	How are you?
1:16.6	Very well, Andrew.
1:17.6	Thank you.
1:18.6	Good.
1:19.6	It's the first time that you and I have spoken.
1:20.6	We were just chatting about some past history going through St. Mary's back in the late 90s,
1:26.6	something like that, right?
1:29.7	Yeah, 97, 96, 97.
1:30.9	Great.
1:33.5	Well, and tell us a little bit about you, Father.
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