{"id":33,"date":"2017-06-12T23:32:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T23:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmarkstluke.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-02-11T16:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T20:11:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Our Parish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>PARISH MISSION STATEMENT<\/h2>\n<p>We are CALLED to be a family of families, drawn together by the Holy Spirit into communion with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist for the glory of God the Father.<\/p>\n<p>We are SENT to imitate Christ by living the Gospel through love of neighbor.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Saint Mark the Evangelist<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">395 South Ridge Avenue<br \/>\nGreencastle, PA 17225<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mass Schedule<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Saturday Vigil Mass:<\/strong> 5:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>Sunday Mass:<\/strong> 9:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>Daily Mass: <\/strong>Monday &#8211; Saturday 9:00 AM (Holy Hour with Morning Prayer and Rosary at 8:00 AM)<br \/>\n<strong>Holy Day Masses: <\/strong>9:00 AM, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sacrament of Reconciliation:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Saturday 4:00-4:45 PM<br \/>\nAnytime by appointment<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Office Hours:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>395 S. Ridge Ave, Greencastle:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Monday &#8211; Thursday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM<br \/>\n(Closed Friday)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Saint Luke The Evangelist Mission<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">115 Overhill Drive<br \/>\nMercersburg, PA 17236<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mass Schedule<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Sunday Mass:<\/strong> 11:00AM<br \/>\n<strong>Holy Day:<\/strong> Mass is at St. Mark<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sacrament of Reconciliation:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Anytime by appointment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just a short excerpt for the about&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8ZI4x-x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80,"url":"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/sacraments\/","url_meta":{"origin":33,"position":0},"title":"Sacraments","author":"Don M","date":"June 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconciliation: At St. Mark:\u00a0 Saturday evening, 4:00 to 4:45 pm, or anytime by appointment by calling the parish office. 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