{"id":9,"date":"2026-11-10T16:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:32:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our Goal:<\/strong> To restore St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in honoring those who came before us and sustain it for future generations where they can practice their faith as part of the Community of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#2f4a3a\">Our restoration efforts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f7f2e8;padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#9a4a2f\">Historic Register listing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efforts are underway to obtain listing of St. Francis de Sales Church on both the State and National Registers of Historic Places in recognition of its architectural distinction and enduring role in our community. Such recognition would make possible grants from New York State to assist in restoring the Church, which is in much need of repair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f7f2e8;padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#9a4a2f\">Protecting the building<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parish is taking steps to further minimize structural damage by boarding up parts of the building, foundation, and windows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f7f2e8;padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#9a4a2f\">A dedicated restoration fund<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dedicated account within the parish has been established exclusively for the restoration of St. Francis de Sales Church for those wishing to donate towards the restoration of the building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:32px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"\/?page_id=7\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#9a4a2f\">Donate to the Restoration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Goal: To restore St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in honoring those who came before us and sustain it for future generations where they can practice their faith as part of the Community of Christ. Our restoration efforts Historic Register listing Efforts are underway to obtain listing of St. Francis de Sales Church on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wppseo_title":"","_wppseo_description":"","_wppseo_focus_kw":"","_wppseo_keywords":"","_wppseo_og_title":"","_wppseo_og_desc":"","_wppseo_og_image":"","_wppseo_canonical":"","_wppseo_noindex":"","_wppseo_schema_type":"","_wppseo_faq":"","_wppseo_quick_answer":"","_wppseo_key_takeaways":"","_wppseo_reviewed_by":"","_wppseo_last_reviewed":"","_wppseo_speakable":"","_wppseo_in_language":"","_wppseo_service_name":"","_wppseo_breadcrumb_parent":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkaparkchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}