[johnfarr]

St Timothy has a large parish. It was the first Catholic Church built to handle the growth of The Villages. It started as a Church hall, which was quickly outgrown. Then a beautiful 1,100 (I think) seat church was built, complete with golf cart parking. The new Church was again quickly outgrown and the St Timothy congregation put aside funds for another "Mission Church" in the northern end of the Villages. Thus St Mark came about with a 660 seat Hall, built by the parishioners of St Timothy. Now the Hall at St Mark hall has been outgrown and the St Mark parishioners have already raised the funds to build an enormous 1,500+ Church adjacent to the Hall. Construction is well underway, with dedication planned for this December.

St Vincent dePaul originally planned a 1,700 seat Church, to be the largest in the Orlando Diocese, to handle the growth in the southern end of The Villages. That plan is on hold for now, but the growth there will soon force some sort of action by the diocese.

Hope that helps!



The Mass Schedules are in the URLs above.

I attend St Mark, even though I live closer to the other two. It is a very friendly place and the Pauline Fathers there are fantastic! It is a quick hop on US 301 to Rt 42 where the Church is.