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We are a congregation of about 80 families.
Our pastor/pastoral leader is Fr. Chet Artysiewicz.
The first Catholic Church built in Monticello a little more than a decade ago, St. Mark's parish has more than doubled in size, outgrown its church building and needs classrooms and a larger parish hall.
St. Mark's sits in Arkansas, a state in which Catholics make up only three percent of the two and one half million inhabitants.
Ground was broken for the new church in June, 1985 only ten years after Glemnary Missioners of Cincinnati, Ohio had taken responsibility for pastoral and missionary work for Ashley, Bradley and Drew County. Monticello is located in Drew County.
Our current church building was completed in 1997.