Catch Kathmandu Pro: Override Parent Featured Page Content

/**
 * Template for Featured Content Page to override parent theme's function
 */
function catchkathmandu_featured_content_page( $options ) {
    global $post;
    $quantity       = $options [ 'homepage_featured_qty' ];
    $headline       = $options [ 'homepage_featured_headline' ];
    $layouts        = $options [ 'homepage_featured_layout' ];
    $number_of_post = 0;        // for number of posts
    $post_list      = array();  // list of valid post ids

    $featured_content = '';

    //Get valid number of posts
    for( $i = 1; $i <= $quantity; $i++ ){
        if( isset ( $options[ 'featured_content_page' ][ $i ] ) && $options[ 'featured_content_page' ][ $i ] > 0 ) {
            $number_of_post++;

            $post_list  =   array_merge( $post_list, array( $options[ 'featured_content_page' ][ $i ] ) );
        }
    }

    //Checking Layout
    if ( $layouts == 'four-columns' ) {
        $classes = "layout-four";
    }
    else {
        $classes = "layout-three";
    }

    if ( !empty( $post_list ) && $number_of_post > 0 ) {
        $get_featured_posts = new WP_Query( array(
                    'posts_per_page' => $number_of_post,
                    'post__in'       => $post_list,
                    'orderby'        => 'post__in',
                    'post_type'      => 'page',
                ));

        $i=0;

        $featured_content .= '<section id="featured-post" class="featured-content-page ' . $classes . '">';

        if ( !empty( $headline ) ) {
            $featured_content .= '<h1 id="feature-heading" class="entry-title">' . $headline . '</h1>';
        }

        $featured_content .= '<div class="featued-content-wrap">';
        while ( $get_featured_posts->have_posts()) : $get_featured_posts->the_post(); $i++;
            $title_attribute = the_title_attribute( array( 'before' => __( 'Permalink to:', 'catch-kathmandu' ), 'echo' => false ) );
            $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
            $featured_content .= '
                <article id="featured-post-' . $i . '" class="post hentry">';
                if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
                    $featured_content .= '
                    <figure class="featured-homepage-image">
                        <a href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="' . the_title_attribute( array( 'before' => __( 'Permalink to:', 'catch-kathmandu' ), 'echo' => false ) ) . '">
                        '. get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'small-featured', array( 'title' => esc_attr( $title_attribute ), 'alt' => esc_attr( $title_attribute ), 'class' => 'pngfix' ) ) .'
                        </a>
                    </figure>';
                }
                else {
                    $catchkathmandu_first_image = catchkathmandu_get_first_image( $post->ID, 'small-featured', array( 'title' => esc_attr( $title_attribute ), 'alt' => esc_attr( $title_attribute ), 'class' => 'pngfix' ) );

                    if ( '' != $catchkathmandu_first_image ) {
                        $featured_content .= '
                        <figure class="featured-homepage-image">
                            <a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" title="' . the_title_attribute( array( 'before' => __( 'Permalink to:', 'catch-kathmandu' ), 'echo' => false ) ) . '">
                                '. $catchkathmandu_first_image .'
                            </a>
                        </figure>';
                    }
                }

                $featured_content .= '
                    <div class="entry-container">';
                            $featured_content .= '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" title="' . the_title_attribute( array( 'before' => __( 'Permalink to:', 'catch-kathmandu' ), 'echo' => false ) ) . '">
                                '. the_title( '<header class="entry-header"><h1 class="entry-title">','</h1></header>', false ) .'
                            </a>';
                            $content = apply_filters( 'the_content', get_the_content() );
                            $content = str_replace( ']]>', ']]&gt;', $content );
                            $featured_content .= '<div class="entry-content">'.$content.'</div>';
                            $featured_content .= '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="' . the_title_attribute( array( 'before' => __( 'Permalink to:', 'catch-kathmandu' ), 'echo' => false ) ) . '"></a>';
                    $featured_content .= '
                    </div><!-- .entry-container -->
                </article><!-- .featured-post-'. $i .' -->';
        endwhile;

        wp_reset_query();

        $featured_content .= '</div><!-- .featued-content-wrap -->';

        $featured_content .= '</section><!-- #featured-post -->';
    }

    return $featured_content;
}