Extraordinary Needs: The parish recently purchased the house and lot adjacent to our parking lot on Main Street. The lot will expand our parking area and will be renovated this spring. After discernment of our greatest needs with the finance council, we will also begin a renovation on the house to create a gathering space for socials, faith formation, catechesis, etc. The plan is to gut the first floor to create a large gathering space, kitchen and restrooms.  The second floor will also be renovated with a smaller meeting space. We will be putting together a team this winter to begin the planning process and designs. 

Regular Sunday Offering: Sunday Offering gifts are used to offset the costs associated with day to day operations of the parish and its ministry. Your contribution will benefit our sacramental preparation, liturgical programs, religious education programs, and Evangelization – sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. These funds also help with payroll, maintenance and cleaning of buildings, utilities and supplies. Thank you for your investment in the continued growth of our parish.

Visitor Offering: These funds will be used to support our mission of evangelization and spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ to our parish, the Hanover campus, and the cities of Madison and Vevay. Thank you for your generosity in building up the Body of Christ through his Holy Church.

Youth & Young Adult Ministry: The Youth & Young Adult Offering is used for evangelization and discipleship initiatives among our youth & young adults. Your contributions will directly help with socials and program materials offered for building a culture of discipleship among young adults. Thank you for your investment in future generations of the parish.

St. Vincent de Paul: This fund supports our local chapter of St. Vincent de Paul, food bank, and helps those in need in our local community. Thanks to your generosity, we serve approximately 35 families each week! Your donations help to purchase perishable and non-perishable food. If you are unable to help financially but want to volunteer, these are needed! Help distribute food, shop, stock, or donate. Training sessions are being held to prepare and support our volunteers. Please, prayerfully consider joining us.  The St. Vincent de Paul is now located at the St. Frassati Center at 1651 Michigan Road. Thank you for your generosity. Contact Tammy Josephsen at svdpfoodpantry@popeace.org or 812-265-4166 ext. 401.

The Haiti Ministry Offering will make the hope of a new worship space a reality for some of the most materially poor people in the world. 100% of your gift will be given directly to the Diocese of Port-de-Paix, Haiti. Fr. Rick works directly with the Vicar General of the diocese to ensure all gifts are protected and directed to the designated project.  This has been a great relationship for 20 years, as help has been provided in the past to build churches, schools, rectories, water purification systems, and support feeding the hungry throughout the Diocese of Port-de-Paix. We hope to help them build a beautiful space for God’s Children to worship Him. The estimated cost is $107,000 for a church that will hold approximately 200 people. Thank you for your generosity in helping the people of Haiti.

Hanover Campus Ministry

The Hanover College Campus Ministry offering is used for evangelization and discipleship initiatives among college students on the Hanover College Campus. Your contributions will directly help with socials and program materials offered for building a culture of discipleship among these students. Thank you for your investment in future generations of the church.

Criterion

Do you receive the Archdiocese’s weekly newspaper, The Criterion? If so, there is an annual charge to the parish for this subscription. This fund is to help offset those subscription costs for each family or person registered in our parish.  The suggested gift to pay for the weekly Catholic newspaper delivered to your door is $22 (only 42 cents per week!). Of course, you may choose to give more for those who can’t afford the cost. Please help us defray the cost of your Criterion subscription. Thank you for your generosity.

Please make your check payable to Prince of Peace

Flower Offering

Flower offerings support the beauty of the churches, specifically during the Christmas and Easter seasons.

You may honor a loved one with these flowers by indicating the tribute on the donation page in the business manager note section.

Lady’s Organization

The Ladies’ Organization’s primary ministry is providing a funeral meal to grieving families after the loss of their loved one. Parishioners provide side dishes, and the main course is purchased with your gift. Thank you for your generosity.

Cemetery Care

This fund supports the maintenance, mowing, chapel maintenance,  road repairs, stone maintenance and expenses of the Prince of Peace cemeteries: St. Anthony’s, St. Joseph, and St. Patrick. Thank you for your generosity.

Major Building Repairs and Maintenance

This fund supports repairs and maintenance of the church buildings. This includes Prince of Peace, St. Patrick Chapel, Catholic Community Center offices, St. Frassati Center and rectory. Thank you for your support.

Birthline Fund

This fund supports the local needs of infants and toddlers with diapers and formula. Thank you for your generosity.

Parish Right to Life Fund

This fund supports parishioners for the March for Life.  Initiatives to build a greater culture of Life. Thank you for your generosity.

Charity Fund

Want to help those in need but not sure which to donate. This fund is used to help those in the community who have emergency needs. This could include rent, utility assistance or gas for transportation. Thank you for your generosity.

Aid to Eastern Europe:  The USCCB Subcommittee on the Church in Central and Eastern Europe funds projects in 28 countries to build the pastoral capacity of the Church and to rebuild and restore the faith in these countries. The funds collected in the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe are used to grant monies to support seminaries, social service programs, youth ministry, pastoral centers, church construction and renovation, and Catholic communications projects.

Black and Indian: Exits to help Local African American and Native American Diocesan Communities throughout the United States, spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ and respond to real and pressing needs on the ground.

Catholic Relief Services: supports Catholic Church organizations that carry out international relief and solidarity efforts.  Programs include relief and resettlement for victim of persecution, war and natural disasters; development projects to improve living conditions for the poor, legal and support services for the poor immigrants; peace and reconciliation work for people suffering from violence and advocacy on behalf of the powerless.

Catholic Home Missions: The Appeal primarily supports home mission dioceses, that is, those dioceses in the United States that are unable to offer their people the basic pastoral ministries of word, worship, and service without outside help. It may also give grants to other dioceses in the U.S. for particular projects, and to organizations and religious communities engaged in missionary work. The Subcommittee funds a wide range of pastoral services. However, it principally focuses on (1) evangelization activities, (2) religious education, (3) ministry training for priests, deacons, religious sisters and brothers, and laypeople; (4) support of poor parishes across the country.

Education of Future Priests: The Vocation Office receives funds each year from a second collection taken up throughout the Archdiocese to cover the expenses of educating our future priests. 

Peter’s Pence: The Peter Pence Collection drives its name from an ancient custom.  In the ninth-century England, King Alfred the Great collected money, a “pence” from landowners as financial support for the Pope.  Today, the Peter’s Pence Collection supports the Pope’s philanthropy by giving the Holy Father means to provide emergency assistance to those in need because of natural disaster, war, oppression and disease.

World Mission Sunday: organized by the Propagation of the Faith, is a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the Church’s missionary activity through prayer and sacrifice.  As described by Pope John Paul II, World Mission Sunday is “an important day in the life of the Church because in teaches how to give: as an offering made to God, in the Eucharistic celebration and all the missions of the world” (see Redemptoris Missio 81)

Campaign for Human Development: was created by the U.S. Catholic bishops in 1970.  It is and education-action campaign that offers building blocks of hope to break the cycle of poverty in the United States by providing grants and loans to poor communities that are pulling themselves out of poverty through community organizing, economic development and other group-empowering initiatives.

Religious Retirement: provides support for thousands of elderly Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests.

Holy Places: collect funds for support of the Holy Places, but above all for those pastoral, charitable, educational and social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land for the welfare of their Christian brethren and the local communities.

Church in Africa: through the Pastoral Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa the Subcommittee on the Church in Africa provides grants to finance pastoral projects that support the maintenance and growth of the Church in Africa.  Funded projects include outreach programs, schools, evangelization and education of clergy and lay ministers.

Church in Latin America:  Supports pastoral programs as awarded by the Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.  Projects include the work of evangelization formation of laity, religious and seminarians, as well as youth ministry and catechesis.  Funding is limited to programmatic expenses and excludes building construction except in cases of emergency.

Catholic Communications Campaign: Contributes to the process of evangelization by fostering activities in relation to television, radio, internet and other media, and through special projects of the Catholic press.   50% of the funds collected will go to the National Office and the remaining portion of the collection is retained by the Archdiocese for use in local communication projects.

Catholic University of America: Provides funding for academic scholarships at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.  It is the only U.S. university with Pontifical faculties.  Students are enrolled from all 50 states and almost 100 countries in 12 schools.

Archdiocese for Military Services:  Collection is every 3 years.  This unique Archdiocese is faced with many challenges, including a severe shortage of Catholic priest-chaplains, a flock spread out among military installations across the world.  The AMS receives no funding from the military or the government and must rely solely on private donations