Prince of Peace: my new parish

I am posting this early today because I will be in Kansas City this evening and staying at Prince of Peace (PoP) for the night. Today, I thought I'd give you the history of the parish as well as where we are at currently.

Prince of Peace Catholic Church was established in 1979 because of the growing population of the City of Olathe. It was established from St. Paul parish. Since St. Paul was located on the western edge of the City of Olathe it only made sense to establish Prince of Peace on the eastern edge of Olathe. The archdiocese purchases land on 143rd Street about a mile east of Mur Lin Rd and began construction of the parish in 1984. Construction was completed and Mass first celebrated on Christmas Eve in 1986. The population of the area continued to explode, however, and the number of parishioners continued to grow. Within 8 years, they had outgrew the church and began construction on the current parish, which was completed in 1996.

Prince of Peace parish is the largest parish in the archdiocese. It currently has 3500 families and over 10,000 parishioners. The church building seats 1200 people and hosts a number of events each year because of its seating capacity. It has been host to a couple of ordinations in the past and hosts the Johnson County Serra Club seminarian dinner each summer. We have 6 Masses on weekends. We have a 5:00 pm Saturday Mass and Mass on Sunday at 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, noon and 5:00 pm. We also have Mass at 6:15 am and 8:15 am on Monday through Friday with a Saturday morning Mass at 8:15 am only.

As you can see, I should stay plenty busy with a parish this size. Masses, baptisms, weddings and such should occupy much of my time, which is wonderful because I love celebrating the sacraments. Until next time...God bless.

posted by: crossman at 08:05 | link | comments (1) |
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#1  28 June 2007 - 07:55

 

So glad you're 'stationed' close by.
Hope to see you soon.
Tina

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