The April 2023 Prince of Peace Family of the Month is the Kevin and Michelle Anderson family. This Award recognizes the Anderson Family for making significant contributions to Prince of Peace and for being a faithful Catholic family.
Kevin and Michelle joined the Prince of Peace Catholic Community 30 years ago in 1993. They have been married for 34 years and have three grown children, each of whom attended Prince of Peace School, where Michelle was a teacher from 1999 until 2015. They have six grandchildren ages 5 ½ years to 9 months.
Their attendance and participation at Mass is a very important priority in their family life. They often attend daily Mass and are accompanied by Michelle’s mother, Maryann Starrett. Kevin is a lector on Friday mornings, and he serves as a cantor at Sunday Masses. He recently formed Auspice Maria Music and has started writing hymns which have been introduced for worship at Mass within our community. Michelle serves as a Senior Acolyte and is a Eucharistic Minister.
The Andersons have hosted our mission presenters for these past two seasons of Lent. For many years they have been active in ministries that focus on marriage and engaged couple preparation. They are Mentor Couple Coordinators for “Witness to Love”, our parish’s virtue-based preparation program for engaged couples, and they served as mentor couple for “Next Step” for those who are discerning the vocation of marriage (pre-engagement).
Kevin and Michelle have been actively involved in small church communities, and they have been part of a marriage-based faith group that has met regularly for over twenty years. They were members of the Fall 2022 Reach More group which focuses on Catholic discipleship and evangelization. Michelle is a currently a cohort member at Ignatian Spirituality Institute (ISI) where she is in her last semester of formation to become a Spiritual Companion who will guide others in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
Please join me in congratulating and honoring the faith and service of the Kevin and Michelle Anderson family, the April 2023 Prince of Peace Family of the Month.