The following text is taken from the book that accompanies the Traveling Statue of St. Peter, as it was written over 25 years ago.

The Traveling Statue of St. Peter, a replica of the Vatican statue in Rome, is an heirloom of St. Peter's Parish. Monsignor James McKay, the first pastor, brought the statue with him when the parish was founded over 75 years ago.

As a means of fostering vocations, St. Peters is making the statue available to travel among the homes of parishioners on a rotating basis of two weeks. The host family is expected to pray specifically for vocations during the two weeks, and are responsible for contacting and transferring the statue to the next host family. They are requested to sign the traveling diary including names of family members participating, dates, scripture quotes and prayers they have found meaningful, and suggestions they would like to share with the parish.

The method of transferring the statue will be the responsibility of the host family. Some suggested ways of doing this are a common prayer service, home mass, or at one of the regularly scheduled Sunday Masses.

The host family must contact the rectory during the first week they have the statue in their home to notify the parish of the name of the next family participating so there is ample time to publish their name in the church bulletin and so that the location of the statue is currently maintained.