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Father Peyton

Catholics gather at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana Sept. 7, 2025, to pray the rosary and celebrate the life and ministry of Father Patrick Peyton, a Holy Cross priest and a Notre Dame graduate named "Venerable" in 2017 who encouraged families to pray the rosary together. (OSV News photo/Catherine O’Dell)

Notre Dame marks 75th anniversary of Father Peyton's rosary rally, honors his life, ministry

OSV News|Sep 8, 2025|5 Min Read

Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton talks with actor Bob Newhart in this undated photo during a broadcast for Family Theater Productions, which the Irish-born priest founded in 1947. Father Peyton, a candidate for sainthood, worked with Newhart and many other Hollywood celebrities, including Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby and Loretta Young, on radio shows and later film and television programming. (CNS photo/courtesy Family Theater Productions)

Founded by Father Peyton, Family Theater Productions marks 75th anniversary

Mark Pattison|Apr 18, 2022|4 Min Read

Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton, a candidate for sainthood, is seen in Long Beach, Calif., in this 1948 file photo. The priest's gratitude for a miraculous healing led him to create a media ministry that popularized the life-changing idea that "the family that prays together stays together." (CNS photo/Robyn Kenney, courtesy Holy Cross Family Ministries)

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New postulator named for Father Peyton's sainthood cause

Catholic News Service|Jan 14, 2022|4 Min Read

Fr. Patrick Peyton. (Courtesy of Holy Cross Family Ministries.)

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Why hundreds are still drawn to the powerful legacy of the 'Rosary Priest'

Catholic News Agency|Jun 3, 2021|5 Min Read

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Holy Cross Family Ministries suggests six steps to foster more family prayer

Catholic News Service|Dec 15, 2020|4 Min Read

Family Rosary's Mobile Rosary App. (© 2020 Holy Cross Family Ministries)

Old prayers, new tech

Robert Brennan|Nov 10, 2020|4 Min Read

Father Patrick Peyton speaks at a rally in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1962. (Image via Family Theater Productions)

New Father Peyton film offers country a much-needed ‘gift,’ producer says

Sophia Martinson|Oct 5, 2020|8 Min Read

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