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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

Father David Marcham

Father David S. Marcham is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and serves as Vice Postulator and Guild Director of the Cause for Canonization of Venerable Patrick Peyton. Before entering St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, he worked for eleven years as a physical therapist in Boston-area hospitals. Ordained in 2005, Father David was assigned to St. Mary Parish in Franklin, Massachusetts. His involvement in Father Peyton’s Cause began in 2007, when he assisted Father George Lucas, C.S.C., in advancing the Cause for Canonization. Appointed Vice Postulator in 2009, Father David oversees the progress of the Cause, directs the Guild, and promotes devotion to Father Peyton’s legacy of family prayer.

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Love thy Neighbor  |  Strengthening family unity

Faith Keeps Us Going: Family Reflection Video

I’m reminded how long ago, as a college student, I was walking with a priest friend and asked if he could hear my Confession. He obliged, and I have never forgotten the experience, realizing in real-time, that the Holy Spirit was at work as we walked along the Charles River in Boston.

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Holy lives of inspiration

The Faith and Fortitude of St. Stephen: Family Reflection Video

"Who do you want to be …?” That was the question posed many years ago, to a young man named Dan Crenshaw by a friend of his father who he admired. Crenshaw answered he wanted to be a Navy Seal, but the older man who had served in the military clarified by saying: “Not what do you want to do but who do you want to become?”

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Healing the family  |  Return to the Church

Moving Toward the Light: Family Reflection Video

Many of us are imprisoned by all sorts of means but the Word of God cannot be permanently imprisoned or silenced.

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Seasonal Reflections

Finding Jesus: Family Reflection Video

Have you ever misplaced your glasses, keys, or cell phone at home…and after a while enlisted the help of your family to find it? You’re searching and searching, and answering the inevitable question: when’s the last time you saw it?! Most of the time, I find it, but only after many times of walking right past it; it's incredible but real.

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Holy lives of inspiration  |  Seasonal Reflections

Giving Our Best to God: Family Reflection Video

Yesterday, as I was setting up the computer for my folks to watch Palm Sunday Mass, I wished I had paid more attention over the years to our friend Joe, our IT administrator!

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Healing the family  |  Return to the Church

The Justice and Mercy of God: Family Reflection

Today’s first reading is a long one! It goes into great detail, much like you’d find in a crime scene of a novel.

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