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

Father Leo Polselli, C.S.C.

Father Leo Polselli, C.S.C. is Chaplain at the Father Peyton Center in Easton, MA. Before coming to Holy Cross Family Ministries he served as a teacher and a parish priest. He also served for six years as a General Assistant of the Congregation in Rome, Italy. Originally from Fall River, MA, Father Leo grew up with eight siblings. Gifted with several languages, he is able to serve the Brazilian, Cape Verdean, Portuguese, Spanish and Haitian communities. When he's not greeting everyone who comes to the Father Peyton Center, you can find him regularly reading newspapers!

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Holy lives of inspiration  |  Love thy Neighbor

Speak Lord, Your Servant is Listening: Family Reflection Video

Everything that we heard described in the Scripture today will happen to us at one time or another … whether we are seasoned believers like Eli, the elderly prophet, or like young Samuel, the seeker with ears open to hear God’s call.

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Holy lives of inspiration

God’s Love Waits to be Realized: Family Reflection Video

We love God because he first loved us.

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Love thy Neighbor  |  Strengthening family unity

Take Courage, It is I: Family Reflection Video

Their hearts were hardened. This still happens to the best of us. They did not understand the incident of the loaves. Jesus fed 5,000 people and many of his closest followers questioned his ability to do such a thing.

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Holy lives of inspiration  |  Strengthening family unity

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

In one of his first writings as our Holy Father, Pope Francis wrote about marriage and family. He called it The Joy of Love. He was responding to the voices that say family life and marriage are in trouble. In his mind, marriage and family were opportunities not problems.

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Holy lives of inspiration  |  Seasonal Reflections

Letter Writing About God: Family Reflection Video

Saint John has been busy doing what some of us find to be a chore during the Christmas season. He has been writing letters. His letters are quite a bit different from some of the Christmas letters we may have received from friends and relatives.

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Seasonal Reflections

Where There is No Love Put Love

It was a weekday Advent mass that I remember using a saying from St. John of the Cross that offers one more meaning to our celebration of Christmas Eve. First and foremost, we are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God who came to live among us as a man. But John of the Cross fleshed it out for me when he said, “where there is no love, put love and you will draw out love.”

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