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

Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C.

Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C., Ph.D., serves as the International Director of Holy Cross Family Ministries (HCFM). In this role, he provides leadership and support to HCFM ministries in 18 countries across 6 continents, helping advance the mission of strengthening family prayer, faith formation, and spiritual life around the world. Originally from Kerala, India, Father Pinto spent ten years as a missionary in Tripura with the Northeast Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Before his appointment as International Director, he served as Special Assistant to the President of Holy Cross Family Ministries. He also ministered for six years in Campus Ministry at Stonehill College, accompanying students in their faith formation, leadership development, and spiritual growth.

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joy  |  service

Family Reflection Video: Being Jesus to Others at Home!

“Use all your potential for service to others, or it dries up.”

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family  |  forgiveness  |  grace

Family Reflection Video: Life is an Incredible Show!

It’s a standard equation: Happiness = Many Family Mistakes + Countless Forgiveness. Will you answer the call to forgive “Not only seven times, but seventy-seven times?”

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acceptance  |  trust

Family Reflection Video: I Can, but I Won’t

We can transform our lives with a little positive persistence just like Saint John Vianney did.

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10 Commandments  |  faithfulness  |  parents

Family Reflection Video: Bring Out the Best in You

As a teenager, I was often resentful and disobedient. My father was a strict disciplinarian … and he was my hero and role model.

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faithfulness  |  family  |  pope

Family Reflection Video: Day To “Be”

If we are not interested in others, it can be a source of our unhappiness.

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children  |  repentance  |  sorrowful

Family Reflection Video: Crying for You

“My soap cleans only those to whom it is applied” said the soap maker. The preacher agreed, “It is the same with the gospel!”

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