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Reflections of Family and Faith

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

Fr. James Phalan, C.S.C.

Father James Phalan, C.S.C. is a Catholic priest, member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, and the National Director of Family Rosary. He served as a missionary for many years as part of the Family Rosary team, travelling the globe to help people come to Jesus through Mary. Now he is happy to be serving back at home in the USA!

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Families! Be Filled with the Spirit: Family Reflection Video

We hope all have been hearing about PRAY - the wonderful documentary that we have created telling the amazing story of the mission of Venerable Patrick Peyton. It will be released in theaters here in the United States in a couple of weeks! I’ve seen the film many times now and it always move me in new ways.

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Strengthening family unity

Mercy - Not Keeping Score: Family Reflection Video

How do we stop “keeping score”? I mean, how to we stop, change an attitude that really does us harm?

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Holy lives of inspiration

What Is Needed Is Trust: Family Reflection Video

Today we remember and celebrate martyrs in China that most of us don’t know much about. St. Augustine Zhao Rong was a soldier, not a Christian, when he escorted a missionary bishop from France, St. John Dufresse to his martyrdom. Augustine was so impressed by his witness he himself was soon baptized and became a priest - then captured, tortured and killed for the faith in 1815. With them we celebrate 120 named and many thousands unknown Martyrs for Christ over 4 centuries of persecution in China that still continues to this day. In 1900 the Boxer Rebellion, a brutal complicated international conflict in China took special aim at Christians and at least 40,000 Christians, mostly Catholics were killed.

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Charisms of Holy Cross

Unity, in the Holy Trinity and Mirrored in the Holy Family - Part 3

Hello friends. Today we'll finish up our reflection about Unity, in the Holy Trinity and Mirrored in the Holy Family, the second key foundation (charism) of the congregation. We'll think about it as it pertains to our own union with Christ, and how that becomes our true freedom.

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