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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Venerable Patrick Peyton | family prayer | rosary novena
The annual Family Novena Celebrating Venerable Patrick Peyton’s Birth, January 9–17, is a wonderful opportunity to seek Father Peyton and Our Blessed Mother’s intercession. Families face many challenges and even navigating everyday life requires daily prayer. The Rosary, especially prayed as a family, is a powerful prayer; we honestly cannot think of a better way to begin a new year and build a habit of daily prayer, than with this Rosary Novena. New to the Rosary? Our free downloadable Novena booklet includes all instructions and prayers to help you not feel intimidated or to become discouraged. Remember there are no mistakes in our sincere prayer. Maybe you can start with a prayer, or a decade of the Rosary then keep adding more each day. It will get easier each time until it quickly becomes a peaceful and positive part of the day that you and your family look forward to.
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Have you ever had a dream where you heard a telephone ring or a person calling your name? It’s something that happens in my family, at least among the guys—who ironically are also the hardest to wake up!
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Venerable Patrick Peyton | family prayer | rosary novena
The annual Family Novena Celebrating Venerable Patrick Peyton’s Birth, January 9–17, is your opportunity to seek Father Peyton and Our Blessed Mother’s intercession for your family’s needs in 2024. Join families and individuals around the world praying together to seek unity in families and peace in the world this year. The Novena booklet will guide you in a few minutes of prayer each day for a spirit-filled beginning to our New Year.
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On the anniversary of the birth of Venerable Patrick Peyton, Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C., past president of Holy Cross Family Ministries, reflects on Father Peyton’s ability to promote and share his love for Our Blessed Lady and his desire to bring family prayer to families around the world.
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Venerable Patrick Peyton | family prayer | rosary novena
The annual Family Novena Celebrating Venerable Patrick Peyton’s Birth begins today, January 9, and continues each day through January 17. There could be no better way for you and your family to start the New Year — asking Father Peyton and Our Blessed Mother to pray with you and for you from heaven for your needs and concerns. The Church refers to this as “intercession” … like asking a friend here on earth to pray with you and for you.
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One of the sacraments that I enjoy celebrating the most is the sacrament of baptism. It is always a joyous occasion. A young child has recently been welcomed into their family with great happiness and celebration, and now they are being welcomed into another family - the church family. It is in this new family where the children become brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of God, and temples of the Holy Spirit.
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