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

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Is Heaven a Glorified Earth? - Family Reflection Video

In the film, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; there is a startling sequence. A deaf man named Mr. Singer asks a young girl: "How does music sound?" The smiling teenager stands in front of him so that he can read her lips. She also gestures with her hands and her body. But nothing works. The young girl tries everything she can to convey what music is to the deaf man, but all to no avail.

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Holy lives of inspiration  |  Why pray?

Join Us Tomorrow for This Special Live-Streamed Rosary Prayer and Mass

I would like to personally invite you, your family and our faithful friends around the world to a very special online event tomorrow, June 3, at 11:30 am EDT, to commemorate the anniversary of Father Peyton's call home to God. All of our beloved priests here at the Father Peyton Center will be concelebrating with me.

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What Does God Want us to Leave? Family Reflection Video

People who encountered Jesus experienced a U-turn in their lives. The rich Lazarus became a generous donor. The sinful woman at the well became a herald of the Gospel. The disciples who had been witnessing such U-turns had their concerns.

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Return to the Church  |  Why pray?

Remain in God's Love - Family Reflection Video

In the Scriptures today we heard Jesus say to us, remain in my love. We also heard mentioned the names of two men, one who remained in God’s love, Matthias, and the other who did not, Judas.

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Holy lives of inspiration  |  Why pray?

Find Freedom “Singing God’s Praises”: Family Reflection Video

Hearing of Paul and Silas singing God’s praises in jail makes me want to talk about a song I know. A song we all know. It goes: “Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you.” It is a prayer, of course, but in fact it is a song. There have been thousands of musical settings created to sing it. But none compares to the incomparable sounds that Mary heard though the voice of Gabriel speaking the Words of God Himself!

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Healing the family  |  Why pray?

The Church Turns to Mary: Vatican Announces Worldwide Rosary Campaign

Immediately preceding the first of May, the Church celebrates the feast of a 16th-century pope whose memorial is particularly well-situated in such close proximity to a month dedicated to Mary.

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