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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Holy lives of inspiration | Why pray?
Seventy-five years ago yesterday, 36-year-old Father Patrick Peyton arrived in New York City to rehearse for a radio program to be aired the next day on 300 Mutual Network affiliate radio stations. As Father Peyton and his assistant, Father Woods, inspected the stage, Father Woods said, “It looks rather bare.”
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Healing the family | Why pray?
She found the Rosary a powerful weapon that gave her the courage to fight against the coronavirus.
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Healing the family | Why pray?
As the entire human family experiences the COVID-19 crisis, questions linger in our minds like the one Thomas asked: “How can we know the way?” How can we know the way when a loved one or friend dies: when death shatters our world and nothing makes sense anymore? How can we know the way when life gives us what we never asked for?
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Celebrating family life | Why pray?
Download or view these beautiful reflections to host a very special Mother’s Day Family Rosary Prayer. The priests serving here at the Father Peyton Center want to extend our greetings and offer our prayers for all mothers this Mother’s Day with a gift of 50 Beads for Our Mothers, the Glorious Mysteries of the Family Rosary. Pray together as a family at home, outside with social distancing or online. Simply forward the document to everyone ahead of time so they can follow along. (There are helpful notes throughout the document for families new to Rosary prayer.)
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Learn more about our faith | Why pray?
You know, those Rosary beads you may have hanging somewhere or been given as a gift … if you’ve never thought about praying with them, now is as good a time as any to start.
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I’d like to share a poem with you, written by Emily Dickenson...
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