Internationally known as: "The Rosary Priest".
His famous slogan: "A family that prays together stays together."
Born in a picturesque valley in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, he emigrated to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in May 1928. In the fall of 1929 he entered the seminary at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend Indiana. He was ordained a Catholic Priest with the Congregation of Holy Cross [CSC] on June 15, 1941.
On Sunday, May 13, 1945, he launched the Family Rosary Crusade over a half-hour radio program on the Mutual Broadcasting System, the largest radio network in the United States at that time. Cardinal Spellman of New York and Bing Crosby where Guests on this inaugural radio program and The Sullivan family of Iowa, whose five sons had gone to their death together on a battleship that sank in the Pacific, led the Rosary. Pat O'Brien, Loretta Young, Grace Kelly, James Cagney and hundreds of other famous Hollywood stars followed Bing Crosby's lead and gave their names, fame, time and talent to participate in the Family Rosary Crusade. They worked with Fr. Peyton to dramatize the mysteries of the Rosary on the radio, on film and on television.
In 1947, the Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada, pioneered the Diocesan Rosary Crusades, with multitudes reaching the hundreds of thousands around the world.
In Manila in the Philippines, a million people came together to pray the Rosary. His work continues through Holy Cross Family Ministries.
In June of 2001, Bishop Sean O'Malley, of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, announced the opening of the Cause of Canonization of Father Patrick Peyton, CSC. Upon notice from the Vatican's Congregation for the Cause of the Saints, Father Peyton now has the title, "Servant of God".
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Pope Francis furthered Fr. Peyton's canonization process by confirming his heroic virtue and naming him 'Venerable" on December 18, 2017.
His famous slogan: "A family that prays together stays together."
Born in a picturesque valley in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, he emigrated to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in May 1928. In the fall of 1929 he entered the seminary at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend Indiana. He was ordained a Catholic Priest with the Congregation of Holy Cross [CSC] on June 15, 1941.
On Sunday, May 13, 1945, he launched the Family Rosary Crusade over a half-hour radio program on the Mutual Broadcasting System, the largest radio network in the United States at that time. Cardinal Spellman of New York and Bing Crosby where Guests on this inaugural radio program and The Sullivan family of Iowa, whose five sons had gone to their death together on a battleship that sank in the Pacific, led the Rosary. Pat O'Brien, Loretta Young, Grace Kelly, James Cagney and hundreds of other famous Hollywood stars followed Bing Crosby's lead and gave their names, fame, time and talent to participate in the Family Rosary Crusade. They worked with Fr. Peyton to dramatize the mysteries of the Rosary on the radio, on film and on television.
In 1947, the Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada, pioneered the Diocesan Rosary Crusades, with multitudes reaching the hundreds of thousands around the world.
In Manila in the Philippines, a million people came together to pray the Rosary. His work continues through Holy Cross Family Ministries.
In June of 2001, Bishop Sean O'Malley, of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, announced the opening of the Cause of Canonization of Father Patrick Peyton, CSC. Upon notice from the Vatican's Congregation for the Cause of the Saints, Father Peyton now has the title, "Servant of God".
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Pope Francis furthered Fr. Peyton's canonization process by confirming his heroic virtue and naming him 'Venerable" on December 18, 2017.
Internationally known as: "The Rosary Priest".
His famous slogan: "A family that prays together stays together."
Born in a picturesque valley in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, he emigrated to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in May 1928. In the fall of 1929 he entered the seminary at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend Indiana. He was ordained a Catholic Priest with the Congregation of Holy Cross [CSC] on June 15, 1941.
On Sunday, May 13, 1945, he launched the Family Rosary Crusade over a half-hour radio program on the Mutual Broadcasting System, the largest radio network in the United States at that time. Cardinal Spellman of New York and Bing Crosby where Guests on this inaugural radio program and The Sullivan family of Iowa, whose five sons had gone to their death together on a battleship that sank in the Pacific, led the Rosary. Pat O'Brien, Loretta Young, Grace Kelly, James Cagney and hundreds of other famous Hollywood stars followed Bing Crosby's lead and gave their names, fame, time and talent to participate in the Family Rosary Crusade. They worked with Fr. Peyton to dramatize the mysteries of the Rosary on the radio, on film and on television.
In 1947, the Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada, pioneered the Diocesan Rosary Crusades, with multitudes reaching the hundreds of thousands around the world.
In Manila in the Philippines, a million people came together to pray the Rosary. His work continues through Holy Cross Family Ministries.
In June of 2001, Bishop Sean O'Malley, of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, announced the opening of the Cause of Canonization of Father Patrick Peyton, CSC. Upon notice from the Vatican's Congregation for the Cause of the Saints, Father Peyton now has the title, "Servant of God".
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Pope Francis furthered Fr. Peyton's canonization process by confirming his heroic virtue and naming him 'Venerable" on December 18, 2017.
His famous slogan: "A family that prays together stays together."
Born in a picturesque valley in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, he emigrated to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in May 1928. In the fall of 1929 he entered the seminary at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend Indiana. He was ordained a Catholic Priest with the Congregation of Holy Cross [CSC] on June 15, 1941.
On Sunday, May 13, 1945, he launched the Family Rosary Crusade over a half-hour radio program on the Mutual Broadcasting System, the largest radio network in the United States at that time. Cardinal Spellman of New York and Bing Crosby where Guests on this inaugural radio program and The Sullivan family of Iowa, whose five sons had gone to their death together on a battleship that sank in the Pacific, led the Rosary. Pat O'Brien, Loretta Young, Grace Kelly, James Cagney and hundreds of other famous Hollywood stars followed Bing Crosby's lead and gave their names, fame, time and talent to participate in the Family Rosary Crusade. They worked with Fr. Peyton to dramatize the mysteries of the Rosary on the radio, on film and on television.
In 1947, the Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada, pioneered the Diocesan Rosary Crusades, with multitudes reaching the hundreds of thousands around the world.
In Manila in the Philippines, a million people came together to pray the Rosary. His work continues through Holy Cross Family Ministries.
In June of 2001, Bishop Sean O'Malley, of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, announced the opening of the Cause of Canonization of Father Patrick Peyton, CSC. Upon notice from the Vatican's Congregation for the Cause of the Saints, Father Peyton now has the title, "Servant of God".
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Pope Francis furthered Fr. Peyton's canonization process by confirming his heroic virtue and naming him 'Venerable" on December 18, 2017.
