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All are invited to the Family Rosary Crusade 2011, which will be celebrated on October 15 at 12 noon in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Father Patrick Peyton’s 1961 Rosary Rally. The 1961 event drew 550,000 people to Golden Gate Park. It remains the largest gathering in the history of San Francisco.
Father Andrew Apostoli, of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, will give the keynote address. Fr. Apostoli will be joined by Holy Cross Fathers Fr. Willy Raymond, National Director of Family Theater Productions; Fr. James Phalan, Director of Family Rosary International; and Fr. David Marcham, vice-postulator for the canonization cause of Father Peyton.
Father Peyton was born in 1909 in Ireland. He was a member of a family of nine children.
At the age of 19 he and his brother, Tom, emigrated to the United States to join with their sister, Nellie. His wish from boyhood was to be ordained a priest but his family in Ireland were unable to meet the cost of his education.
In the United States he returned to full-time education and studied for the priesthood. During his final year in the seminary he was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. At that time tuberculosis was incurable. Fr Patrick was weak and was given little hope by the medical team of recovering to full health. Fr Patrick had great faith and prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary for a recovery to health. His prayers were answered and his health began to improve to the amazement of the medical profession. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1941.
Fr. Peyton was so grateful to the Blessed Virgin Mary for his health that he, with the permission of his superiors, began the Prayer Crusade which took him all over the world preaching the importance of prayer, especially family prayer.
He staged hundreds of radio and television shows with many of the famous movie stars of Broadway and Hollywood taking part. He was the founder of “Family Rosary” and “Family Theatre”.
His famous slogan was:“The family that prays together stays together.”
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Father Andrew Apostoli, of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, will give the keynote address. Fr. Apostoli will be joined by Holy Cross Fathers Fr. Willy Raymond, National Director of Family Theater Productions; Fr. James Phalan, Director of Family Rosary International; and Fr. David Marcham, vice-postulator for the canonization cause of Father Peyton.
Father Peyton was born in 1909 in Ireland. He was a member of a family of nine children.
At the age of 19 he and his brother, Tom, emigrated to the United States to join with their sister, Nellie. His wish from boyhood was to be ordained a priest but his family in Ireland were unable to meet the cost of his education.
In the United States he returned to full-time education and studied for the priesthood. During his final year in the seminary he was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. At that time tuberculosis was incurable. Fr Patrick was weak and was given little hope by the medical team of recovering to full health. Fr Patrick had great faith and prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary for a recovery to health. His prayers were answered and his health began to improve to the amazement of the medical profession. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1941.
Fr. Peyton was so grateful to the Blessed Virgin Mary for his health that he, with the permission of his superiors, began the Prayer Crusade which took him all over the world preaching the importance of prayer, especially family prayer.
He staged hundreds of radio and television shows with many of the famous movie stars of Broadway and Hollywood taking part. He was the founder of “Family Rosary” and “Family Theatre”.
His famous slogan was:“The family that prays together stays together.”
calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=deab92d4-f10c-4ef5-9021-b2fdaa3e1f17
