Continue His Mission

Today the work continues under the title Holy Cross Family Ministries. Family Rosary retreats and missions are preached, and materials (books, pamphlets, DVDs, award-winning radio and TV programs in various languages) are produced and distributed. A national billboard campaign encourages family prayer. Contests on themes related to the Family Rosary gain interest from the young, and school presentations instruct teachers and students on how to evangelize using the Rosary. More than 1.2 million Rosaries are distributed yearly from 18 international centers. The organization's websites, www.hcfm.org and www.familyrosary.org inform people of upcoming Rosary events and programs and allow those who use the internet to ask a world-wide audience to pray for their particular intentions.

The international Angelus Student Film Festival receives approximately 500 entries a year from new young filmmakers. Awards are given for films which portray the dignity of the human condition. The entertainment community finds in Family Theater Productions an outreach and a warm welcome in its “Prayer and Pasta” program, its R.C.I.A. and “Theology of the Body” offerings. The staff of Family Theater Productions carries on the mission of Fr Peyton reaching out to today's stars who wish to live their faith more deeply in Hollywood.

There are thirty Holy Cross priests, sisters and brothers involved in the continuation of Fr. Peyton's mission today along with over 150 committed lay people in 18 countries. All the methods employed by Fr. Peyton are in use today: rosary rallies in various dioceses; radio and television, the internet; direct contact through missions and retreats and days of recollection presented in parishes and schools.

A critical biography has been written entitled American Apostle of the Family Rosary: The Life of Patrick J. Peyton, CSC. Fr. Peyton's autobiography, All For Her and his Rosary Prayer Book are also very popular today.

This zealous priest has left the world a beautiful heritage. No doubt Mary continues to intercede for this mission as does Fr Peyton himself. We seek in many ways to "Honor his memory and continue his mission". The dynamic ministry of Holy Cross Family Ministries encourages more families to realize that “The family that prays together stays together”. We need to imitate Fr. Peyton's zeal, a man who may one day be declared a Saint for families.