{"id":4986,"date":"2025-01-24T03:48:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/?page_id=4986"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:52:49","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/fr\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-85347440 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\">\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHoly Cross Family Ministries is an international Catholic apostolate rooted in Marian spirituality under the Congregation of the Holy Cross. Our core mission is to educate families about the power of family prayer and nurture its practice. Guided by the wisdom of our founder, Venerable Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., we uphold his teachings: \u2018The family that prays together stays together\u2019 and \u2018A world at prayer is a world at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-container-content-2f62e668\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/f297f4_b2d888e36cf5433ab93e44a4da3ac9c9mv2_d_1200_1208_s_2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4766\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/f297f4_b2d888e36cf5433ab93e44a4da3ac9c9mv2_d_1200_1208_s_2.webp 188w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/f297f4_b2d888e36cf5433ab93e44a4da3ac9c9mv2_d_1200_1208_s_2-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-container-content-958eb9dc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"148\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/f297f4_1ac0f5d91f3e40279cd4207ec495c100mv2.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4987\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:contain;width:500px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Holy Cross Family Ministries (HCFM) is a Catholic organization founded by Servant of God Patrick Peyton, CSC, with the mission of promoting family prayer, particularly through the devotion to the Rosary. We (HCFM) operate in various countries worldwide, promoting the family Rosary and prayer, as well as providing family faith-based services and activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-accent-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bc18b00a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-1ac3d91d\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Father Peyton Life Story<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block Cool-Content-Timeline\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-369a6c51-be3b-42d1-8e00-1b045d961fe9\"><style>.cool-timeline-block-369a6c51-be3b-42d1-8e00-1b045d961fe9 .cool-vertical-timeline-body{--ctlb-icon-color: #000000;--ctlb-line-color: #000000;--ctlb-icon-bg: #000000;--ctlb-story-border-color: #000000;}<\/style><div class=\"cool-vertical-timeline-body ctlb-wrapper both-sided left\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1909<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6506\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture1.png 518w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture1-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Birth of Patrick Peyton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">On January 9, Patrick Joseph Peyton was born to farmers John and Mary Gillard Peyton in County Mayo, Ireland. The sixth of nine kids living in a small cottage on a 14-acre farmland, Patrick was a rebellious child but grew up praying the rosary with his family nightly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1938<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"256\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6508\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture2.png 327w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture2-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Seminary Life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">As a seminarian at the Holy Cross College, he was diagnosed with a severe case of tuberculosis. His teacher, Father Cornelius Hagerty encouraged him to seek the Blessed Virgin Mary\u2019s help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Through her intercession, he was miraculously healed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1941<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"264\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6509\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture3.png 328w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture3-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Ordination<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">On June 15th, Patrick Peyton and his brother Thomas were ordained at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart as members of the Congregation of Holy Cross. He dedicated his life to serving God by bringing a message of hope to families around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1940s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6510\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture4.png 461w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture4-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Chaplain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">As chaplain of the Holy Cross Brothers at Vincentian Institute in Albany in New York, Venerable Father Patrick Peyton began a mail campaign to the bishops calling for their endorsement of the family rosary in their dioceses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1940&#8217;s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6511\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture5.png 486w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture5-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Radio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">He secured his first local radio spot and invited a prominent family to pray the rosary on air. It became a regular program due to the overwhelming response.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1945<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"356\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6512\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture6.png 280w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture6-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">TV<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">In 1945, following a guesting of Bing Crosby on Venerable Father Patrick Peyton\u2019s radio show, Father Peyton negotiated with Mutual Broadcasting Co. for his 1st nationwide telecast on Mother\u2019s Day. Realizing the power of artists, Father Peyton recruited Hollywood stars to support his radio campaign for Mary. Over the years he worked with Loretta Young, Raymond Burr, Jimmy Stewart, Rosaline Russell, Ann Blythe, Dorothy Thomas, Lucille Ball and James Dean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">By December 1948 the 1st official headquarters of The Family Theater opened at 7201 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1948<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"397\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6513\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture7.png 497w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture7-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Rallies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Bishop John Kidd of Ontario, Canada invited Venerable Father Patrick Peyton to hold a rally about family prayer.<br>The Rally in Canada was a huge success where over 80,000 families, 95% of the diocese, pledged to faithfully pray the Family Rosary. This was the first of 540 rallies worldwide led by Father Peyton in his lifetime.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1950&#8217;s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"362\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6514\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture8.png 624w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture8-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Advertisments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The Outdoor Advertising Association of America donated billboards to feature Venerable Father Patrick Peyton\u2019s message that \u201cThe family that prays together stays together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1950&#8217;s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"319\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6515\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture9.png 484w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture9-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Holy Rosary Crusade<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Invitations to hold rosary crusades worldwide increased. Venerable Father Patrick Peyton and his volunteer staff developed the Six Mountains for our Lady&#8212; a system of preparation for local parishes, the laity and households taking part in organizing the individual crusades. This involved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">40 Holy Hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">40 Masses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homilies on Family Prayer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formation for men and women<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hospital and Prison Campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The Rosary Rally<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1950&#8217;s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6516\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture10.png 542w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture10-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Film<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">In the 1950s Venerable Father Patrick Peyton ventured into TV and Film. He took on a massive film project, producing three feature-length epic films in Spain on the life of Christ divided into the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1955<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"487\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6517\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture11.png 751w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture11-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">East Africa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Arriving in 1955 in East Africa, Venerable Father Patrick Peyton in essence was the first missionary of the Congregation of Holy Cross to set foot in East Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1955<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture12-1024x779.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6518\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture12-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture12-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture12-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture12.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">East Africa (Contd.)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The beginnings of Holy Cross Family Ministries in East Africa can be traced to the visit of Venerable Father Patrick Peyton in 1955<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;where he conducted several Rosary Crusades through out East Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1955<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"485\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6519\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture13.png 678w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture13-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">East Africa (Contd.)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Venerable Father Patrick Peyton gathered millions of people during the Rosary Crusades in East Africa in 1955 to 1990s.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1955<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"891\" height=\"582\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6520\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture14.jpg 891w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture14-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture14-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The Grotto of the Blessed Virgin Mary where Venerable Father Patrick Peyton prayed the Rosary with Christians at The Assumption of Mary, Kibosho parish in the Diocese of Kilimanjaro during his first visit to Tanzania.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1955-1990<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"465\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6521\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture15.png 613w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture15-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Father Peyton at a prayer rally in Uganda on August 7, 1955, at St. Henry\u2019s College, Kitovu, Masaka.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">There were prayer rallies held in Nakivubo Kampala, Butare in Bushenyi, Virika Fort Portal, Masaka and other parts of East Africa such as Nairobi Kenya. Several people and religious who attended the prayer rallies and still speak highly of the positive experience and the holiness of Venerable Father Patrick Peyton.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1955-1990<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6522\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture16.png 609w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture16-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Venerable Father Patrick Peyton\u2019s love for Our Lady was strongly felt in East Africa because of the many rosary crusades he held. He encouraged families to pray the \u2018\u2019Rosary Prayer\u2019\u2019 together and seek for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1955-1990<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6523\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture17.jpg 444w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture17-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Venerable Father Patrick Peyton enticed children to love the Rosary Prayer and our Lady during his visits in East Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1960&#8217;s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"359\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6524\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture18.png 464w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture18-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Latin American Crusades<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">In the sixties, Venerable Father Patrick Peyton continued with a series of crusades in Latin America. He went to Central America: Colombia and Brazil to counter the threat of communism with hope and prayer. The crusade started providing rosaries to the economically challenged families of Latin America, Asia and Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1970s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6525\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture19.png 292w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture19-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Infrastructure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">In the seventies, Venerable Father Patrick Peyton envisioned independent satellite offices manned by committed lay and religious leaders to continue his mission.&nbsp; From 1970\u20131976 he started recruitment and training of priests to head the offices in Latin America and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Father Peyton began meeting with local businessmen to ensure continuous funding for the perpetuation of his work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1980s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"341\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6529\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture20.png 452w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture20-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Meeting with JPII<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">In 1980, Venerable Father Patrick Peyton had the honor of meeting (Saint) Pope John Paul II. The Pontiff shared his passion for promoting family prayer. In his 2002 letter on the rosary titled Rosarium Virginis Mariae he writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\u201cThe family that recites the Rosary together reproduces something of the atmosphere of the household of Nazareth: its members place Jesus at the center, they share his joys and sorrows, they place their needs and their plans in his hands, they draw from him the hope and the strength to go on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1980s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6530\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture21.png 556w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture21-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Meeting with Mother Teresa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">In the eighties, Venerable Father Patrick Peyton through Family Theater made several productions to further promote family values, among them were several season specials featuring prominent personalities like Princess Grace of Monaco and Mother Teresa of Calcutta.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1990<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6531\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture22.png 550w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture22-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Corporation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">In June, the Board of Directors of Family Rosary and Family Theater met and created the new corporate structure to oversee the mission work of Venerable Father Patrick Peyton worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1992<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6532\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture23.png 426w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture23-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Death<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Suffering from congestive heart failure, Venerable Father Patrick Peyton chose to live with the Little Sisters of the Poor in San Pedro, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 3, Father Peyton died peacefully in his small room at the age of 83, holding a rosary and uttering his final words&#8211; \u201cMary, my queen, my mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His remains were buried on June 8 at the Holy Cross Cemetery at Stonehill College in North Easton,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Massachusetts. Throughout his priesthood, his love for Mary and Jesus fueled his desire to share the fruits of the Rosary as a family prayer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false\"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2020<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"464\" src=\"http:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6533\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture24.png 308w, https:\/\/hcfm-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture24-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">On October 9 Family Theater Productions (FTP) released Pray: The Story of Venerable Father Patrick Peyton. 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