Servant of God Fr. Patrick Peyton

Today at 12:10 Mass at the Basilica of the Assumption, I was blessed again to have the Archbishop as celebrant. (Which I suppose is his prerogative since the Basilica is one of his Cathedral churches).

Archbishop O'Brien was celebrating today the closing of the Diocesan Cause for the Canonization of Fr. Patrick Peyton, an American Holy Cross Father often known as the "Rosary priest."

He had great devotion to Our Lady in his life and promoted families praying the Rosary together daily. He also coined the popular expression "the family that prays together stays together."

I pray for Fr. Patrick's intercession on our families, State, Country, and World that we may realize the importance of family prayer and devotion to the Rosary. Our Lady of the Rosary, Pray for Us.