Wooden Rosary, Relic, Holy Cards & Photos Placed On Fr Patrick Peyton's Grave For Sale

Handmade Wooden Bead Rosary With Soil From Bethlehem in the Holy Land Placed on Father Peyton's Grave, Two Different Laminated Holy Cards of Venerable Father Patrick Peyton and Photos of His Grave Site Where Your Rosary was Placed. You will also get a cloth pouch in which to hold your rosary beads. Plus you will receive a small booklet on how to pray the rosary.In addition to all of this, you will receive a third class relic holy card touched to first class relics of the true cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The relic card is not pictured here, however, if you wish to see what the relic card looks like before purchasing these items, please contact me and I will be happy to upload a photo for you.
"THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER." "A WORLD AT PRAYER IS A WORLD AT PEACE." Venerable Father Patrick Peyton

Venerable Father Patrick Peyton(January 9, 1909 – June 3, 1992), also known as "The Rosary Priest",was an Irish Catholic priest and promoter of the Rosary.

Peyton is the founder of the"Family Rosary Crusade." He staged massive Rosary rallies in keycities of the world and extensively utilized mass communication, helped byworld-recognized celebrities of Hollywood at that time, promoting his ministryof binding families through prayer under the Family Rosary. Peyton was apopular and charismatic figure in Latin America and the Philippines, where hepromoted the Rosary and was known for his strong Irish accent.

Peyton popularized the phrases"The family that prays together stays together" and "A world atprayer is a world at peace."

Pope Francis furthered Peyton towardssainthood by confirming his heroic virtue and naming him as Venerable onDecember 18, 2017.

Peyton was born Patrick Joseph Peytonin Attymass, County Mayo, Ireland,[1] to subsistence-farmers John and MaryGillard Peyton. Peyton was the sixth in a profoundly religious family of fourgirls and five boys living in a small cottage on a 14-acre (5.66 hectares)stony farmland near the foot of the Ox Mountains. Later on, some members of thefamily migrated to the United States.

Peyton was sent to his mother'srelatives in Bonniconlon, County Mayo to study at a school run by Tadhg O’Learyin Bofield. As a young man, Peyton was rebellious and had moments of defyingauthority, resulting in dropping out of school. Despite the youthful rebellion,he remained close to his family and deeply religious.

By his teen years, he wascontemplating a vocation to become a priest. Although religious recruiters suchas the Capuchins and the Redemptorist fathers visited Carracastle in search ofyoung men wanting to pursue the priesthood, Peyton concentrated on helping hisfamily earn a living when their father became too ill to work the farm. Some ofhis elder sisters were already in America and sent remittances to help thefamily left in Ireland. In 1927, his sisters sent word that Patrick and hisolder brother Thomas could sail to the United States and join them in Scranton,Pennsylvania. On May 13, 1928, nineteen-year-old Patrick and his brother setsail.

The brothers arrived in New Yorkafter a 10-day trip, traveling by steerage. The two took the train from NewYork to Pennsylvania and lived at the home of their already married sisterBeatrice, who was working as a housekeeper for Thomas J. Baldrige, the stateAttorney General. Peyton's sister Nellie had already spoken to Monsignor PaulKelly of Saint Peter's Cathedral and mentioned Peyton's interest in pursuing apriestly vocation. Monsignor Kelly told Nellie to bring her younger brotherPatrick to the cathedral as soon as he arrived. By June 1928, with hard luck infinding a job, Peyton finally met Monsignor Kelly and was offered a position ofbecoming the cathedral's sexton. In the words of Peyton at that time, "asexton was just another name for a janitor."

Peyton took the job with initialhesitation, but his daily presence at the cathedral brought back the callingfor a vocation, and he finally decided to pursue the priesthood. MonsignorKelly insisted that Peyton complete his high school education before admissionto the novitiate. He and his older brother Thomas both pursued their religiousvocations while working at the cathedral. During the spring of 1929, Father PatDolan of the Congregation of Holy Cross came to the cathedral in Scranton insearch of new seminarians. Peyton and his brother Thomas entered the minorseminary of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Notre Dame, Indiana.

After completing their high schoolstudies at the Holy Cross School in Notre Dame, Indiana, Peyton was admitted tothe Moreau Seminary within the University of Notre Dame in 1932, where hepursued a Bachelor of Arts degree, and excelled in Philosophy. He creditedCornelius Hagerty, a professor of ethics, as the one who provided him withcounseling. As a young seminarian, Peyton was attracted to become a Holy CrossFather for the order's focus on the Holy Family and towards obedience andconscience.

In October 1938, during Peyton'ssecond year of theology at Catholic University of America, he was diagnosedwith tuberculosis. He was transferred back to Notre Dame to the Infirmary.Father Cornelius Hagerty was influential in this stage of Peyton's life,encouraging the young seminarian to seek the Blessed Virgin Mary's help. Thedoctors discovered that the patches in his lungs disappeared.

He immediately packed his bags andleft for Washington, D.C., to complete his theology studies and take his finalvows. On June 15, 1941, Peyton and his brother Thomas were ordained[2] at theBasilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame as members of theCongregation of Holy Cross.

Peyton was given very light dutiesfollowing the completion of his theological studies. His first assignment wasin Albany, New York, as the chaplain of the Holy Cross Brothers of theVincentian Institute. Peyton started sending letters to bishops, the Catholiclaity, and other groups promoting the importance of families praying the Rosaryas the war raged on.

Utilizing radio, films, outdooradvertising, and later television, with the help of celebrities, artists, andadvertising practitioners, Peyton was one of the first pioneers of evangelismusing mass media. He would also pioneer in conducting public rallies to bringfamilies to pledge to pray the Rosary as a unit. These Rosary rallies attendedby millions would become the most significant event where Peyton could be bestremembered. According to historian Hugh Wilford, "Peyton himself wasdeeply conscious of the political dimension of his mission, proudly proclaimingin a 1946 radio broadcast, 'The rosary is the offensive weapon that willdestroy Communism—the great evil that seeks to destroy the faith'"

These Rosary Crusades were duplicatedin different dioceses, with attendees growing in numbers. They took Peyton aroundthe globe to locales including Brussels, Belgium, Madrid, Spain, Manila,Philippines, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Lima, Peru and Rio de Janeiro inBrazil. With the help of a non-Catholic advertising practitioner, Peyton wouldpopularize the slogan, "The family that prays together staystogether." During the Marian year of 1954, Peyton brought the RosaryCrusade to Ireland "...where it was estimated that as many as 445,000 peopleattended his rallies."

With the Cold War threatening newworld peace, Peyton's work in promoting prayer was recognized by the Holy See.His efforts earned him the title "The Rosary Priest."

Controversy hounded Peyton throughouthis ministry as some accused him of being a front for American intelligenceduring his missions in Latin America. Peyton's Rosary Crusades in Latin Americawere funded and, to some extent, directed by the Central Intelligence Agency,which was interested in combating leftist political movements in Latin America.This came about through Peyton's connection to J. Peter Grace, thegreat-grandson of the founder of W.R. Grace and Company, a multinationalcorporation with interests in transport, sugar, and mining in South America.Peyton had met J. Peter Grace in 1946 on a trans-Atlantic voyage. Grace, whowas involved with other CIA front operations as well, wrote to John Moore, thechair of the Business Advisory Council, and the two men approached AllenDulles. Dulles later met with Grace in the White House office of Vice PresidentRichard Nixon, who expressed enthusiasm. The CIA decided for several yearswhere the crusades would take place. CIA funds were expended in Chile, Brazil,Venezuela, and Colombia, until Peyton's provincial superior, Richard H.Sullivan, learned of the secret funding from Theodore Hesburgh, the chair ofthe board of trustees of the University of Notre Dame, in October 1964. It tookthe Vatican more than a year and a half to oblige Peyton to give up his CIAfinancing.[5] While the CIA determined the Crusades' locations, it did not influencethe content or Peyton's goal of promoting family prayer – the Rosary and devotionto the Blessed Mother.

Others accused Peyton of living aflashy lifestyle amongst Hollywood artists who volunteered their efforts topromote his mission. But Peyton maintained that he never solicited funds forhis ministry, and the well-off were more than generous to voluntarily donate aportion of their wealth all in the name of the Blessed Mother.

Peyton died peacefully on June 3,1992, holding a rosary in a small room at the Little Sisters of the Poor JeanneJugan Residence in San Pedro, California. His remains were brought to the HolyCross Cemetery on the grounds of Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.

Before Peyton died, he continued towork on what was to be the last major Rosary Rally. On December 8, 1992, at theRizal Park in Manila, Philippines, Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Sin led thecelebrations for the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Family Rosary Crusade;the Archbishop of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahony was sent as Papal Legateon behalf of Pope John Paul II. Among Filipino Catholics, Peyton is rememberedfor his Sunday televised shows, where he promoted the Rosary and Mariandevotion along with his famous slogan. Peyton also encouraged many businessesto make and sell large amounts of Rosaries for distribution, which he gavefreely to impoverished Filipinos living in the slums.

Peyton's work continues today in hisoriginal ministries – Family Rosary, Family Theater, and Family Rosary International– and the Father Patrick Peyton Family Institute.

On October 9, 2020, Family TheaterProductions will release a biographical film about Peyton. David Guffey is thenational director of Family Theater Productions and a member of the Holy Crossreligious institute that Peyton belonged to. Guffey is the executive producerof the film, entitled Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton.

Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malleyannounced a formal declaration, opening the cause for sainthood of FatherPeyton on June 1, 2001, a few days after receiving approval from the Vatican'sCongregation for the Causes of the Saints. The declaration paved the way forthe process of determining Peyton's holiness, and in the process earning therevered title of "Servant of God."

The Positio was sent to the C.C.S. in2015 for assessment, and theologians approved his cause on June 1, 2017. PopeFrancis named him as Venerable on December 18, 2017.