A handcrafted Italian sculpture of the likeness of Holy Cross Family Ministries founder Father Patrick Peyton is installed at the Father Peyton Center in North Easton, Massachusetts. Photo: CNS Holy Cross family ministries, founded by Irish priest Venerable Patrick Peyton, have welcomed the installation of a handcrafted, Italian sculpture in the likeness of Fr Peyton outside the Fr Peyton Centre in North Easton, Massachusetts.
Fr Willy Raymond, president of Holy Cross Family Ministry, welcomed the arrival of the Irish-born ‘Rosary Priest’s’ statue, blessing it during a ceremony on January 9, 2021.
It stands over 8 feet tall and was created by a team of sculptors under the supervision of Reto Demetz of Demetz Art Studio in Ortisei, Italy, and was then cast in bronze by Mazzolini Artcraft Co. in Verona, Italy.
Fr Peyton, who was named Venerable in 2017, was famous for his Family Rosary Campaign, a worldwide movement which encouraged families to pray the rosary.
The Co. Mayo priest popularised the phrase “the family who prays together, stays together”.
The statue travelled from Italy to a Mazzolini facility in Cleveland then arrived in North Easton January 9.