Holy Cross Family Ministries is a family of Catholic ministries that inspires, promotes, and fosters the prayer life and spiritual well-being of families throughout the world. Founded by Venerable Patrick Peyton, C.S.C. in 1942 as Family Rosary and 1947 as Family Theater Productions, and in 1996 as the Father Peyton Institute for the Family, HCFM continues the mission of its founder under the sponsorship of the Congregation of Holy Cross USA in twenty-seven ministry centers in seventeen countries on five continents.