Our Lady of Mount Carmel, then under the authority of the Benedictines of St. Peter's Abbey, and with the participation of the Bishops of Saskatchewan, where 12,000 attended the rally on September 26, 1948. In Manila in the Philippines, a million people came together to pray the Rosary. There were also large rallies in Bogotá, Bombay, Johannesburg, Madrid, New York City, San Francisco and Nairobi. Starting in 1959, Peyton's activities in Latin America were subsidized in part by the CIA, which saw them as an effective counter to communism. The funding continued until the Vatican was made aware of it and directed Peyton to stop accepting the money. In 1987, Pope John Paul II said, "May the Rosary once more become the accustomed prayer of ... the Christian family." Though there are no Rosary rallies on the scale that Father Peyton had during his lifetime, groups all over the world conduct smaller rosary rallies. Holy Cross Family Ministries After Father Peyton died in 1992, the Congregation of Holy Cross re-organized all component units founded by the Family Rosary Crusade under an umbrella ministry, Holy Cross Family Ministries, which remains committed to the original cause of Father Peyton, to promote and support the spiritual well-being of the family. Family Rosary and Family Rosary International encourage family prayer, especially the Rosary. Family Theater Productions directs its efforts to the evangelization of culture using mass media to entertain, inspire and educate families. The Father Peyton Family Institute focuses on research and education in family life ministry and the relationship of spirituality to family. Holy Cross Family Ministries is based in North Easton, Massachusetts. References Sources . . . . . . "Fifty Golden Years of the Family Rosary Crusade in the Philippines (1951–2001)" written by Father James B. Reuter, SJ; Gennie Q. Jota; Dean M. Bernardo, edited by Stella J. Villegas 2001 Family Rosary Crusade Foundation, Inc. © 2001 External links Family Rosary Museum of Mayo Family Theater Productions Father Peyton Memorial Center Catholic Church in North America Catholic Mariology Catholic television Congregation of Holy Cross Catholic Church in the Philippines Christian mass media companies Christian organizations established in 1947 Film production companies of the United States Television production companies of the United States Radio production companies 1947 establishments in New York (state)