Super-bowl victory linked to Mayoman

Super-bowl victory linked to Mayoman


Anna-Marie Flynn

A Mayo-man has been accredited with helping New Orleans team The Saints take their first-ever American football Super Bowl title.
The late Rosary Priest - Attymass-born Fr Patrick Peyton – has been linked to the team with American newspapers reporting that a higher power may have been at work in taking The Saints to their stunning National Football League (NFL) victory last week.
Fr Peyton may just have helped New Orleans lead coach Patrick Sean Payton in his role at the helm of the team. The Chicago sportsman is said to be named after Fr Patrick Peyton who became renowned throughout the world, and particularly in the States, for his devotion to the Rosary. Also known as the ‘miracle priest’, Fr Peyton staged massive Rosary rallies in key cities of the world and extensively mass communication, helped by world-recognized celebrities of Hollywood at that time, to promote his ministry of binding families through prayer under the Family Rosary.
American sports press last week attributed the surprise victory to the determined New Orleans coach, and more significantly, the role of his namesake, the late, great Fr Peyton.
Many pundits say bringing the team to victory almost warrants the title ‘miracle’, as the Saints have been in the NFL since 1967 and never been to the Super Bowl. Not only that, but they were often labelled the worst team in the league for many of those years.
Father Peyton, who died in 1992, made famous the slogans “The family that prays together stays together,” and “A world at prayer is a world at peace.” The centenary of his birth in 1909 was celebrated throughout the world last year.