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THE HISTORIC NATURE OF ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL IS FURTHER EXEMPLIFIED IN THE LIFE OF ANOTHER GREAT MAN LOVINGLY "MOTHERED" BY THIS VENERABLE CATHEDRAL - REV. PATRICK PEYTON, THE PRIEST WHO TAUGHT THE WORLD THE MOTTO, "THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER, STAYS TOGETHER". THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, FATHER PEYTON FREQUENTLY VISITED SCRANTON AND RETURNED TO THE CATHEDRAL IN 1984 TO MARK HIS 75th. BIRTHDAY BY CELEBRATING MASS WITH SCRANTON BISHOP JOHN J. O'CONNOR, WHO LATER BECAME CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK.
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