Family Theater was an old-time radio show which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System from February 13, 1947 to September 11, 1957. It was started by a Catholic leader, Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., as a way to promote family prayer. The theme of the series was, "the family that prays together, stays together."
The program had no commercial sponsor, yet Father Peyton arranged for many of Hollywood's stars in film and radio at the time to appear. In its ten-year run, famous actors and actresses such as Jimmy Stewart, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt, Charlton Heston, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny and Gene Kelly all appeared as announcers, narrators or stars.
