Fr. James Phalan, CSC, has been appointed national director of Family Rosary, which includes overseeing the day-to-day operations of CatholicMom.com, according to Fr. Willy Raymond, CSC, president of Holy Cross Family Ministries.

Phalen has worked in many capacities at HCFM since 1994, most recently as assistant director of the Family Rosary Pavilion/Chapel at the Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in France. He also served the English-language pastoral program at the shrine. He previously was director of Family Rosary—Peru, international director of Family Rosary, Latin American regional coordinator, and director of Family Rosary—Mexico. In addition, Phalan served in the formation of seminarians and brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Peru and Chile and was novice master for Latin America.