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The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Radio Broadcasts -
Launched in 1931, The Met’s
Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical
radio series in American broadcast history. WJMJ is pleased
to bring you the 87th season of
the live Metropolitan Opera Saturday radio broadcasts both on-air and on
this website beginning December 2,
2017 and running through May 5, 2018. Please click
here for a schedule of the
Met's Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. For more
information about The Metropolitan Opera, please visit its website at
www.metopera.org.
The contents of The Metropolitan Opera Saturday
matinee radio broadcast are copyrighted by The Metropolitan Opera, all rights are
reserved, and any use or reproduction of any of the material therein without
permission of The Metropolitan Opera is strictly prohibited and will be
prosecuted.
In The News
April 20, 2018 -
On Sunday, April 15, 2018, Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford celebrated a
special Mass for persecuted Christians in the Middle East at St. Mary Church,
New Haven. Click
HERE to read more about it.
 The Office of Radio & Television and WJMJ Radio invite you to celebrate the
Office of Radio & Television's 65 years of Bringing Good News to Life®
with Father John Gatzak on a 14 day/12 night pilgrimage to Bella Italia
featuring Venice, Florence, Assisi, Rome, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast.
Book Now and Save $200 per person. Price per person, double occupancy from JFK,
NY: Double $4,641, Single $5,495. After April 30, 2018, Regular
Rates are: Double $4,841, Single $5,695. Minimum deposit is $350 and is fully
refundable until July 24, 2018. Reservation/Full Payment Deadline is July 15,
2018. Click
HERE
for more information.
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The 2020 Oberammergau Passion Play - BOOKING
DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2018!
From May 16th to October 4th, 2020 the 42nd Passion
Play will take place in Oberammergau. Yes, the dates are correct... tickets to this sought after event went on sale in
September 2017 and
are selling like hotcakes! Since 1634 a Passion Play has been
performed by the villagers of Oberammergau in thanksgiving to God for
sparing them further suffering from the plague.
Held every 10 years, the 2010 Oberammergau Passion Play was attended by
over 500,000 people including a group of 88 Office of Radio & Television
and WJMJ Radio supporters.
We,
together with our travel partners, have
secured tickets for the September 22, 2020 performance and are offering
you a a 12 day/10 night trip of a lifetime to attend the event that only
takes place once every 10 years. Hosted by Father John Gatzak, the
Alpine Explorer & the Glacier Express Train with Oberammergau Passion
Play tour is from September 14-24,
2020 and features: Lago Maggiore, an Island Dinner,
Zermatt, Glacier Express Train, St. Moritz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, St.
Peter’s Restaurant, a Mozart Dinner Concert, Munich, the Oberammergau Passion
Play, Linderhof Palace, Füssen, Neuschwanstein Castle. Your tour also includes
17 meals; 10 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 6 dinners. Please click
HERE for a history of the Oberammergau Passion Play.
If you are unable to join us on this group departure
there are 6 other itineraries offered by our travel partners to choose
from; however, those itineraries are not sponsored by ORTV/WJMJ and will
not be hosted by Father John. Please click
HERE for information on those itineraries.
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January 28, 2018 - Annual March for Life
More than 400 people from the Archdiocese of Hartford attended the Annual March
for Life in Washington DC. See their stories on Crossroads Magazine
here.
There is help for those who need healing in the aftermath of losing a child.
Learn more about Project Rachel and the Hope After Abortion.
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January 1, 2018 - World Day of Peace 2018
Click
to read Pope Francis' 2018 message for the celebration of the 51st
World Day of Peace.
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December 25, 2017 - "Urbi Et Orbi" - Christmas 2017
Click
to read Pope Francis' Christmas 2017 "Urbi et Orbi" message.
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September 1, 2017 - Archbishop Leonard Blair Voices Concerns
Hartford Archbishop Leonard Blair voiced his concerns for the
division he has noticed creeping into our society in a letter
that he had asked to be read at each Mass in churches throughout the
Archdiocese of Hartford the weekend of September 2-3, 2017.
To read the letter or print a copy for yourself click
.
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May 7, 2017 - Archdiocese of Hartford Pastoral Planning
The Archdiocese of Hartford announced a major reorganization
that will close some of its 212 churches and combine some parishes.
Parishes left untouched by the process will number 68, and by the
end of June 2017, there will be 127 parishes operating in the
Archdiocese. Some churches will remain open, available for
weddings or other worship, but with no scheduled Mass. Other
churches will be re-purposed to serve their communities and some may
be sold. A total of 26 church buildings will close.
Archbishop Leonard P. Blair revealed details of this process in a
presentation made to the news media at St. Thomas Seminary in
Bloomfield, CT on May 7, 2017. You can watch the presentation
below:
The reorganization is the result of an archdiocesan-wide pastoral
plan begun last spring due to factors such as a declining number of
priests and lower attendance at Masses. You can learn more
about the Pastoral Planning process at the Archdiocese of Hartford
Website
http://www.StewardsForTomorrow.org.
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February 11, 2017 - World Day of the Sick
Click
to read Pope Francis' 2017 World Day of the Sick message:
Amazement at what God has accomplished: “The Almighty has done great
things for me…” (Lk 1:49).
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Ongoing --
Podcasts Are Here
You asked,
we listened. We are pleased to announce that you can now listen to podcasts of In the Afterglow
and the Archbishop's Corner by visiting our
Listen Now page. Happy listening!
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Physician Assisted Suicide Information
The Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs
Conference, Archdiocese of Hartford Pro-Life Ministry, Diocese of
Bridgeport Office for Pastoral Services - Respect Life Office, and
the Family Institute of Connecticut sponsored four information
sessions on Physician Assisted Suicide for Connecticut Catholics and
friends during November 2014. Please click
HERE to view streaming videos of
the four presentations.
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Archdiocese addresses the Federal
edict on Health Care Insurance
The Archdiocese of
Hartford and dioceses across the nation, as well as non-Catholic
religious and non-religious groups are vigorously opposing the new
federal health care insurance legislation, which will require that
all employers (with few exceptions) pay for health coverage that
covers sterilization, contraception, and medication that induces
abortion.
Archbishop
Blair, as well as all U.S. Catholic bishops, asks you
to oppose the new United States Health and Human Services mandate on
health insurance. This legislation violates the basic principle in
our country of freedom of religion. Your resistance to this edict
will be appreciated. Please contact your respective U.S. legislator
and ask them to intervene on behalf of religious freedom.
Click
here to find the contact
information for your U.S. legislators.
A Statement on Religious Liberty
 by the Ad Hoc Committee For Religious Freedom, United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Listen to Father John's
"Time Out to Take A Stand" message on the HHS mandate.
Read a transcript of Father John's "Time Out to Take A Stand" on the
HHS mandate in
English or
Spanish.
Read Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan's Wall Street Journal
op-ed piece on Religious Freedom.
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