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In The News
April 21, 2019 - The Celebration of the Eucharist Television
Mass Father John Gatzak, Executive Director of the Office of Radio & Television is
pleased to announce that beginning with today's live television broadcast of The
Mass of Easter Sunday, The Celebration of the Eucharist television Mass
will be simulcast daily at 10:00 a.m. on WCCT-TV CW20 and WCTX-TV MyTV9.
Please check you local TV
listings for your channel designation.
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Sicily 2019 with Father John - October 31 to
November 13, 2019 - NOW BOOKING!
 Booking is underway for the Office of Radio & Television's and
WJMJ Radio's 14 day/12 night pilgrimage tour to the
beautiful island of Sicily from October 31 to November 13, 2019.
Father John Gatzak is your host for this pilgrimage tour that
features: Palermo; Monreale; Erice;
Cefalu; the Marsala wine region; Agrigento... and the Valley of the
Temples; the mosaics at the
Villa Armerina; Savoca and the Barone Palantia estate... where
scenes from The Godfather were filmed;
Taormina and its Greco/Roman theatre; Mt. Etna, Europe's tallest
active volcano; Messina; Catania; and Siracusa and its old
town Ortigia; the UNESCO World Heritage cities of Modica and Ragusa;
and much more... And not to mention the wonderful Sicilian people,
food, wine and sweet treats.
Book Now and Save $200 per Person until June
14, 2019. Cost per person, double occupancy from JFK
International Airport, New York: Double $3,749, Single $4,547; Regular Rates (after
June 14, 2019) -
Double $3,949; Single $4,747. For more information call Scott or
Lauren at 203.758.7367 or click
here.
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Ireland 2019 with Father John - September 15-28, 2019 -
NOW BOOKING!
 The Office of Radio &
Television and WJMJ Radio are returning to the Emerald
Isle and you are invited to join Father John on this 14 day/12 night pilgrimage tour
to Ireland featuring: Dublin;
Trinity College with the Book of Kells and the Long Room; St
Patrick’s Cathedral; the Guinness Storehouse; the
Wicklow Mountains and Glendalough Monastic Site; Knock Shrine;
Connemara; Galway; Kylemore
Abbey; a Cliffs of Moher cruise; Kenmare and a Kenmare
Bay cruise; Blarney
Castle; Kinsale; St. Declan's Well; Waterford Crystal;
the JFK
Homestead; Tintern Abbey; Hook Head Lighthouse, the
Jameson Distillery and so much more. Book Now and Save $200 per
Person until April 15, 2019. Cost per person, double occupancy
from Bradley International Airport, Hartford, CT: Double
$3,796, Single $4,356; Regular Rates (after April 15, 2019) -
Double $3,996; Single $4,556. For more information call Scott or
Lauren at 203.758.7367 or click
here.
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The 2020 Oberammergau Passion Play -
SPACE IS
LIMITED FOR THE JULY 20, 2020 DEPARTURE!
The Oberammergau Passion Play in 2010 was attended by
over 500,000 people, including a group of 88 Office of Radio & Television
and WJMJ Radio supporters. From May 16th to October 4th, 2020 the 42nd Passion
Play will be performed in Oberammergau, Germany. 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 every 10 years by the citizens of Oberammergau in
thanksgiving to God for sparing them from the Black
Plague.
SOLD OUT
Alpine Explorer & the Glacier Express Train with Oberammergau Passion Play
September 13 – 24, 2020
Hosted by Father John Gatzak
SOLD OUT
Our
Alpine Explorer & the Glacier Express Train with Oberammergau Passion Play
tour for September 2020 is sold out; however, we have this second chance opportunity for you!
Working with with our travel partners, we were able to secure tickets for the
July 26, 2020 performance of the Passion Play which is included with the Exploring
the Alpine Countries with Oberammergau Passion Play tour.
Exploring
the Alpine Countries with Oberammergau Passion Play
Featuring Austria, Germany and Switzerland
July 20 - August 1, 2020
Hosted by Father John Gatzak
This is a 13
day/11 night tour from July 20 - August 1, 2020. This tour will also be Hosted by Father John
Gatzak, and features Austria,
Germany and Switzerland. Highlights include: Vienna, a Danube
River Cruise, a
Mozart Dinner Concert at St. Peter’s Restaurant, Munich, the Oberammergau
Passion Play, the Black Forest, Château de Chillon,
Zermatt, and Lucern. Your tour also
includes 19 meals; 11 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 7 dinners.
Reservations will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
You saw how fast our Alpine Explorer tour sold out, so send in your deposit
TODAY! Please
note that there is a waiting list for Single rooms
and there are no triple room accommodations
for this tour.
If you would like to learn more about this tour, you may view an archive to the
special webinar that was held on September 5, 2018 by visiting:
View Webinar. There is a short registration form to complete, which then
takes you to the webinar archive.
For more information contact Scott or Lauren at (203) 758-7367 or email
pilgrimage@ortv.org.
To learn more about the history of the Passion Play, please click
HERE.
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April 7, 2019 - Blessed Mother Clelia Merloni - Watch Archive
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March 6, 2019 - Lent 2019
Click
to read Pope Francis' message for Lent 2019.
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February 11, 2019 - World Day of the Sick 2019
Click
to read Pope Francis' 2019 message for the celebration of the 27th
World Day of the Sick.
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46th Annual
March for Life - Friday, January 18, 2019 - Washington, DC
 Kansas
City Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann is
chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life
Activities of the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops. He
celebrated the 2019 Mass of the National
Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of
the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington, DC. on January
17th. In his homily he said, “Mercy is a
force that permeates the entirety of the
pro-life movement,” and says this mercy
has led to “amazing Paul-like
conversions of abortion advocates,” who
have gone on to “become the powerful
pro-life apologists.”
Click
here to listen to the homily. |
Novena for Life
For more information on Project Rachel and “Hope
After Abortion” resources please visit:
http://hopeafterabortion.com/.
Would you know how to identify a potential human trafficking situation?
Learn more about human trafficking and recognizing the red flags of
warning through the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Anti-Trafficking
Program at:
http://www.usccb.org/about/anti-trafficking-program/.
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January 1, 2019 - World Day of Peace 2019
Click
to read Pope Francis' 2019 message for the celebration of the 52st
World Day of Peace.
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December 25, 2018 - "Urbi Et Orbi" - Christmas 2018
Click
to read Pope Francis' Christmas 2018 "Urbi et Orbi" message.
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October 5, 2018 - WJMJ Goes Full Power on its New Transmitter
On Friday morning, October 5, 2018, Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford,
visited WJMJ's new transmitter site and pressed the button that raised the
transmission power of the station to 100% as allowed by its Federal
Communications Commission's license. WJMJ's new transmitter broadcasts
both the traditional FM signal as well as three digital HD Radio channels.
Listeners with HD Radio receivers in their cars, homes or businesses will hear a
superior quality sound on HD-1, the channel simultaneously carrying WJMJ’s music
and information mix. On the other HD channels, listeners can hear Catholic
programming from EWTN, the Eternal Word Television Network. The EWTN programs
are in Spanish on WJMJ HD-2 and in English on WJMJ HD-3. This allows WJMJ to
better serve an audience that wants to hear traditional Catholic religious
programming and Connecticut’s growing Hispanic population.
WJMJ is a non-commercial station that is listener-supported by its semi-annual
Radiothons, and for the last several years the listeners have been generously
contributing a portion of each Radiothon toward a new transmitter. “We’re
very grateful for their generosity and patience,” says Fr. John Gatzak, general
manager of WJMJ. “Our family of listeners has been helping us save up the
money needed to make this great technical improvement possible, and now they get
to reap the rewards of their kindness. The music and other programs sound even
better!”
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June 14, 2018 - Blessed Assurance Music CD to Support the
Television Mass
 Nick
Fradiani, Sr. has performed six inspirational songs especially for the
Office of Radio & Television that are now available on his Blessed Assurance
CD for a donation of $15.
Proceeds from this CD will benefit the Celebration of the Eucharist
daily television Mass, produced by the Office of Radio & Television. The
television Mass brings Good News to Life® to tens of thousands of
residents in Connecticut daily. The television Mass reaches out to the
homebound, especially those who have been disconnected from their local parish
communities through illness or age. It's mission is to provide for the
spiritual well being of those who may need the prayers of the Church community
at challenging times in their lives.
If you would like your very own copy of Blessed Assurance, please click
the CD cover.
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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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