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In The News
2019
Connecticut Catholic Men's Conference
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Register now for the
12th Annual Connecticut Catholic
Men's Conference on Saturday,
October 19, 2019 at St. Paul
Catholic High School, Bristol, CT.
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Sicily 2019 with Father John - October 31 to
November 13, 2019 - LAST CALL!
Space
is still available for the Office of Radio & Television's and
WJMJ Radio's 14 day/12 night pilgrimage tour to the
beautiful island of Sicily this 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. The Cost per person, double occupancy from JFK
International Airport, New York: Double $3,949;
Single $4,747 and are wait list only.
Reservations received after 09/09/2019
are subject to air availability and any increase in airfare.
For more information call Scott or
Lauren at 203.758.7367 or click
here.
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May 30, 2019 - Faith and Fun on WJMJ
Check out the June 2019 issue of the Catholic Transcript with
Father John and Floyd Wright on the cover which features a cover story
about your favorite radio station WJMJ. If you don't receive a
copy of the Catholic Transcript you can read it online at:
http://faithdigital.org/Hartford/HART0619r/.
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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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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
For more information on Project Rachel and “Hope
After Abortion” resources please visit:
http://hopeafterabortion.com/.
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!”
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.” 
