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The Radiothon is Coming!  The Radiothon is Coming!

WJMJ Radio is gearing up for our Spring Radiothon to be held June 19-23, 2025.  WJMJ is the Catholic radio station of the Archdiocese of Hartford that plays great music with live announcers and provides inspirational messages you won't find anywhere else, plus local, national and religious news and local weather you may or may not find on commercial radio stations, all without those annoying commercials!

Help keep this great station on the air.  WJMJ Catholic Radio, Where Faith Meets Life®

Volunteers with basic computer and customer service skills are needed during the Radiothon to man the phone bank for the following shifts:  Saturday, noon -3 p.m. and 3 p.m.-6 p.m., and Monday, 6 a.m.-9 a.m. at our studios in Prospect.   Contact Traci at 203.758.7367 ext. 1000 or click here to sign up.
American Heritage

Want to learn more about this historical tour scheduled for December 2025? Join us for an exciting virtual presentation to learn all about this unforgettable 8-day journey through American history, featuring iconic destinations like Washington, D.C., Arlington National Cemetery, Monticello, Colonial Williamsburg, and the luxurious Greenbrier Resort via Zoom conducted by Collette Tours on Monday, June 16, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. EDT.  Advance registration is required. Just click the meeting registration button below to register.

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***After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.***

For more information, trip details or to Book Now go to https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1345202 or call 203.805.5036.  View the tour flyer . 

Jubilee 2025

2025 Jubilee: The Holy Year

With Optional 2-Night Venice and St. Anthony of Padua Post Tour Extension

The Office of Radio & Television and WJMJ Radio invite you to join Father John Gatzak on a special pilgrimage tour to Italy in celebration of Jubilee 2025: The Holy Year of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Jubilee is a special year of grace, in which the Catholic Church offers the faithful the possibility of asking for a plenary indulgence, that is, the remission of sins for themselves or for deceased relatives. A Jubilee usually lasts a year and a few days: it begins just before the Christian Christmas and ends on the Epiphany of the following year.

We still have a few seats remaining for this Jubilee year pilgrimage. So, don't miss this opportunity to be among the first to see Pope Leo XIV, the Church's first American born pope!

Florence, Assisi & Rome, October 26 to November 6, 2025 (12 Days)

Do you want to learn more about this exciting 2025 Jubilee pilgrimage hosted by Father John Gatzak, featuring Florence, Assisi and Rome?  Please watch our Zoom travel presentation conducted by Collette Tours, originally recorded on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, just click the button below.

Habemus Papam!
We Have a Pope!
Leo XIV
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Leo XIV

Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost

Elected 267th Pope on May 8, 2025

Pontificate Inaugurated on May 18, 2025

Biography of Pope Leo XIV
First Urbi et Orbi of Pope Leo XIV 'Peace be with all of you'
Pope Leo XIV's Motto and Coat of Arms
Homily Given by Pope Leo XIV during the Mass for the inauguration of his pontificate
The Fisherman's Ring

Coat of Arms
of
His Holiness Francis

 

The Shield

Pope Francis has decided to keep his previous coat of arms, chosen at the time of his episcopal consecration and marked by linear simplicity.

The blue shield is mounted by the symbols of papal dignity, the same as those used by his Predecessor Benedict XVI (the mitre above crossed keys of gold and silver, bound by the red cord). At the top of the shield is the emblem of Pope's religious order, the Society of Jesus: a radiant sun carrying the letters in red, IHS, the monogram of Christ. The letter H is crowned by a cross; beneath the letters are three black nails.

Lower down on the shield you find a star and a bunch of grapes. The star, according to ancient heraldic tradition, symbolizes the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ and of the Church; while the bunch of grapes indicates St Joseph, the patron of the universal Church. In traditional Hispanic iconography, St Joseph is shown with a vine in hand. By setting such images on his shield, the Pope expresses his special  devotion to the Most Holy Virgin and to St Joseph.
 

 The Motto

The motto of His Holiness Francis is taken from a passage of the venerable  Bede (Homily 22 on the Feast of Matthew) which reads: “Vidit ergo Jesus publicanum, et quia miserando atque eligendo vidit, ait illi, ‘Sequere me’.” [Jesus therefore sees the tax collector, and since he sees by having mercy and by choosing, he says to him, 'follow me'.]

This homily is a tribute to Divine Mercy and is read during the Liturgy of the Hours on the feast of St Matthew.  This has particular significance in the life and spirituality of the Pope. In fact, on the Feast of St Matthew in 1953, the young Jorge Bergoglio experienced, at the age of 17, in a very special way, the loving presence of God in his life. Following confession, he felt his heart touched and he sensed the descent of the Mercy of God, who with a gaze of tender love, called him to religious life, in the example of St Ignatius of Loyola.

Once appointed Bishop, S.E. Mons. Bergoglio, in memory of this event that symbolized the beginning of his total consecration to God in His Church, chose, as a motto and as a programme of life, the expression of St Bede miserando atque eligendo, which he also intends to keep also in his papal coat of arms.

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