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Happy Easter
Pope Francis

We've made our way into the Easter Season, so death has been conquered.  Eternal life is promised to us when we take up our own Cross to follow Him.  Fear has fled and hope has replaced despair.  If anyone has taught us the example of hope overpowering despair - it was Pope Francis - who courageously for 12 years has led the Church with conviction, love and joy.  Pope Francis passed from this life into eternal life at 7:35 a.m. Rome time on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025.  Biographers and historians will build a comprehensive picture of his life and accomplishments - but for so many Catholics and non-Catholics, Pope Francis was the human face of God's tenderness.  We will remember him as bringing God closer to humanity and humanity striving to imitate the love of God among our brothers and sisters.

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.

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.

In The Afterglow

Photos

Share your photos of the Afterglow with your fellow WJMJ listeners.  Just e-mail your photo to Father John  at:  afterglow @ wjmj.org (without the spaces).  Please include your name (we'll only use your first name and last initial), your town and where the photo was taken.  Feel free to include a caption or description of your photo and we'll include it too when we post the photo.

Just click on any of the thumbnail images to see the full-size photo.

The Afterglow from the WJMJ Studios

From Father John

Rainbow over Victoria Falls, Zambia

From Monica and Pam

Nod Brook, Avon, CT

From Michelle, Simsbury, CT

New Haven Harbor

From Bob

Laurel Lock on Gardner Lake, Montville, CT

From P. Royce, Plainville CT

One evening in 2012, 5 girls and 3 boys with their leaders fished from floats off Big Munson Island, Florida Keys (BSA's high adventure Sea Base).

From Philip Brodeur, Advisor to Venture Crew 180, chartered by the Boy Scouts of America to St. Elizabeth Parish in Ludlow, MA

Connecticut River Sunset

From Jeannette and Robert, Enfield, CT

From Nica

Morris Cove, New Haven, CT

From Andrew B.

From Eric in Farmington, CT

“I love the speed limit sign… let’s us know to really slow down and appreciate the night time sky.”

From Christine

From Christine

From Donna W.

From Donna W.

Hebron Fair 9/6/14

Third Place week ending 9/6/14

From John D.

Phoenix, AZ

First Place week ending 9/6/14

From Cheri C.

The Jersey Shore in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey

Second Place week ending 9/6/14

From Armand M. in Farmington, CT

View from overlook on Cedar Mountain in Newington, CT.

From Mike C. in Newington, CT

Otis Reservoir in Otis, Massachusetts

From Reggie D. in Torrington, CT

Old church in Storrowton Village on the Eastern States fairgrounds in Springfield, Massachusetts.

From Reggie D. in Torrington, CT

From Nanette B. in Bristol, CT

From Nanette B. in Bristol, CT

A hummingbird getting a last sip before nightfall!

From Bill B. in New Hartford, CT

From Theresa B. in New Hartford, CT

From Theresa B. in New Hartford, CT

Narragansett, RI

I love the ocean and salt marshes at dusk! There's something so peaceful about them..... From Laura L.

Narragansett, RI

The Afterglow Sicilian Style

This is the photo depicted on the "In the Afterglow" ceramic mug. It was taken along the highway between Agrigento and Giardini Naxos, Sicily at about 7:15 p.m., during our pilgrimage tour to Sicily & Malta in 2012 by our business manager, Scott Parmelee.

The After Glow from WJMJ's Prospect Studios on 12/19/2013.

Talcott Mtn from Eric G.

Talcott Mtn from Eric G.

Amazing!

From the Hartford post office parking lot on 11/14/2013.

Old Glory in the Afterglow in Hartford on 11/14/2013.

From Eric in Avon.

Sunset in Chicago

We listen to you when we travel. This was Chicago. Theresa B.

Stormy Night, submitted by Deborah.

Morning Glory, Cape Cod submitted by Deborah.

Sent in by Kim, who says "On a long and congested commute home from work, an impressive and humbling reminder of the power of our Creator."

Photo by Richard Matt of Naugatuck. Taken on his cell phone camera near I-91 in Windsor, CT.

Richard says, “I had listened to the Afterglow and Evening Prayer on WJMJ 88.9 FM while traveling.  Pulling off the highway to reflect, I turned to my left and was witness to this inspiring sunset. Coincidence?...... Hardly.”

Town Farm Road, Farmington, In the Afterglow; Shot by Eric Gauvin

After the storm.

The Pieper Family shares a Rainbow Day on September 29, 2011.

Submitted by Christine U. taken in her back yard.

Submitted by Christine U.

In the After Glow over the Caribbean.

In the After Glow... Italian style.

Cruising in the North Sea, 31 July 2009 at 10:14 p.m.

St. Petersburg, Russia, 6 August 2009 at 9:44 p.m.

Cruising the Baltic Sea, 7 August 2009 at 10:21 p.m.

Cruising the Baltic Sea, 7 August 2009 at 11:38 p.m.

Now, that's Daylight Saving Time!
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