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FOR OUR TELEVISION MASS VIEWERS: Please note that the video production equipment that generates the text that is seen on the screen (priest and lecture names, etc.) during the television Mass has failed. Unfortunately, it is an expensive piece of equipment and is being evaluated for repair or replacement. It is old and may not be repairable, in which case we would need to purchase new equipment and then train staff on the new technology before we would be able to place it in service. At this time, we do not have an estimated date for when this will be fixed. We thank you for your patience.

2025 Jubilee: The Holy Year

With Optional 2-Night Venice and St. Anthony of Padua Post Tour Extension
Jubilee 2025

The Office of Radio & Television and WJMJ Radio invite you to Save the Dates to join Father John Gatzak on one of these special pilgrimage tours to Italy in celebration of Jubilee 2025: The Holy Year of the Roman Catholic Church. Visit our Pilgrimages page for more information or click the buttons below for the complete itineraries.

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 the Epiphany of the following year.

Rome & Assisi, February 26 to March 6, 2025 (9 Days) Click for Full Itinerary

Florence, Assisi &  Rome, October 26 to November 6, 2025 (12 Days) Click for Full Itinerary

About ORTV

Established in 1953, the Office of Radio & Television (ORTV) was originally an agency of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut.  Msgr. John P. Wodarski was appointed as its first director to meet the demands for a diocesan representative to the media in Connecticut.  As the importance and influence of mass media grew upon society and the Church, so did the mission of ORTV.

Since November 1987, under the direction of Fr. John P. Gatzak, the office's fourth director, ORTV has grown to provide access to all archdiocesan events and news worthy Church information to Connecticut's major radio and television stations and networks.  ORTV produces live and recorded, daily and weekly radio and television programs for broadcast on WJMJ-FM, WTIC-AM, WCCT-TV and WCTX-TV.

ORTV's major television production is the daily television Mass, The Celebration of the Eucharist.  The television Mass is broadcast live Monday through Friday and by tape delay on Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. on WCCT-TV and WCTX-TV.  In addition to the television Mass, it also produces That's the Spirit, a 15 minute public affairs program and Crossroads Magazine™, a 15 minute "Good News" magazine program, which alternates weekly with That's the Spirit following the Sunday television Mass.

ORTV's radio programs include The Archbishop's Corner, Close Up on Faith, Sabbath Message, and SonRise Magazine.

In January 2009, the operations of the archdiocesan owned radio station WJMJ-FM were merged into the Office of Radio & Television.  Combined, our radio and television programs and 24/7 radio broadcasts reach millions of people, both Catholics and non-Catholics, alike, throughout Connecticut, central and southern Massachusetts, portions of New York, and through Internet streaming... the world!

In July 2015, the assets and operations of the Office of Radio & Television and WJMJ Radio were transferred to a new non-profit corporation, ORTV, Inc., created by the Archdiocese of Hartford.  Today, ORTV, Inc. operates as an affiliated corporation of the Archdiocese of Hartford and encompasses the operations of the Office of Radio & Television and WJMJ Radio.

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